• @[email protected]
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    1512 days ago

    Sam and Frank are quite similar

    Unrecognisable letter - a - m or n, very similar - unrecognisable could be both (say when it’s loud and you’re talking)

    Sierra and Foxtrot are very different and that’s what matters

    • @IzzyScissor
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      812 days ago

      Bam, Cam, Dam, Fam, Ham, Jam, Lam(b), Ma’am, Pam, Ram, W(h)am

      Bank, Dank, Gank, Hank, Jank, Lank, Rank, Sank, Tank, Wank

      Yeah… not great options, those.

    • @[email protected]
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      412 days ago

      Understood, but these were selected based on what seems to work for your average customer service person/office worker. The amount of times I’ve said ‘Sierra’ and got back C is too many.

      Might re-think Frank over Foxtrot, though. That’s more habit than anything else.

      Agreed in other contexts these are not the best choices, and there’s a reason they are not that in the NATO phonetic alphabet.