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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: NATO Alphabet

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie. This is the NATO alphabet. But where did it come from?

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0:30.0

Hey, and welcome to this short stuff. I'm Josh, and there's Chuck and Jerry's here too,

0:38.4

and Dave's not, but he would be if he weren't doing something else right now.

0:43.6

He sends his love and kisses to all of you from Dave. This short stuff.

0:49.4

That's right. We're talking about what's called the phonetic alphabet.

0:54.3

And we're like, I don't know what that is. It's a phonetic alphabet.

1:00.6

You do know what it is if you've ever seen a war movie, or if you're hooked on phonics.

1:05.5

Or if you're hooked on phonics, or you may not be using the actual phonetic alphabet

1:10.4

that they finally agreed on, which we'll get to, but you may be using your own version.

1:15.5

If you've ever been on a customer service call, I've done that.

1:18.6

And you've had to say, well, my name is Chuck.

1:22.9

Jack? No, Chuck. C is in Chuck. H is in Harley Davidson.

1:29.6

He was in Huck.

1:31.2

You pick with us. C is in, can you believe I'm having to spell Chuck out.

1:36.8

And K is in kangaroo poop.

1:42.5

That's a good one, Chuck. I like that last one.

1:44.8

Yeah, I never know what to say when I go to do that.

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