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title: phonetic alphabet
date: 2004-08-27 09:20:00.00 -8
tags: posts 
categories: microsoft
---
Having recently placed a call to the Microsoft Clearinghouse to get a 25 character license re-activated and been bounced between multiple clearinghouse representatives, tech support, and back to the clearinghouse, I wanted to have this handy for posterity.

Here we are…

```
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-Ray
Yankee
Zulu 
```

There are [many](http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/phonetic%20alphabet) phonetic alphabets. The above one is the one Microsoft uses.

It looks like the [RAF](http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/RAF%20phonetic%20alphabet) dropped Beer for B during WWI.