On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Matt Grimaldi wrote:

> If you're curious, here's a list of all the
> codes used when letters are read over the
> radio (both aviation and the military use the
> same codes)
>
> http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/MAEL/ag/phonetic.htm

Thanks.  (I did grasp origin of the phrase; I was just charmed by the
formality of the euphamism.)

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas

There ain't no Devil; there's just God when he's drunk.
   -- Tom Waits

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