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by Fun on December 10th, 2007

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Why, when spelling our names or other words, do we assign male names to letters? For example P as in Peter... C as in Charlie?

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  • by Ash on December 10th, 2007

    Ash

    They are not all male names. There are monthe (November) and other things.

    The phonetic alphabet is really handy when giving reference numbers over the phone, or customers names. this makes sure when booking important documents (like air tickects... which cost money to change) that the names are correct. this is also used in military and other services too

    Ash
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  • by EL1 2 on December 10th, 2007

    EL1 2

    Dunno why someone downrated this by three....

    Anyway, it originated from the military. They spell things using "alpha", "bravo", "Charlie", "delta", "echo", "foxtrot", "golf", "hotel", etc.

    The requirements of the system were to have words that could be pronounced and comprehended easily by native and non-native English speakers alike. It so happens that there are a couple of female names, like the one for J ("Juliette").

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