biep@cs.vu.nl (J. A. "Biep" Durieux) (10/14/87)
International English French German Dutch Alfa Andrew Anatole Anton Anna Aerger (A"..) Bravo Benjamin Berthe Berta Bernard Charlie Charlie Ce'lestin Caesar Cornelis Charlotte (Ch..) Delta David De'sire' Dora Dirk Echo Edward Euge`ne Emil Eduard Emile (E'..??) Foxtrot Frederick Franc,ois Friedrich Ferdinand Golf George Gaston Gustav Gerard Hotel Harry Henri Heinrich Hendrik India Isaac Irma Ida Izaak Juliet Jack Joseph Julius Jan Kilo King Kle'ber Kaufmann Karel Lima Lucy Louis Ludwig Lodewijk Mike Mary Marcel Martha Marie November Nellie Nicolas Nordpol Nico Oscar Oliver Oscar Otto Otto Oekonom (O"..) Papa Peter Pierre Paula Pieter Quebec Queenie Quintal Quelle Quotient Romeo Robert Raoul Richard Rudolf Sierra Sugar Suzanne Samuel Simon Schule (Sch..) Tango Tommy The're`se Theodor Teunis Uniform Uncle Ursule Ulrich Utrecht Uebermut (U"..) Victor Victory Victor Viktor Victor Whisky William William Wilhelm Willem X-ray Xmas Xavier Xanthippe Xanthippe IJmuiden (IJ..) Yankee Yellow Yvonne Ypsilon Ypsilon Zulu Zebra Zoe" Zacharias Zaandam Sometimes heard in Dutch: Quirinus, Richard, Y-grec -- Biep. (biep@cs.vu.nl via mcvax) Their utter materialism is proven by the fact they say "nobody" when they mean "no person".
gls@odyssey.ATT.COM (g.l.sicherman) (10/21/87)
> International English ... > > Alfa Andrew > Bravo Benjamin > Charlie Charlie > Delta David > Echo Edward > ... ... A correction: "Juliett" is spelled with a double T, so that even the French will pronounce it right. (The J is a more formidable obstacle!) I believe the U. S. Navy used these names, before the International standard came along: Able Baker Charley Dog Easy Fox George How Item Jot King Love Mike Nan Oboe Peter Queen Roger Sugar Tare Uncle Victor William Xray Yoke Zebra. Does anybody remember "B for mutton"? Some stage comics had whole alphabets like that. --- "Hay, be seedy! He-effigy, hate-shy jaky yellow man, oh peek, you are rusty, you've edible, you ex-wise he!" --Harry Mathews -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...!ihnp4!odyssey!gls
hdunne@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (Hugh Dunne) (10/22/87)
In article <337@odyssey.ATT.COM> gls@odyssey.ATT.COM (g.l.sicherman) writes: >Does anybody remember "B for mutton"? Some stage comics had whole alphabets >like that. I heard an alphabet like this many years ago. All I can remember from it is "'Ay for 'orses" and "G for police". - Hugh Dunne "The banana welds itself to your hand!" -hack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hugh Dunne | Internet: amethyst!hdunne@arizona.edu Dept. of Math. | UUCP: ..{cmcl2,ihnp4,seismo!noao}!arizona!amethyst!hdunne Univ. of Arizona | Bitnet: hdunne@arizrvax Tucson, AZ 85721 | Phone: +1 602 621 6893 / +1 602 621 4766
credmond@orchid.UUCP (10/27/87)
>>Does anybody remember "B for mutton"? Some stage comics had whole alphabets >>like that. >I heard an alphabet like this many years ago. All I can remember from it is >"'Ay for 'orses" and "G for police". I can remember a few of the others: A for 'orses B for mutton C for th Highlanders D for dumb F for vescent G for police L for leather M for size O for goodness' sake R for mo'! T for two U for me Y for crying out loud