Re: Why all the variations in phonetics?




"Spike" <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> wrote in message
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Brian Reay wrote:

I recall working G3WDR in about 1978- G3 Woolly Dog Roger. I think the
more
"exotic" usage tends to be HF- perhaps some think using "Zanzibar" will
somehow enhance the propagation ;-)

Of course not, but 'Zanzibar' is a well-used and widely-understood
phonetic. Its use can enhance readability.

Given Zanzibar isn't exactly a common word and probably hasn't been since
the 1960s when it was subsumed into (what is now) Tanzania, one wonders why
it is so "well-used and widely-understood" as a phonetic.

Also, not all languages use names for other countries with a common first
letter. Using Scotland for S isn't going to be common usage for a French
speaker!

Given that the NATO alphabet was specifically designed for international use
and is, as I recall, common to that used in Civil Aviation, don't you think
it possible that maybe those organisations have a better informed view of
the pros and cons of the optimal words?

Having said that, I've no wish to see a hard rule on phonetics- I doubt I'd
have recalled G3WDR had he not used a "catchy" set of phonetics (which I
still smile at after near on 30 years!)

--
73
Brian, G8OSN
www.g8osn.org.uk






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