Monday, December 03, 2007

How to speak the alphabet clearly

Letter Code word Pronunciation
A
Alfa (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA)
Alpha (ANSI)
AL FAHS
B
Bravo BRAH VOE
C
Charlie CHAR LEE or
SHAR LEE
D
Delta DELL TAH
E
Echo ECK OH
F
Foxtrot FOKS TROT
G
Golf GOLF
H
Hotel HO TELL (ICAO)
HOH TELL (ITU, IMO, FAA)
I
India IN DEE AH
J
Juliett (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA)
Juliet (ANSI)
JEW LEE ETT
K
Kilo KEY LOH
L
Lima LEE MAH
M
Mike MIKE
N
November NO VEM BER
O
Oscar OSS CAH
P
Papa PAH PAH
Q
Quebec KEH BECK
R
Romeo ROW ME OH
S
Sierra SEE AIR RAH (ICAO, ITU, IMO)
SEE AIR AH (FAA)
T
Tango TANG GO
U
Uniform YOU NEE FORM or
OO NEE FORM
V
Victor VIK TAH
W
Whiskey WISS KEY
X
X-ray or
Xray
ECKS RAY (ICAO, ITU)
ECKS RAY (IMO, FAA)
Y
Yankee YANG KEY
Z
Zulu ZOO LOO
0
Zero (FAA)
Nadazero (ITU, IMO)
ZE RO (ICAO, FAA)
NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH (ITU, IMO)
1
One (FAA)
Unaone (ITU, IMO)
WUN (ICAO, FAA)
OO-NAH-WUN (ITU, IMO)
2
Two (FAA)
Bissotwo (ITU, IMO)
TOO (ICAO, FAA)
BEES-SOH-TOO (ITU, IMO)
3
Three (FAA)
Terrathree (ITU, IMO)
TREE (ICAO, FAA)
TAY-RAH-TREE (ITU, IMO)
4
Four (FAA)
Kartefour (ITU, IMO)
FOW ER (ICAO, FAA)
KAR-TAY-FOWER (ITU, IMO)
5
Five (FAA)
Pantafive (ITU, IMO)
FIFE (ICAO, FAA)
PAN-TAH-FIVE (ITU, IMO)
6
Six (FAA)
Soxisix (ITU, IMO)
SIX (ICAO, FAA)
SOK-SEE-SIX (ITU, IMO)
7
Seven (FAA)
Setteseven (ITU, IMO)
SEV EN (ICAO, FAA)
SAY-TAY-SEVEN (ITU, IMO)
8
Eight (FAA)
Oktoeight (ITU, IMO)
AIT (ICAO, FAA)
OK-TOH-AIT (ITU, IMO)
9
Nine (FAA)
Novenine (ITU, IMO)
(No 'r' in spellings)
NIN ER (ICAO, FAA)
NO-VAY-NINER (ITU, IMO)

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