Chris Baron wrote:Mike, the idea of an phonetical alphabet is that the Letter and the first letter of the associated word are equal and sound equal. Otherwise the word phonetical wouldn't make any sense.
The NATO phonetic alphabet [...] is the most widely used spelling alphabet. Though often called "phonetic alphabets", spelling alphabets have no connection to phonetic transcription systems like the International Phonetic Alphabet. Instead, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) alphabet assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet acrophonically (Alfa for A, Bravo for B, etc.) so that critical combinations of letters (and numbers) can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language, especially when the safety of navigation or persons is essential. The paramount reason is to ensure intelligibility of voice signals over radio links.
Chris Baron wrote:How do you pronounce the "e" in Echo? Like in Egypt? If yes, were are you from?
Mike Simmons wrote:
Chris Baron wrote:Mike, the idea of an phonetical alphabet is that the Letter and the first letter of the associated word are equal and sound equal. Otherwise the word phonetical wouldn't make any sense.
Hm, this was addressed directly at the beginning of the link you gave above:
... assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet acrophonically...
My sincere condolencesMike Simmons wrote:
Chris Baron wrote:How do you pronounce the "e" in Echo? Like in Egypt? If yes, were are you from?
... I'm from the western US, and I pronounce the "e" in "echo" as "eh", "eh-ko"...
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My sincere condolencesChris Baron wrote:
Mike Simmons wrote:
Chris Baron wrote:Mike, the idea of an phonetical alphabet is that the Letter and the first letter of the associated word are equal and sound equal. Otherwise the word phonetical wouldn't make any sense.
Hm, this was addressed directly at the beginning of the link you gave above:
... assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet acrophonically...
Err hum! Yes the article addresses it really directly at the beginning. And the key word is acrophonical here. The "phonical" part implies that it's all about sounding and NOT just about spelling. That would be acromorph or so
Mike Simmons wrote:
Chris Baron wrote:How do you pronounce the "e" in Echo? Like in Egypt? If yes, were are you from?
... I'm from the western US, and I pronounce the "e" in "echo" as "eh", "eh-ko"...
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