phonetic alphabet
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They say they have found four basic components they think make up this phonetic alphabet.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
Just type “ICS” in the search function to read about the ways signals can be sent, and to see flag images, their meanings, associated letters and phonetic alphabet letters.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
The phrase comes from the military phonetic alphabet; it is not slang.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2016
Other peoples provided the Greeks with crucial technological advances; they learned the phonetic alphabet from the Phoenicians, and how to mint coins from the Lydians.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2015
They had invented a peculiar phonetic alphabet; and their religion consisted in the belief in good and evil spirits and witches, in circumcision, and in somewhat of divination by the stars.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
