• xorEnglish
    49·
    2 months ago

    there are other versions that would be more suitable to the public….

    Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-ray, Yoke, Zebra.

    Adam, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Edward, Frank, George, Henry, Ida, John, King, Lincoln, Mary, New York, Ocean, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Thomas, Union, Victor, William, X-Ray, Young, Zero.

    ….
    any common words will word

      • xorEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        they’re old timey examples… just the first ones i googled

    • ramirezmike@programming.devEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      the 2nd list isn’t great… Chicago and Sugar? N is two words, Mary and Henry are similar… I think part of the NATO one is you’d be able to tell even if you miss part of the word.

      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Also that the words are accurately pronounceable with a heavy accent. I think there’s an international version that considers more languages here, particularly south-east asian.

    • MicrowavedTeaEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      As a non-native speaker I’d have no idea how to pronounce or spell Jig, Oboe, Tare or Yoke

      • YTG123@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Which is exactly why the NATO alphabet is the way it is. NATO is an international organization, and the alphabet is suitable for that.

      • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Jig - take the Ji from Jim and add a “g”

        Oboe - oh bow

        Tare - take the “T” from top and the “are” from share. Or more annoyingly, switch the P for T in “pear”.

        Yoke - same as woke, poke, toke, joke but with a Y as the first sound. It’s also pronounced the same as yolk in most accents.