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Interesting that “Oscar” is pronounced “OSS CAH” and not “OSS CAR”. Same with Victor. Must have been made in New England (northeastern US).
by cbsks 2y ago
Interesting that “Oscar” is pronounced “OSS CAH” and not “OSS CAR”. Same with Victor. Must have been made in New England (northeastern US).
- brickers 2y agoOr… England?
- pc86 2y agoOld England.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoWith the new non-rhotic affectation.
- eadmund 2y agoWhich is really getting out of hand, to the point that some English speakers are starting to sound positively French: ‘cweam’ instead of ‘cream’ the same way the French turned ‘rex’ into ‘wa.’ I blame the EU.
- cbsks 2y agoOuch. My stereotypically-American US-centric bias is showing :)
- f1shy 2y agoI was tempted to say "parts of England"... but I wanted to mean "parts of the united Kingdom"... so... you are right :)
- tialaramex 2y agoThese pronounciations are for the International radiotelephonic spelling alphabet, often referred to as a "NATO Phonetic alphabet". For numerals procedures vary slightly, and they've chosen IMO. The sounds are chosen to try to maximize the chance that two people who know this system, even if they don't speak any shared languages, will successfully communicate the symbols intended, so they're not about how you might pronounce these words in any particular place, but rather a plausible pronunciation everybody can approximate and understand.
- raldi 2y agoI thought 5 was supposed to be pronounced "fife" but this page only seems to half say that. ("faif" in the first row, but "five" in the second)
- ahazred8ta 2y agoIIRC in WWII the UK settled on 'fife' and nine, while the US went with five and 'niner'. Arthur C. Clarke's novel Glide Path described the adoption of fife.