The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via Nebula creator roster · 85% confidenceRobWords (Rob Watts, a word-history channel on Nebula) researches etymology carefully and cites dictionaries and linguists; a fascinating case study in applied linguistics with real history behind it.
How the NATO phonetic alphabet was designed — tested for intelligibility across languages and noisy radio — and why each word was chosen.
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