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Re: [SLE] friendly English lesson
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:04:40 +0200
- Message-id: <200509111504.40866.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 11 September 2005 14:54, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Carlos E. R. <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx> [09-11-05 07:45]:
> > Wasn't it "zulu"? International spelling code, also aviation code. Mmm,
> > not too international, it lacks words for special letters... ç, ñ, ü...
>
> No, zulu was for GMT, international time standard. Zed was used by
> hams to denote the letter z, just as charlie indicates the letter c.
I thought it was zebra, or is that just the armed forces?
> * Carlos E. R. <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx> [09-11-05 07:45]:
> > Wasn't it "zulu"? International spelling code, also aviation code. Mmm,
> > not too international, it lacks words for special letters... ç, ñ, ü...
>
> No, zulu was for GMT, international time standard. Zed was used by
> hams to denote the letter z, just as charlie indicates the letter c.
I thought it was zebra, or is that just the armed forces?
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