Military Phonetic Alphabet - Revision history

Tarlen at 04:55, 1 August 2017

2017-08-01T04:55:11Z

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 Since the story is about a para-military outfit, a lot of the language used is derived from military slang. Therefore it seemed appropriate to explain some of those phonetic abbreviations.
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-||~ Phonetic Used ||~   ||~ Meaning ||~   ||~ Explanation ||~   ||~ First Used ||
+{| class="wikitable"
-||= __''Charlie Foxtrot''__ ||   || '''''C'''''luster '''''F'''''uck ||   || Worst possible chaotic situation imaginable ||   ||   ||
+! Phonetic Used
-||= __''Tango Uniform''__ ||   ||< '''''T'''''its '''''U'''''p alternative: '''''T'''''oes '''''U'''''p ||   || Dead. Done for, like a dead body swimming in water ||   ||   ||
-||= __''SNAFU''__ ||   || '''''S'''''ituation '''''N'''''ormal, '''''A'''''ll '''''F'''''ucked '''''U'''''p ||   || completely fouled up. ||   ||   ||
+! Meaning
-||= __''FUBAR''__ ||   || '''''F'''''ucked '''''U'''''p '''''B'''''eyond '''''A'''''ll '''''R'''''epair ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 Just a bit off fun:
 ''India Foxtrot Yankee Oscar Uniform Charlie Alpha November Uniform November Delta Echo Romeo Sierra Tango Alpha November Delta Tango Hotel India Sierra, Charlie Oscar Papa Yankee Alpha November Delta Papa Alpha Sierra Tango Echo Tango Oscar Yankee Oscar Uniform Romeo Sierra Tango Alpha Tango Uniform Sierra''
 The current Phonetic alphabet known to 21st-century readers of ''SchlockMercenary'' was put into place in 1957<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderlyroom/a/alphabet.htm</ref> .

Tarlen at 10:05, 25 July 2017

2017-07-25T10:05:36Z

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	The current Phonetic alphabet known to 21st-century readers of ''SchlockMercenary'' was put into place in 1957<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderlyroom/a/alphabet.htm</ref> .		The current Phonetic alphabet known to 21st-century readers of ''SchlockMercenary'' was put into place in 1957<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderlyroom/a/alphabet.htm</ref> .

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Since the story is about a para-military outfit, a lot of the language used is derived from military slang. Therefore it seemed appropriate to explain some of those phonetic abbreviations.
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||~ Phonetic Used ||~ ||~ Meaning ||~ ||~ Explanation ||~ ||~ First Used ||
||= __''Charlie Foxtrot''__ || || '''''C'''''luster '''''F'''''uck || || Worst possible chaotic situation imaginable || || ||
||= __''Tango Uniform''__ || ||< '''''T'''''its '''''U'''''p alternative: '''''T'''''oes '''''U'''''p || || Dead. Done for, like a dead body swimming in water || || ||
||= __''SNAFU''__ || || '''''S'''''ituation '''''N'''''ormal, '''''A'''''ll '''''F'''''ucked '''''U'''''p || || completely fouled up. || || ||
||= __''FUBAR''__ || || '''''F'''''ucked '''''U'''''p '''''B'''''eyond '''''A'''''ll '''''R'''''epair || || || || ||
Just a bit off fun:
''India Foxtrot Yankee Oscar Uniform Charlie Alpha November Uniform November Delta Echo Romeo Sierra Tango Alpha November Delta Tango Hotel India Sierra, Charlie Oscar Papa Yankee Alpha November Delta Papa Alpha Sierra Tango Echo Tango Oscar Yankee Oscar Uniform Romeo Sierra Tango Alpha Tango Uniform Sierra''

The current Phonetic alphabet known to 21st-century readers of ''SchlockMercenary'' was put into place in 1957<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderlyroom/a/alphabet.htm</ref> .

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'''[[Welcome|Return to the Welcome Page]]'''