Re: Y not? (was: Of Haa/hhet & other matters)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 17:10 |
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:42:55AM -0500, Roger Mills wrote:
> kcasada wrote:
> The military of course have a whole alphabet-- alpha, bravo, Charlie, delta,
> echo...zebra (used to be able, baker, Charlie etc. I don't know why they
> changed it)-- useful, but not many civilians know it anymore.
Z is actually "Zulu", not "zebra", at least in the US Military:
Alfa (note spelling; no idea why), Bravo, Charlie, Delta,
Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo (/'ki.lo/),
Lima (/'li.ma/), Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec (/kej'bEk/),
Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu.