Talk:Colonial wireless alphabet/Archive 1

Radio Alphabet

Discussion moved from Talk:Language in the Twelve Colonies by Joe Beaudoin at 20:04, 10 October 2005 (EDT).

First is the Earth-international radio alphabet followed by the Colonial radio alphabet. Spellings (Juliett & Alfa) are per the official international version according to Wikipedia. Italics are the ones I think unlikely to be in the Colonial version. --Day 03:50, 10 September 2005 (EDT)

Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lime, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu.

A, Bravo², Constellation¹, Delta², E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, Nebula¹, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Mini-Series
Hand of God

I have to go back and watch Hand of God but, I don't think Wilco is part of the phonetic alphabet. In radio transmissions it means "Will Comply" so you can see why it would be confusing to be used as a letter as well. --Talos 17:49, 23 September 2005 (EDT)

Agree. The Hand of God writers clearly used the NATO phonetic alphabet. --Peter Farago 17:56, 23 September 2005 (EDT)

The alphabet probably has astronomical terms for some of the letters, Pulsar, Quasar, and Universe for example. --Talos 18:11, 23 September 2005 (EDT)

Yeah. As I watched the rest of the episode, they used Wilco again and I was reminded of its normal usage. Thus I've removed it. I agree that Pulsar, Quasar and Universe are likely. I also bet they use Galaxy and maybe Star. However, I don't want to get into the business of pure speculation. --Day 18:19, 23 September 2005 (EDT)