Re: Y not? (was: Of Haa/hhet & other matters)

>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.
I read that they changed it to use internationnal words

That alphabet is done to be internationnal and usable by people not speaking
the same languages


Chosen words are easier to pronounce and are often the same or very similar
in a lot of languages

Also these words are easier to translate to someone who doesn't know english
when it has to be used in an other country


So that's only for the internationnal use that the words have been changed

But anyway, only the first letter counts and the better ones are those who
don't use it the same way

I imagine you heard about American Navaho soldiers in WW2 with their code
using representations for usual words and some Navaho words for letters

the translation of Ant for A
the translation of Bear for B


I like to read about these codes used in wars: have you heard about the
german code machine in the Worlds War 2?

-Max

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