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On Feb 1, 9:46 pm, "Chuck Gould" wrote:
Had occasion to verify the meaning of "Bravo Zulu", and discovered
that the signal does *not* date back to WWII, at least according to
the following source. Some interesting comments about the evolution of
the phonetic alphabet are included:

Sometimes, Wikipedia actually has it right.

It amazes me that people still manage to mangle the phonetic alphabet.
Listen to some of the emergency responders around here, you really
begin to wonder about their backgrounds.

One in particular uses Heroin instead of Hotel. :)

Come to think of it, how many people actually know the phonetic
alphabet - probably not many.


Without looking 'em up ....

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliett
K???? (can't remember) Kilo?
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zulu

Eisboch (with and "Echo")