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My personal experience says that the most commonly understood phonetic alphabet in the US among laypeople is the 1946 ARRL alphabet using American first and las
by yencabulator 3y ago
My personal experience says that the most commonly understood phonetic alphabet in the US among laypeople is the 1946 ARRL alphabet using American first and last names, for example A as in Adam, N as in Nancy. NATO phonetic alphabet confuses almost everyone I've tried it on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_alphabet
- devilbunny 3y agoEveryone I've run into in the hospitality industry gets NATO phonetic. Hotels and airlines, in my experience, but I assume it generalizes. My wife thought it was crazy the first time she heard me use it. Then she realized that they all understand it too.