App Shopper: Alpha Bravo Charlie (Reference)

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Alpha Bravo Charlie

iOS iPhone

Do you like kidding friends? Do you want to look at your NATO code name?
or Do you simply want to know why army men use the words Alpha, Bravo, Charlie so often?
Enter the text and click Encode button. See the result and send it to a friend.

Imagine his surprise when he sees this nonsense. When you hear his surprised voice on the phone, tell him about NATO alphabet.
The NATO phonetic alphabet, more formally the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet. Though often called "phonetic alphabets", spelling alphabets have no connection to phonetic transcription systems like the International Phonetic Alphabet. Instead, the NATO alphabet assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet acrophonically (Alfa for A, Bravo for B, etc.) so that critical combinations of letters (and numbers) can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language, especially when the safety of navigation or persons is essential. The paramount reason is to ensure intelligibility of voice signals over radio links.
Most of the words are recognizable by native English speakers because English must be used upon request for communication between an aircraft and a control tower whenever two nations are involved, especially when they have different languages. English is not required domestically, thus if both parties to a radio conversation are from the same country, then another phonetic alphabet of that nation's choice may be used.
When you are done with theory, move to practice: tell your beloved one about your feelings in an unusual way, exchange 'secret' messages within a company, send trick letters to your friends, on the whole open your imagination while using the application.