New Phonetic Alphabet

You may not be aware that a team of international academic authorities has been commissioned by the European Community to create a new phonetic alphabet free of patriarchal references (such as Papa) or words that might otherwise be offensive to minorities (e.g., Zulu) or those of differing gender. (Romeo, for instance, connotes a sexually obsessed individual, possibly a harasser.)

Fortunately, we have been able to obtain an early sample of their work. Try any common communication, and you will realize that a mere $238 million has been well spent!
  
A
Affirmative N
New
B
Bearing    O
One
C
Czar  P
Ptomaine
D
Disregard    Q
Question
E
Emergency    R
Repeat
F
Fire    S
 Say-again
G
Gnu     T
Tsunami
H
Hijack
U
Unsafe
I
Iago  V
Violation
J
Jalepeno W
Weather
K
Knew  X
Xerox
L
Llanelli  Y
Ypres
M
Mnemonic Z
 Zero

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This page written 18 October 2002 by Robyn Stewart.  Last revised 3 July 2003.