Ok, you got me on that one, Timo. 
It's Bravo, not Baker!
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Wouldn't Beta also be appropriate? They use that as well (such as in ST:FC when Crusher gives her authorization code - two, two, beta, charlie).
I wonder if they're consistent. For purposes of this, I'd ignore passwords and star system names, which seem more like words than clarifications of what a number is. Do they ever use Bravo for B or do they always use Baker? If they always use baker, I'm cool with that. The original series did it because that's what Roddenberry used and everyone else kept it to be consistent. Afterall, NATO doesn't have to be the only influence on Starfleet.
Unless I'm wrong, and please correct me if I am, hasn't the U.S. navy changed which letters it uses for the alphabet? I remember when I was in NROTC in the 80s. I learned the phonetic alphabet of the time, which was Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, etc. My father, who had been in the navy in the early 1950s learned it Able, Baker, etc.
I suspect in the next couple of centuries, it will most likely change again.
I suspect in the next couple of centuries, it will most likely change again.
Here's a comparison of US military phonetic alphabets of late:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq101-1.htm
Of course, there are other English phonetic alphabets in existence, too, such as an old RAF one you can find in the wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_phonetic_alphabet
Various police organizations are frequent users of phonetic alphabets as well, and there's plenty of variety there. Basically it's whatever floats your boat: the "Hot Shots" approach performs the same function as the NATO system, and may even be superior to it because a little bit of absurd humor always helps with memorizing...
Timo Saloniemi
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq101-1.htm
Of course, there are other English phonetic alphabets in existence, too, such as an old RAF one you can find in the wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_phonetic_alphabet
Various police organizations are frequent users of phonetic alphabets as well, and there's plenty of variety there. Basically it's whatever floats your boat: the "Hot Shots" approach performs the same function as the NATO system, and may even be superior to it because a little bit of absurd humor always helps with memorizing...
Timo Saloniemi
I was going to post this, but you beat me to it. I am a cop and my agency, and surrounding agencies in my county, all use the standard / NATO phonetic alphabet. Other agencies, in my state and elsewhere, use variations. There does tend to be a lot of inconsistency with these sorts of things.
There has been talk, of late, of doing away with "10" codes entirely. We had real issues during Hurricanes Wilma, Katrina, etc. trying to communicate with other agencies not from our county. What we may use for, lets say 10-97 (arrival on scene) might mean something entirely different to another agency. They are considering using plain language to alleviate this. Another good example, even within my agency, is the letter I. It is spoken as India, currently, but many of the officers who've been around a while still slip up and say Indigo; what it used to be. Everyone knows what they are referring to, so it doesn't really matter at the end of the day.
That never bothered me. The one which did bother me is the TV show "Wings", where the plane's call sign was "Nevada, 1-2-1, Papa Papa". That "Papa Papa" always sounded weird to me, so many P sounds in a row.
That would also be Echo. (her face really bugs me. Its just not right!!!!!)
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Lifes to short to worry about what their saying,.for all intensive purpose's. You should of wrote a whole nother bugbare. Wallah, problem solved.
Lifes to short to worry about what their saying,.for all intensive purpose's. You should of wrote a whole nother bugbare. Wallah, problem solved.
hee hee hee hee
Gotta say this has never crossed my mind once--and it's easy enough to rationalize. It's the 23rd century, it's Starfleet, so why expect things to match up perfectly to modern military protocols. And, if I'm reading this thread correctly, the system already changed a few times over the course of the 20th century, so why shouldn't it keep evolving well into the future?
Or maybe "Bravo" simply means something offensive in Rigellian.
Or maybe "Bravo" simply means something offensive in Rigellian.
Gamma Tango Foxtrot Oscar!
As a grammar Nazi, the hair on the back of my neck is going up and down and up and down....
"Bugbare"? 
For all intents and purposes! Aargh!
That one just bugs me like chewing aluminum foil with metal fillings in your teeth.
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