#Phone spelling alphabet registration

The NATO alphabet above is the original and most widely used. I repeat that other versions of phonetic spelling alphabets exist.

Used by communicators around the world to clarify letters and spellings. In less formal use, for example by customer service telephone staff, communications tend to give the letters and to clarify each with the corresponding alphabet words, for example, 'G, Golf T, Tango W, Whisky', or alternatively, 'GTW, Golf Tango Whisky.'

#Phone spelling alphabet registration

, used by used by linguists, speech therapists, and language teachers, etc.Ĭommonly when used professionally in relaying abbreviations or letter codes, such as registrations, for example by the police, military, other emergency services or in air traffic control, the letters themselves are not given and only the corresponding words are stated, for example a registration or call-sign of GTW would be stated at simply as 'Golf Tango Whisky'. Phonetic alphabet used to confirm pronunciation and word sounds The phonetic alphabet used for confirming spelling and words is quite different and far more complicated to the The NATO phonetic spelling alphabet is a useful reference for language and communications study and training.ĭifferent variations of the phonetic language exist - this is the original major standard and still most widely used. The phonetic language - also known as the 'spelling alphabet' or the NATO phonetic alphabet - is used by professional communicators, especially police, military and other emergency and armed forces, to identify letters precisely, either when communicating initials, abbreviations or spellings of words.