contentbotB to Cool GuidesEnglish · 4 months agoA Cool Guide: After I said “E as in egg” to customer service I looked up this guidei.redd.itimagemessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1383arrow-down1imageA Cool Guide: After I said “E as in egg” to customer service I looked up this guidei.redd.itcontentbotB to Cool GuidesEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square119fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePhilippe23linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-24 months ago“Fox” could be confused with “box”, so it goes with “Foxtrot”. Also, keep in mind that everything is a product of its time.
minus-squareBigPotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoFox could also be misheard in other languages, not just box. The old joke about telling your German counterpart about nine tanks coming over the hill and all that.
“Fox” could be confused with “box”, so it goes with “Foxtrot”.
Also, keep in mind that everything is a product of its time.
Fox could also be misheard in other languages, not just box.
The old joke about telling your German counterpart about nine tanks coming over the hill and all that.