Talk:RAF phonetic alphabet
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Do people think these lists look better in a table?
| 1924-1942 | 1942-1943 | 1943-1956 |
|---|---|---|
| Ace | Apple | Able-Affirm |
| Beer | Baker | |
| Charlie | ||
| Dog | ||
| Edward | Easy | |
| Freddie | Freddy | Fox |
| George | ||
| Harry | How | |
| Ink | In | Item/Interrogatory |
| Johnnie | Jonny | Jig/Johnny |
| King | ||
| London | Love | |
| Monkey | Mother | Mike |
| Nuts | Nab/Negat | |
| Orange | Oboe | |
| Pip | Peter | |
| Queen | ||
| Robert | Roger/Robert | Roger |
| Suger | ||
| Toc | Tommy | Tare |
| Uncle | ||
| Vic | Victor | |
| William | ||
| X-ray | ||
| Yorker | Yoke/Yorker | Yoke |
| Zebra | ||
Lawsonsj 04:20, 29 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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- Yes
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- Not the way you've done it GraemeLeggett 12:14, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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How about this? —Michael Z. 2005-04-11 17:59 Z
| 1924–1942 | 1942–1943 | 1943–1956 |
|---|---|---|
| Ace | Apple | Able-Affirm |
| Beer | Baker | |
| Charlie | ||
| Dog | ||
| Edward | Easy | |
| Freddie | Freddy | Fox |
| George | ||
| Harry | How | |
| Ink | In | Item/Interrogatory |
| Johnnie | Jonny | Johnny/Jig |
| King | ||
| London | Love | |
| Monkey | Mother | Mike |
| Nuts | Nab/Negat | |
| Orange | Oboe | |
| Pip | Peter | |
| Queen | ||
| Robert | Robert/Roger | Roger |
| Suger | ||
| Toc | Tommy | Tare |
| Uncle | ||
| Vic | Victor | |
| William | ||
| X-ray | ||
| Yorker | Yorker/Yoke | Yoke |
| Zebra | ||
Or this? If we're going to do this, may as well add a fourth column comparing the NATO alphabet.
| 1924–1942 | changes in 1942–1943 |
changes in 1943–1956 |
|---|---|---|
| Ace | Apple | Able-Affirm |
| Beer | Baker | |
| Charlie | ||
| Dog | ||
| Edward | Easy | |
| Freddie | Freddy | Fox |
| George | ||
| Harry | How | |
| Ink | In | Item/Interrogatory |
| Johnnie | Jonny | Johnny/Jig |
| King | ||
| London | Love | |
| Monkey | Mother | Mike |
| Nuts | Nab/Negat | |
| Orange | Oboe | |
| Pip | Peter | |
| Queen | ||
| Robert | Robert/Roger | Roger |
| Suger | ||
| Toc | Tommy | Tare |
| Uncle | ||
| Vic | Victor | |
| William | ||
| X-ray | ||
| Yorker | Yorker/Yoke | Yoke |
| Zebra | ||
- Choices, choices. I like to see boxes, perhaps if the whole table was wider, more space for each column then you could get away with repeating each word.GraemeLeggett 18:52, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- Now I look at it, why is Johnny spelt different was when its pronounced the same GraemeLeggett 20:58, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Nab/Negat
Should that be Nab/Negate? —Michael Z. 2005-04-11 18:11 Z
- I've usually seen that written as Nan - i.e., N-Nan. Ian Dunster 08:40, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

