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phonetic alphabet One aim of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) was to provide a unique symbol for each distinctive sound in a language—that is, every sound, or phoneme, that serves to distinguish one word from another. It is the most common example of phonetic transcription..
phonetic alphabet The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet or simply the Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear-code words for communicating the letters of the Latin/Roman alphabet. Technically a radiotelephonic spelling alphabet, it goes by various names, including NATO spelling alphabet, ICAO phonetic alphabet, and ICAO ...
phonetic alphabet police The NATO phonetic alphabet Imagine that you are a radiotelegraph operator during the war trying to warn soldiers on the front lines of an incoming mustard gas attack. Messages can be distorted due to the noise of battle, poor broadcast signal, or even language barriers. However, if the transmission uses a radiotelephonic spelling alphabet – substituting a code word for each letter of the ...