A few years ago I had the call VP2MLL... Mike Lima Lima. Well, after
saying Lima at least 10000 times in a contest weekend, I almost could
not pronounce Lima because of the pain in my tongue from rubbing against
my teeth. Lima because something close to Limur.
So Mike Lima Lima got dumped for VP2 Mike Mike Fox which works real well
for me, even as a short, single syllable word.
73 charlie, k1xx/vp2mmf
On 3/24/2020 12:05 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
I totally agree with Jim, which is why I disagree with W3LPL. There
are some horrible phonetics in the common international listing. Hard
consonants beat soft ones, short multi-syllable words are better than
single syllable words, long vowel sounds are better than short ones,
and commonly known words with unique sounds are best. Here are a few
of my hangups on the list:
Canada is better than Charlie
Golf is terrible ... probably the worst one on the list. Guatemala is
better but admittedly long. Germany is maybe a better compromise.
Too bad more people wouldn't recognize gator
Italy is better than India
Japan beats Juliet hands down
Radio should be better than Romeo
Sierra is weak ... Santiago is better
United is much better than Uniform
Aside from that, I'm always amazed at how many people when asked for a
repeat will keep giving the exact same phonetic over and over again
when it is obvious that they are down in the mud and probably have an
inflection or intonation that makes that particular word hard to
understand. If somebody is having trouble with Alpha Bravo Seven Echo
I'll switch to America Boston Seven Equador or Able Baker Seven
England or anything else that might help the other guy out.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 3/23/2020 5:24 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
Another VERY important element of phonetics under tough conditions is
that a hard consonant can be better than a softer one. That's why
"Canada" sometimes works better than "Charlie," for example.
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