Don't the police and other services use the APCO phonetics?

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


"Dan/W4NTI" w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com wrote in message
nk.net...
Wasn't aware they were still being used.

Go for it.

Dan/W4NTI

"Ryan, KC8PMX" wrote in message
...
Just for kicks and giggles..... what about those who in their line of
work
are required to know APCO phonetics?? (Adam, Boy, Charlie/Charles etc.)

Ryan KC8PMX


Yeah.....something like that belongs in a beginners columb like 'Your
Novice
Accent' .. Oh excuse me. They cancelled that one years ago. I
guess
that
means most of the readers of QST are novice equivilants ? Hmmmmmmmm

Make your own conclusions there.

Dan/W4NTI

"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message ...
Don't the police and other services use the APCO phonetics?

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

Yep, in every rerun of One Adam Twelve.

The police and other civil entities used many different variants across
country
From URL:
http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html

Used by police in New York City:

Adam Boy Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam Tom
Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra

[Variants: Eddie Larry Nancy Thomas Yankee Yellow]


Used by police in Nassau County, Long Island, New York:

Adam Boston Chicago Denver Edward Frank George Henry Ida
John King Lincoln Mary Nancy Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam
Thomas Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra


Used by police in San Diego, California:

Adam Boy Charles David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Paul Queen Robert Sam Tom Unit
Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra
--
Keyboard In The Noise

Opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world. Author unknown but
"right on"

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Don't the police and other services use the APCO phonetics?

"Keyboard In The Noise" wrote in news:%a6yc.37193$tI2.19197
@fed1read07:

The police and other civil entities used many different variants across
country
From URL:
http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html

Used by police in New York City:

Adam Boy Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam Tom
Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra

[Variants: Eddie Larry Nancy Thomas Yankee Yellow]


Used by police in Nassau County, Long Island, New York:

Adam Boston Chicago Denver Edward Frank George Henry Ida
John King Lincoln Mary Nancy Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam
Thomas Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra


Used by police in San Diego, California:

Adam Boy Charles David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Paul Queen Robert Sam Tom Unit
Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra
--
Keyboard In The Noise

Opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world. Author unknown but
"right on"

-------------------------------------
Don't the police and other services use the APCO phonetics?





There's only one correct international set of phonetics -

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima
Mike Novenber Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whisky X-
ray Yankee Zulu

I have a P at the end of my US call, and that is the one letter that causes
me problems. Papa is supposed to be pronounced the British way, not the
American way, so as to be correct (don't blame me, all the phonetics have
only one official pronounciation, and that happens to be it). As a Brit
operating from America, I find that when I do so, people copy it as
'Japan', hence converting my call from N3KIP to N3KIJ in the mind of the
DX.

Now, I understand that anyone is free to use whatever phonetics they like,
but 'Japan' is a bad one, as it sounds too much like the official way of
saying 'Papa', at least through QRM, although not like the way Americans
say it. Unfortunately it is common to use country names as phonetics. No
doubt 'Papa' was a bad choice originally, as there is more than one way of
saying it, but I can't do much about that.

I have tried using 'Pacific' or 'Peter', both of which seem to be common. I
have also tried saying 'Papa' the American way, although there is
considerable irony in that, i.e. for me that is both putting on a foreign
accent and departing from the official way of saying it, which happens to
be the way that is natural for me to begin with!

Alun wrote in message . ..
"Keyboard In The Noise" wrote in news:%a6yc.37193$tI2.19197
@fed1read07:

The police and other civil entities used many different variants across
country
From URL:
http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html

Used by police in New York City:

Adam Boy Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam Tom
Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra

[Variants: Eddie Larry Nancy Thomas Yankee Yellow]


Used by police in Nassau County, Long Island, New York:

Adam Boston Chicago Denver Edward Frank George Henry Ida
John King Lincoln Mary Nancy Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam
Thomas Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra


Used by police in San Diego, California:

Adam Boy Charles David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Paul Queen Robert Sam Tom Unit
Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra
--
Keyboard In The Noise

Opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world. Author unknown but
"right on"

-------------------------------------
Don't the police and other services use the APCO phonetics?





There's only one correct international set of phonetics -

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima
Mike Novenber Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whisky X-
ray Yankee Zulu

I have a P at the end of my US call, and that is the one letter that causes
me problems. Papa is supposed to be pronounced the British way, not the
American way, so as to be correct (don't blame me, all the phonetics have
only one official pronounciation, and that happens to be it). As a Brit
operating from America, I find that when I do so, people copy it as
'Japan', hence converting my call from N3KIP to N3KIJ in the mind of the
DX.

Now, I understand that anyone is free to use whatever phonetics they like,
but 'Japan' is a bad one, as it sounds too much like the official way of
saying 'Papa', at least through QRM, although not like the way Americans
say it. Unfortunately it is common to use country names as phonetics. No
doubt 'Papa' was a bad choice originally, as there is more than one way of
saying it, but I can't do much about that.

I have tried using 'Pacific' or 'Peter', both of which seem to be common. I
have also tried saying 'Papa' the American way, although there is
considerable irony in that, i.e. for me that is both putting on a foreign
accent and departing from the official way of saying it, which happens to
be the way that is natural for me to begin with!

I'm going to start a new fenetic alfabet:

ahoy
boy
coy
dee
eee
flew
glue
hoy
igloo
joy
koi
lew
moo
noy
oy
poise
quoi
roy
soy
toy
upper
viceroy
double upper
ex
why
zee

Using your fenetics
Ahoy Boy Why Toy

with a perfectly good well accepted international phonetic set

Quoi Soy Lew

Available at all Chinese resturants and B & W Root Beer Stands


--
Lamont Cranston

The Shadow Knows
------------------------------
Some one wrote
I'm going to start a new fenetic alfabet:

ahoy
boy
coy
dee
eee
flew
glue
hoy
igloo
joy
koi
lew
moo
noy
oy
poise
quoi
roy
soy
toy
upper
viceroy
double upper
ex
why
zee

In article ,
(William) writes:

I'm going to start a new fenetic alfabet:

ahoy
boy
coy
...

Heh heh heh. I wonder how many uptight newsgroupies in here
will think you are serious? :-)

(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
In article ,
(William) writes:

I'm going to start a new fenetic alfabet:

ahoy
boy
coy
...

Heh heh heh. I wonder how many uptight newsgroupies in here
will think you are serious? :-)



Welp, if the air traffic controllers adopt it...

;^)

William wrote:
Alun wrote in message . ..

"Keyboard In The Noise" wrote in news:%a6yc.37193$tI2.19197
@fed1read07:


The police and other civil entities used many different variants across
country
From URL:
http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html

Used by police in New York City:

Adam Boy Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam Tom
Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra

[Variants: Eddie Larry Nancy Thomas Yankee Yellow]


Used by police in Nassau County, Long Island, New York:

Adam Boston Chicago Denver Edward Frank George Henry Ida
John King Lincoln Mary Nancy Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam
Thomas Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra


Used by police in San Diego, California:

Adam Boy Charles David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Paul Queen Robert Sam Tom Unit
Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra
--
Keyboard In The Noise

Opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world. Author unknown but
"right on"

-------------------------------------

Don't the police and other services use the APCO phonetics?




There's only one correct international set of phonetics -

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima
Mike Novenber Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whisky X-
ray Yankee Zulu

I have a P at the end of my US call, and that is the one letter that causes
me problems. Papa is supposed to be pronounced the British way, not the
American way, so as to be correct (don't blame me, all the phonetics have
only one official pronounciation, and that happens to be it). As a Brit
operating from America, I find that when I do so, people copy it as
'Japan', hence converting my call from N3KIP to N3KIJ in the mind of the
DX.

Now, I understand that anyone is free to use whatever phonetics they like,
but 'Japan' is a bad one, as it sounds too much like the official way of
saying 'Papa', at least through QRM, although not like the way Americans
say it. Unfortunately it is common to use country names as phonetics. No
doubt 'Papa' was a bad choice originally, as there is more than one way of
saying it, but I can't do much about that.

I have tried using 'Pacific' or 'Peter', both of which seem to be common. I
have also tried saying 'Papa' the American way, although there is
considerable irony in that, i.e. for me that is both putting on a foreign
accent and departing from the official way of saying it, which happens to
be the way that is natural for me to begin with!


I'm going to start a new fenetic alfabet:

ahoy
boy
coy
dee
eee
flew
glue
hoy
igloo
joy
koi
lew
moo
noy
oy
poise
quoi
roy
soy
toy
upper
viceroy
double upper
ex
why
zee

lessee, koi boy three eee igloo ahoy?

Howl!

This is a darn funny Phonetic, Brian

Mike Coslo wrote in
:

William wrote:
Alun wrote in message
. ..

"Keyboard In The Noise" wrote in
news:%a6yc.37193$tI2.19197 @fed1read07:


The police and other civil entities used many different variants
across country From URL:
http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html

Used by police in New York City:

Adam Boy Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam Tom
Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra

[Variants: Eddie Larry Nancy Thomas Yankee Yellow]


Used by police in Nassau County, Long Island, New York:

Adam Boston Chicago Denver Edward Frank George Henry Ida
John King Lincoln Mary Nancy Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam
Thomas Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra


Used by police in San Diego, California:

Adam Boy Charles David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Paul Queen Robert Sam Tom Unit
Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra --
Keyboard In The Noise

Opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world. Author unknown
but "right on"

-------------------------------------

Don't the police and other services use the APCO phonetics?




There's only one correct international set of phonetics -

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo
Lima Mike Novenber Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor
Whisky X- ray Yankee Zulu

I have a P at the end of my US call, and that is the one letter that
causes me problems. Papa is supposed to be pronounced the British way,
not the American way, so as to be correct (don't blame me, all the
phonetics have only one official pronounciation, and that happens to
be it). As a Brit operating from America, I find that when I do so,
people copy it as 'Japan', hence converting my call from N3KIP to
N3KIJ in the mind of the DX.

Now, I understand that anyone is free to use whatever phonetics they
like, but 'Japan' is a bad one, as it sounds too much like the
official way of saying 'Papa', at least through QRM, although not like
the way Americans say it. Unfortunately it is common to use country
names as phonetics. No doubt 'Papa' was a bad choice originally, as
there is more than one way of saying it, but I can't do much about
that.

I have tried using 'Pacific' or 'Peter', both of which seem to be
common. I have also tried saying 'Papa' the American way, although
there is considerable irony in that, i.e. for me that is both putting
on a foreign accent and departing from the official way of saying it,
which happens to be the way that is natural for me to begin with!


I'm going to start a new fenetic alfabet:

ahoy
boy
coy
dee
eee
flew
glue
hoy
igloo
joy
koi
lew
moo
noy
oy
poise
quoi
roy
soy
toy
upper
viceroy
double upper
ex
why
zee

lessee, koi boy three eee igloo ahoy?

Howl!

This is a darn funny Phonetic, Brian


noy three koi igloo poise