A as in Acrocanthosaurus B as in Buitreraptor C as in Cymatosaurus D as in Drepanosaurus E as in Eustreptospondylus F as in Flugopterus G as in Guizhouichthyosaurus H as in Hatzegopteryx I as in Ichthyovenator J as in Jobaria K as in Kritosaurus L as in Leaellynasaura M as in Metriacanthosaurus N as in Nemegtosaurus O as in Odontochelys P as in Psephoderma Q as in Qianichthyosaurus R as in Rhaeticosaurus S as in Sinosaurosphargis T as in Tsintaosaurus U as in Unenlagia V as in Veterupristisaurus W as in Wuerhosaurus X as in Xinminosaurus Y as in Yi qi Z as in Zalmoxes
Indeed. Ack Ack, Beer Beer was a popular BBC radio show during WWII targeted at the crews of Antiaircraft Artillery and Barrage Balloons.
edited to add: https://www.radiorewind.co.uk/sounds/50yrs82.mp3
In the military, getting a number wrong can very often result in killing people that you had not intended to kill.
edited to add. I started to write “killing the wrong people,” but that is a significantly more intractable problem, one that is much more difficult to correct for.
Meh. Infantry are just targets anyway. Ours? Theirs? … to a gunner it doesn’t really matter. The only glory is to be found in the purity of the maths and physics.
Is there a channel with a sailor enunciating the phonetic alphabet? We use that shit all the time!
As a professional merchant seaman, I could do that for everyone; however, I don’t have a blog-channel. Then again, I’ve been to college; so I might not sound as sailor-like as some might want.
For marine radio communications, the spelled out sections are bracketed by a leading “I spell” and a trailing “end spell”. Thus: “My vessel name is Bananna, I spell bravo alpha november alpha november november alpha end spell”
Atlanta ground refers to the major North-South taxiway “D” as “Dixie”. Maaaaybe because of the huge number of Delta’s taxiing around. Maybe because it’s Atlanta.
