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  1. 06-05-2012, 09:20 #1
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    Default How the Army changed my language!

    Just a random thought, but today I had to call into my insurance agent to add a new truck and I, of course, read my vin to him as 1-Foxtrot-Tango-Sierra-Whiskey... and it actually annoyed me that he read it back like 1-Frank-Tom-Sam-Water... I couldn't help but think "learn phonetics dummy".

    I understand that civilians think it's 9:30 and I think it is 0930, or how civilians think it's June 5 and not 5 JUN, but phonetics people, aren't that hard to remember!

    I have been out of the military a while now, but these things were pounded so hard into my brain that it seems like Chinese when other people say it differently - and don't even get me started on acronyms .
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  2. 06-05-2012, 09:27 #2
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    the military just like most jobs has its own language
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    Law enforcement uses a different set of phonetics and I have a very difficult time switching from military to LEO and vice versa, depending on which hat I'm wearing at the moment.
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    Acronyms are from the Debbil himself.....
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    Acronyms make life too short
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    I still do it to this day and people look at me funny when I do
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    yea i think the police should be the same as the .gov we use the same in ATC
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    I been out of the Corps for about 20 years and still to this day it pisses me off when people read it back - Henry, Elaborate, Lucy, Paul instead of Helo, Echo, Lima, Papa...... Drives me nuts!

    I feel your pain!
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    What really cracks me up is there is a band my friends listen to named "Whiskey Tango"... I always laugh because of what Whiskey Tango stands for (if you know you'd find it funny too).
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  10. 06-05-2012, 12:31 #10
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    phonics even change within the military. certain jobs use special phonics for reasons I won't get into.
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