Does everyone use CHARLIE?

[Alpo]

(or Charles)

 

Phonetic alphabets.

 

The Army used to be

Able, Baker, CHARLIE, Dog, Edward, Fox

 

Now it's

Alpha, Bravo, CHARLIE, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot

 

LAPD uses

Adam, Boy, CHARLES, David, Edward, Frank

 

I'm sure there are other phonetic alphabets in use. Reckon they all use CHARLIE/CHARLES for C?

[Muley Gil SASS # 57795]

 

 

 

The ones that I am familiar with do use CHARLIE.

 

I worked with a cop that was prone to make up his own phonetic alphabet. One night, he called in a registration request on L(onely) V(al) V(ictor 1234. Not only did he use the wrong alphabet, he used two different names for the same letter. Our LT was ALWAYS on his butt!

 

This same officer used to come up with all sorts of sh., er, stuff. One night he was on a call & needed a second unit. He gets on the radio and sez, "Headquarters, roll me a black and white." Our patrol cars were solid white with decals. The LT was in the office and got on the radio and said, "A black and white WHAT?" Another unit wanted to know if this officer wanted me and my partner to respond; I am white and my partner was an

African-American.

 

I think he watched too much Adam 12 growing up.

[Pat Riot]

I use “Cucaracha” to throw people off. 

 

Seriously though, I was taught one phonetic alphabet. That is the only one I need and use. I say this with a little animosity towards the PC morons that seem to be the Idiots Du Jour in these times.

 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Sooo, Alpo asks if everyone uses Charlie.  Well no, not everybody.  F’rinstance:

 

 

[Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646]

If my name was Charlie, I would be highly( ever seen anyone lowly) offended if you didnt use Charlie.

 

Imis

[Chief Rick]

I was taught Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc. in the Navy. 

 

I was taught Adam, Boy, Charles, etc. with the police department. 

 

Law enforcement agencies seem to go with names versus the military. 

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

Ham radio operator.

Charlie.

Also greying old ex-lawman.

Used LAPD version.

Patiently endure the many variants I've heard on the airwaves.

Including the fellow bellowing into his mike, trying to penetrate the solar mass ejection's interference:  "SIERRA, SUGAR, SUSIE!"

[Trailrider #896]

At one time, when the Alpha, Bravo phonetic was introduced, "C" was called Cocoa.  That didn't last very long before everyone went back to Charlie.

[Utah Bob #35998]

7 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Sooo, Alpo asks if everyone uses Charlie.  Well no, not everybody.  F’rinstance:

 

 

Checkpoint Vasily just doesn’t have a cool ring to it.

[Alpo]

I didn't see a letter "C" in that list.

 

I suppose the Greeks, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Koreans, and the Arabians ALSO don't use CHARLIE.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

You need to understand the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, the С is pronounced “ess” and is before the Т.

15 minutes ago, Alpo said:

I didn't see a letter "C" in that list.

 

I suppose the Greeks, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Koreans, and the Arabians ALSO don't use CHARLIE.

 

[Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L]

3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

You need to understand the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, the С is pronounced “ess” and is before the Т.

 

 

this has got to be the BEST explanation I have ever read on the wire.  

[Dawg Hair, SASS #29557]

In my 51 yrs working for Uncle Sam we always used Charlie.  You don't want to confuse airplane jockeys.................more than they are already.

[sassnetguy50]

An ESL Professor friend uses “car” instead of charlie.  All of the words are conversational english words.  I don’t remember  any names being used:

Apple

Boy

Car

Dog

Ear...

 

They wanted us to use this conversational alphabet at work because millennials don’t understand the NATO version.  They found that millennials just don’t understand full words.  G was great but sometimes they would hear eight (not good for VIN paperwork).  Sometimes the millennials would spell it gr8t.  Moral of the story, we went back to using Charlie and Golf.

[Cat Brules]

What does ‘ “ESL” professor’ mean?

 

Cat Brules 

[sassnetguy50]

English Second Language.  For the international students to attend classes, they had to pass listening, reading, speaking English exams.  If they did not pass, she worked with them until they could.  The majority of her classes were Asian students.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

19 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

Checkpoint Vasily just doesn’t have a cool ring to it.

I’m surprised the hasn’t been changed to Vladimir.

 

 

The Soviets simply called it the Friedrichstraße Crossing Point (КПП Фридрихштрассе, KPP Fridrikhshtrasse). The East Germans referred officially to Checkpoint Charlie as the Grenzübergangsstelle ("Border Crossing Point") Friedrich-/Zimmerstraße.

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172]

What the HE77 is wrong with CHARLES, or CHARLIE???

[Alpo]

I heard someone ask that just the other day, as you were walking by. "What the hell is wrong with Charlie??"

 

[Trailrider #896]

On ‎10‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 11:47 AM, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

You need to understand the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, the С is pronounced “ess” and is before the Т.

 

As in CCCP is SSSR. Not sure what the first S means, but the SSR is for Soviet Socialist Republics.  See the sleeve on Soviet Cosmonauts' space suits.

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

I believe it is NATO standard, the Canadian Military and the RCMP use; Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Echo, Delta........The Brit military also use it.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

39 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said:

As in CCCP is SSSR. Not sure what the first S means, but the SSR is for Soviet Socialist Republics.  See the sleeve on Soviet Cosmonauts' space suits.

 

See also the Soviet era Olympic uniforms and countless other soviet objects СССР was  Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, exactly, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soyúz Sovétskikh Respúblik. 

[Tequila Shooter]

On 9/30/2019 at 11:22 PM, Alpo said:

 

LAPD uses

Adam, Boy, CHARLES, David, Edward, Frank

 

 

On 10/1/2019 at 4:49 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

I use “Cucaracha” to throw people off. 

 

 

On 10/1/2019 at 11:19 AM, Trailrider #896 said:

At one time, when the Alpha, Bravo phonetic was introduced, "C" was called Cocoa.  That didn't last very long before everyone went back to Charlie.

 

19 hours ago, sassnetguy50 said:

An ESL Professor friend uses “car” instead of charlie.  All of the words are conversational english words.  I don’t remember  any names being used:

Apple

Boy

Car

 

 

Charles Foxtrot....no

Cucaracha Foxtrot....no

Cocoa Foxtrot.....no

Car Foxtrot....no

None of them sounds as good as Charlie Foxtrot.  If you don't know what that means ask a Vet

[Pat Riot]

Lighten up, Francis. 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

If they use a C word such as Carl, some inexperienced person might hastily write K.

if they use a C word such as Cindy, an inexperienced person might write S.  But Charlie just cannot be confused.

[Cat Brules]

We’ll have a look at the

Scottish Phonetic Alphabet........

 

They use,  “Cannae”, instead!   p

[Ozark Huckleberry]

Is the Canadian phonetic alphabet, “Alpha-Alpha, Bravo-Alpha, Charli-Alpha, etc.?

 

Just kidding, of course. Love Canada, sorry about that little Revolutionary misunderstanding. 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

14 minutes ago, Ozark Huckleberry said:

Is the Canadian phonetic alphabet, “Alpha-Alpha, Bravo-Alpha, Charli-Alpha, etc.?

 

Just kidding, of course. Love Canada, sorry about that little Revolutionary misunderstanding. 

No, it’s Alpha-eh, Bravo-eh, ....