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FreeMan
FreeMan
11:07 AM
@ymb1 done. It's also "Alfa Romeo", but I always want to spell that "Alpha", too.
 
ymb1
ymb1
11:46 AM
@FreeMan but that's the Italian spelling in Alfa Romeo; wouldn't have thought it's also the NATO/ICAO spelling :D but now it makes sense given how the NATO/ICAO alphabet was made:
sorry wrong link 1 moment
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A: Why do English-speaking pilots and ATC say "Niner" instead of "Nine"?

DaveAccording to Wikipedia: The pronunciation of the digits 3, 4, 5, and 9 differs from standard English – being pronounced tree, fower, fife, and niner. The digit 3 is specified as tree so that it is not pronounced sri; the long pronunciation of 4 (still found in some English dialects) keeps it ...

> The final choice of code words for the letters of the alphabet and for the digits was made after hundreds of thousands of comprehension tests involving 31 nationalities.
 
Bianfable
Bianfable
12:38 PM
@FreeMan I fixed the Wikipedia page linked in the accepted answer, which also got the spelling wrong :D
 
 
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ymb1
ymb1
3:40 PM
this puts a smile on my face: a new user read the tour when I pointed it out, accepted an answer, and then, paid it forward (unclear question aside)
there's hope after all
@Bianfable thanks for the Wikipedia edit! :D 👍
 
 
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FreeMan
FreeMan
4:41 PM
@Bianfable Awesome!
 

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