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[–] [email protected] 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Sam and Frank are quite similar

Unrecognisable letter - a - m or n, very similar - unrecognisable could be both (say when it's loud and you're talking)

Sierra and Foxtrot are very different and that's what matters

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Bam, Cam, Dam, Fam, Ham, Jam, Lam(b), Ma'am, Pam, Ram, W(h)am

Bank, Dank, Gank, Hank, Jank, Lank, Rank, Sank, Tank, Wank

Yeah.. not great options, those.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Bam, Cam, Dam, Fam, Ham, Jam, Lam(b), Ma'am, Pam, Ram, W(h)am

Whoa, Black Betty!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Understood, but these were selected based on what seems to work for your average customer service person/office worker. The amount of times I've said 'Sierra' and got back C is too many.

Might re-think Frank over Foxtrot, though. That's more habit than anything else.

Agreed in other contexts these are not the best choices, and there's a reason they are not that in the NATO phonetic alphabet.