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Jan 19, 2010 23:50
14 yrs ago
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English term

India foxtrot yankee oscar uniform charlie alpha november uniform november delta

Non-PRO FVA Not for points English Other Education / Pedagogy Pre-K education
Someone wanted this figured out and then the directions followed just for fun. I think it is aviator lingo but not sure. I'd like a translation or place to go and look up the translation my self.
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5 +9 if you can und

Discussion

JaneTranslates Jan 20, 2010:
From NCIS fans There is a movement among fans of the TV show NCIS (and perhaps others) to post this as a Facebook status. The full message (as I received it) is: If you can understand this, copy and paste to your status. NCIS fan.
Gerard Burns Jr. Jan 20, 2010:
This is "Phonetic Alphabet" There are several different phonetic alphabets. If you just Google "phonetic alphabet" you will see several of them. In the US, the military uses one and the police use a somewhat different one, so pick whichover one you want to use.
Mikhail Kropotov Jan 19, 2010:
Use the first letters of each word. IF YOU CAN UND... is what you have so far.

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+9
14 mins
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if you can und

(As Mikhail has said)

Standard radio / aviation alphabet

Also known as the NATO alphabet:

The Communications Code Alphabet (CCA)

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zulu


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Note added at 16 mins (2010-01-20 00:06:28 GMT)
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I expect it was going on to say:

"if you can understand this..."
Reference:

http://www.eteachercatalog.com/

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