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Phonetic Alphabet
I agreed to take part in a telephone survey. When I gave my postcode she relayed it back using the phonetic alphabet. Sierra and Bravo were OK but she said Y for Yellow.
I could tell that she was au fait with the phonetic alphabet but I jokingly said didn't she mean Y for Yankee? Oh no she said, we can't use that any more.
is that correct - and are there any others we can no longer use?
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Yankee is still listed, wherever I looked.
Alpha: Too many male connotations
Bravo: Boastful tendencies
Charlie: Drug speak
Delta: Warmongering jet fighter reference
Echo: Not enough heavy curtains
Foxtrot: Not gay enough
Golf: A good walk spoiled
Hotel: Now full of invaders
India: Don't mention partition
Juliet: Setting the stage
Kilo: Foreign nonsense, pounds and ounces please
Lima: See Charlie
Mike:
November: Terrorist worshippers
Oscar: Nothing to declare
Papa: Too sexist thanks to Renault
Quebec: Wolfe in sheeps clothing
Romeo: See Juliet
Sierra: Mountains of charlie
Tango: The Donald
Uniform: Collar flashes and jackboots
Victor: Assimilation by the Borge
Quote:
"The shortened form Yank is used as a derogatory, pejorative, playful, or colloquial term for Americans in Britain, Australia,Canada, South Africa, Ireland, and New Zealand. The full Yankee may be considered mildly derogatory, depending on the country".
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My hobby (amateur radio) requires me to make constant use of the NATO/ITU phonetic alphabet
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However, if someone is struggling to hear what I'm saying, I'll often switch to "America, Boston, Canada, Denmark, England, France . . . ", etc. In that system, 'Y' becomes 'Yokohama':
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The vast majority of radio amateurs stick to 'Yankee' for 'Y' though, except (for reasons unknown to me) those in Brazil, where many callsigns begin with 'PY' and seem to always be announced as "Papa Yellow . . ." by their operators.