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there are other versions that would be more suitable to the public….
Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-ray, Yoke, Zebra.
Adam, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Edward, Frank, George, Henry, Ida, John, King, Lincoln, Mary, New York, Ocean, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Thomas, Union, Victor, William, X-Ray, Young, Zero.
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any common words will word
I feel like "N as in Nan" could easily sound like "M as in Man."
Yeah, use clearly distinct words, like "M as in Mancy".
Pan, ran, san, ban, can, tan, lan, flan, clan, gran, Dan, fan, van, Jan, there's probably more...
they’re old timey examples… just the first ones i googled
the 2nd list isn't great.. Chicago and Sugar? N is two words, Mary and Henry are similar.. I think part of the NATO one is you'd be able to tell even if you miss part of the word.
Also that the words are accurately pronounceable with a heavy accent. I think there's an international version that considers more languages here, particularly south-east asian.
As a non-native speaker I'd have no idea how to pronounce or spell Jig, Oboe, Tare or Yoke
Which is exactly why the NATO alphabet is the way it is. NATO is an international organization, and the alphabet is suitable for that.
Jig - take the Ji from Jim and add a "g"
Oboe - oh bow
Tare - take the "T" from top and the "are" from share. Or more annoyingly, switch the P for T in "pear".
Yoke - same as woke, poke, toke, joke but with a Y as the first sound. It's also pronounced the same as yolk in most accents.
I worry this isn't the most helpful guide even for someone who speaks English as a first language, is that bow as in bow, or bow?
https://youtu.be/WZLkcFns8Ks?si=x6hMrwSCVjWK9Teg
This was helpful but made me question how I pronounce some of those other words 😅