• @pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz
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    104 months 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@lemmy.world
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      74 months 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.

    • @Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
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      34 months 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.