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    $\begingroup$ I voted to close this, it should be reworded to include the entire NATO alphabet otherwise we are going to have 25 more questions on the subject. The entire NATO alphabet is discussed with great detail and analysis of each letter at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet $\endgroup$
    – jwzumwalt
    Commented Aug 2, 2018 at 19:45
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    $\begingroup$ A: aye. B: bee. C: cerise. E: eye. G: gnat. H: honour. K: knee/knife. O: oestrogen. P: pneumatic. etc. $\endgroup$
    – Transistor
    Commented Aug 2, 2018 at 22:51
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    $\begingroup$ If you are from eastern Europe you would spell "Carl" with a K. Karl Marx, karl Benz (Mercedes) Karl Dönitz, a town in Rhineland, Germany etc. etc. etc. $\endgroup$
    – paul
    Commented Aug 3, 2018 at 0:22
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    $\begingroup$ note that C is pronounced like /tʃ/ or /ts/ in many languages, so Ch is almost the same as C $\endgroup$
    – phuclv
    Commented Aug 3, 2018 at 2:11
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    $\begingroup$ I sense some other 25 questions coming in $\endgroup$
    – PlasmaHH
    Commented Aug 3, 2018 at 6:58