On 11/09/05, Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> wrote:
On Sunday 11 September 2005 14:54, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Carlos E. R. <robin1.listas@tiscali.es> [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?
The NATO phonetic alphabet states that it is zulu or so this website says... http://www.dynamoo.com/technical/phonetic.htm -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR