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The police rang my house once, and he told me where I could reach them, and spelled out his name. I started writing his name out, but by the fourth name, I was thinking wtf is going on. This guy was spelling out his name by using names for each letter. A for Alex, B for Bob.
Afer Alex, Beefer Bob, who the fuck are all these people?
Standard for police is to use the NATO phonetic alphabet simply because it's what everybody uses and it avoids confusion rather than it necessarily been the best system.
For example prior to the NATO phonetic alphabet the UK military used to have their own, so perhaps that's where they got it from?
I think it was
Apple.
Bob
Candle.
Can't remember what D was.
Elizabeth
idk about other places, but the LAPD don't.
Here's a rabbit hole: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_military_phonetic_spelling_alphabets#RAF_radiotelephony_spelling_alphabet
Was his name Abraham?