It's Bravo, not Baker!

[Avro Arrow]

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?

Yeah, it seems that the system changes somewhat even within the 23rd century, too. One of the examples in the OP had Spock using "able", but as someone pointed out, they were using "alpha" by the time of the movies.

Various police organizations are frequent users of phonetic alphabets as well, and there's plenty of variety there.

"We are in pursuit of a red... car, license number Eggplant Xerxes Crybaby Overbite Narwhal."

 

[Triskelion]

"Bugbare"?

An athema? Betty Nora? Pet PV?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

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.

For all intents and purposes! Aargh!



That one just bugs me like chewing aluminum foil with metal fillings in your teeth.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm an humble English teacher.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

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.

As a grammar Nazi, the hair on the back of my neck is going up and down and up and down....

Mission accomplished! Found you!

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

Gamma Tango Foxtrot Oscar!

Sierra Tango Foxtrot Union!

Various police organizations are frequent users of phonetic alphabets as well, and there's plenty of variety there.

"We are in pursuit of a red... car, license number Eggplant Xerxes Crybaby Overbite Narwhal."

"We are in pursuit of a red... car, license number Pneumonia Knickers Opossum Paychic Gnome."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Roger that, Milli Vanilli Chilly Willy.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Sierra Tango Foxtrot Union!

It's "Uniform", actually.

This reminds me of the goofy phonetics they used in Hot Shots:

Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach: Alpha Velveeta Knuckle Underwear, you are cleared for take-off. When you hit that nuclear weapons plant... drop a bomb for me!

Lt. Commander Block: Uh, Sphincter Mucus Niner Ringworm, roger!

 

[Albertese]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

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.

For all intents and purposes! Aargh!



That one just bugs me like chewing aluminum foil with metal fillings in your teeth.

But no body caught their? Should have been they're.

And lifes should have been life's. Purpose's should not have an apostrophe, but nother should as it's a contraction of another, and wallah, I assume, is an incorrect phonetic spelling of voila.

In fact, that whole sentence is such a travisty that one must assume it was done ironically as a joke.

--Alex

 

[Silvercrest]

Of course it is. It must be. (Just keep telling yourself that!)

But you overlooked "to short" and "should of".

Oh, and what is a "travisty"?

 

[1001001]

No similar spelling-out has revealed to us whether Captain Harriman commanded the Enterprise-Beta, the Enterprise-Bravo, the Enterprise-Baker or perhaps the Enterprise-Bonkers.

Come on, now... everyone knows it was Enterprise-Bueller

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