The NATO phonetics are so tired and old. This one uses popular fictional characters instead:

Aladdin Buffy Cruella Dorothy Edward Fiona Gandalf Hulk Igor Joker Kermit Lilo Mufasa Naruto Olaf Pikachu Quark Rapunzel Scoobie Tigger Ursula Vegeta Wolverine Xena Yoda Zorro

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
    7·
    21 hours ago

    If Cruella was written with a K, it would be pronounced the same, too. A certain amount of phonetic redundancy is pretty normal for alphabets that weren’t purpose-made for that specific language.

    Is Zena a word or relatively well-known name?

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone
      5·
      14 hours ago

      If Cruella was written with a K, it would be pronounced the same, too

      I suspect that’s why NATO uses Charlie. No other letter is pronounced ⟨tʃ⟩ with any significant frequency in English.

      Can I suggest Chucky?

      Edit: actually, even better: Chewbacca.