A male is a ‘mike’. We use letters selected from a standard phonetic, or spelling, alphabet so nobody fumbles for words. Spelling alphabets came about because early users of radios ...

The phonetic alphabet aids global communication, ensuring standardization across aviation. Numeric standards complement the ...

This page allows you to type phonetic transcripts using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Simply click on a phonetic symbol, and it will appear in the text box below. You can edit your ...

The researchers dubbed their catalog of sound combinations a “phonetic alphabet” for sperm whales, comparing variations in ...

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A worldwide organization of meteorologists controls the naming conventions for hurricanes, a practice steeped in a ...

NATO MEMBERS: Each theme answer is the name of a person whose first name represents a letter in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet: INDIA, VICTOR, SIERRA, and MIKE. Each time the NATO alphabet is ...

Germany is to revamp its phonetic alphabet to remove words added by the Nazis. Before the Nazi dictatorship some Jewish names were used in the phonetic alphabet - such as "D for David", "N for ...

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Few linguistic developments in history have been as profoundly impactful and meticulously crafted as the creation of Hangul, ...

Move the pointer over the row and column headings to see descriptions of the manners and places of articulation. Then click on the IPA symbols for each English sound to open a popup window with sample ...