Did you know that there is a military alphabet? This is a special phonetic alphabet that is used by the military to communicate over radios and other devices. The military alphabet was created in ...

If you have a tricky name that needs spelling out every now and then, or you ever need to clarify something like a password or an address over the phone, you might find yourself resorting to the ...

I’m hoping you can help me. On occasion I have needed to convey a license number or some alphanumeric number and for clarity when attempting to communicate “EBTC” I might say “Echo, Bravo ...

Jim Witherell: Ack, Beer, Kilogramme, Uppsala, Xanthippe and other words that saved lives and led to our current phonetic alphabet. Remember the last time you were at a concert or sporting event ...

“To avoid confusion with similar sounding consonants, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has a standard phonetic alphabet for aviation use: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie ...

Especially those spelling their names in phone messages. B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V and Z sound alike, as you know. But Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Golf, Papa, Tango ...

The build-up of troops on the Russia-Ukraine border has revitalised Nato, the military alliance that looked to be faltering, or even in a terminal decline, only a few months ago. With 30 countries ...