Timeline for Why do English-speaking pilots and ATC say "Niner" instead of "Nine"?
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| Dec 17, 2023 at 13:14 | comment | added | Mast | @gusto2 And nobody wonders warum the German didn't say "warum nicht" instead of "warum nein"? | |
| S Aug 16, 2022 at 1:53 | history | suggested | Lampe2020 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Improved explanation for "Nine"→"Niner".
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| Dec 13, 2021 at 19:38 | history | edited | abelenky | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 14, 2019 at 15:41 | comment | added | Oscar Bravo | At least in the Royal Navy, the word Fire is reserved for when a self-sustaining combustion reaction is ongoing on your vessel. If you want guns to launch things at someone, you say Shoot!. | |
| Aug 5, 2018 at 21:31 | comment | added | supercat | @TobySpeight: "Five" could also come out "Five-uh" whose vowels would be close to those of "niner". | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 9:53 | comment | added | Toby Speight | I've heard explosive users skip 4 to avoid confusion with "fire". "Five" and "Nine" have the same vowel, so the 2-syllable "Niner" helps distinguish those two (as does the soft "f" in "Fife", which is more distinct from "n" than "v" would be). | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 7:38 | comment | added | Michael | „nein” is “no” in German. “nine” is only pronounced (almost) the same way. | |
| May 12, 2017 at 5:54 | comment | added | End Antisemitic Hate | I truly appreciate your answer. Even if partially anecdotal, it provides significant insight. | |
| May 11, 2017 at 9:36 | comment | added | gusto2 | There's a joke of a german pilot asking "May I get local QHN?" ATC: "Nine, nine, nine".. "Und warum nein?" | |
| May 10, 2017 at 20:15 | comment | added | Steve V. | I've heard that explosives/demolitions engineers skip "Five" for the same reason, but I can't confirm that with fact, only hearsay. | |
| May 10, 2017 at 17:59 | history | answered | abelenky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |