On Thu, 18 Sep 2014, Jonathan Thornburg wrote: > Getting the > spelling of $spouse's (8-letter, but "odd" to many people) E-mail correct > over a poor-quality phone connection is hard enough already!
Which is why we have the Phonetic Alphabet. Many's the time I've had to say Hotel Oscar Romeo Sierra Foxtrot Alfa Lima Lima. The odd part is, they get it every time. Or in a radio situation, when spelling out my Amateur radio callsign:: Mixed Group Victor Kilo Figures Two Kilo Foxtrot Uniform. In a really noisy situation, we use Words Twice Words Twice, although that's more Voice Procedure than phonetics. -- Dave _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
