I suppose this is based on rhyming slang?  I wouldn't begin to know how to 
decipher it.

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Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313

/* The first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to the 
gods who knows how to be silent, even though he be in the right.  -Cato the 
Younger (BC 95-46) */

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
Rupert Reynolds
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2023 03:10

Back in the days of analogue mobile phones, I used phonetics a lot!

Once or twice, I used the Cockney phonetics ;-)

A for 'orses
B for mutton
C for miles
...
X for breakfast
Y for girlfriend
Z for a joke  (i.e. 'said for a joke')

--- On Sat, 18 Mar 2023, 00:23 Bob Bridges, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Under marginal conditions (which includes cell-phone calls) I use 
> alpha / bravo / charlie / ... / x-ray / yankee / zulu.  But "zed" is 
> probably unmistakable.

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