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  • RitaB
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2008
    • 1382
    #1

    NT / EFTPS password

    Just received internet password for a client by the automated phone deal.

    Three of the characters: "Lower case 'o' as in 'Oscar', lower case 'f' as in 'foxtrot', upper case 'W' as in 'whiskey'."

    Really? Are these words really the best choices for an automated message from IRS? Were all the other words busy? Is "Oscar" ever spelled with a lower case "o"?

    Foxtrot???

    I listened to it three times, laughing louder each time.
    If you loan someone $20 and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
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    • Gary2
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2010
      • 2066
      #2
      These are standard words for making sure letters that are spoken are interpreted correctly. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_spelling_alphabet . Personally I prefer the older, US military version, also given on that page, but it's fallen out of favor. (And not because I was in the military. One of my first college part-time jobs was with a woman with a military background, who used that version for reading out hexadecimal numbers.)

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        • ChEAr$
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2005
          • 3872
          #3
          Charlie - How - Easy - Able - Roger $ !!!!
          ChEAr$,
          Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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            • RitaB
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2008
              • 1382
              #4
              Aha

              Well, I remember hearing it on Dragnet, but had no idea there was an actual table! I have grinned everytime I thought of "foxtrot" today.

              BTW, I frequently think about saying "Just the facts, Ma'am" during tax season.
              If you loan someone $20 and never see them again, it was probably worth it.

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                • PIGLEE
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 446
                  #5
                  I remember the OLD set. I remember talking to a tech support from India, and they had some strange words, the one I remember that sounded strange, is Meter for M.

                  If they are using papa for P, why aren't they using MaMa for M. And kids today do not even know what a foxtrot is. This is a very strange list,

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                    • JohnH
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 5339
                      #6
                      I like:
                      E as in "Ewe"
                      P as in "Phonetics"
                      M as in "Mnemonic"
                      J as in "Junta"
                      X as in "Xylophone"
                      "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectful" - John Kenneth Galbraith

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                        • Jiggers
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 1973
                          #7
                          Say what?

                          Originally posted by JohnH
                          I like:
                          E as in "Ewe"
                          P as in "Phonetics"
                          M as in "Mnemonic"
                          J as in "Junta"
                          X as in "Xylophone"
                          U as in "Ewe"
                          F as in "Phonetics"
                          H as in "Junta"

                          or F as in Phone or enough or tough.
                          Jiggers, EA

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                            • Bees Knees
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2005
                              • 5456
                              #8
                              JohnH was making a joke.

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                                • JohnH
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Apr 2007
                                  • 5339
                                  #9
                                  I also prefer to spell "fish" as "ghoti".

                                  "gh" as in "enough"
                                  "o" as in "women"
                                  "ti" as in "citation"

                                  Ain't English wonderful?
                                  Having phun with phonemes (I think that one actually works)
                                  Last edited by JohnH; 11-07-2010, 02:47 PM.
                                  "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectful" - John Kenneth Galbraith

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