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• #PHONE SPELLING ALPHABET HOW TO#

They had to make sure that each chosen word sounded different to the others, and was easily pronounceable by speakers of all the European languages, not just in English. It is called the "NATO" alphabet because it was standardised by the NATO member countries back in the 1950s to allow accurate exchange of radio messages between air, naval and army forces of all the NATO member nations.

Numbers are pronounced as normal, except often 9 is pronounced " Niner" so it doesn't get confused with 5. The standard "NATO" phonetic alphabet (actually the International Radio-Telephony Spelling Alphabet) is:Īlfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. The "NATO" / ICAO / ITU Phonetic Alphabet / Army Alphabet / Police Alphabet Using the phonetic alphabet to spell out names, locations and so on makes accurately understanding messages a lot easier, because many letters can be easily confused when heard over a crackly radio link (B, C, D, P, T and M, N and F, S, etc). Now you can spell the word immediately on the phone without having to think.

When you are spelling out a name, location, code, registration number, postcode etc, over a noisy or faint radio or phone link, it is easy for letters and numbers to be misheard. Just type the word and it will be spelled automatically according to the international ICAO/ITU/NATO spelling alphabet (also called phonetic alphabet or radiotelephony spelling alphabet) - from 'Alfa for A', 'Bravo for B', 'Charlie for C' and so on to 'Zulu for Z'.

#PHONE SPELLING ALPHABET HOW TO#

Standard Phonetic Alphabets Used For Radio & Telephone Using Phonetic Alphabets Helps Convey Information Accurately Over Walkie-Talkie Radio The NATO phonetic alphabet is a Spelling Alphabet, a set of words used instead of letters in oral communication (i.e. The Phonetic Spelling Alphabet Grammar & Usage Beg Int All ages Teach your students how to spell out important words when giving personal information over the phone.