Back in the days of analogue mobile phones, I used phonetics a lot! Once or twice, I used the Cockney phonetics ;-)
A for 'orses B for mutton C for miles ... X for breakfast Y for girlfriend Z for a joke (i.e. 'said for a joke') On Sat, 18 Mar 2023, 00:23 Bob Bridges, <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Under marginal conditions (which includes cell-phone calls) I use alpha / > bravo / charlie / ... / x-ray / yankee / zulu. But "zed" is probably > unmistakable. > > I'm always surprised how many help-desk folks are perfectly comfortable > with that alphabet. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
