The international phonetic alphabet was not standardised until 1956
throughout the world. Before that time it depended on who was
speaking, where they came from and where they learned the alphabet!!
The British Royal Navy had one, a different one for the Army in the
first world war, American military was different again... etc.... In
fact I can remember in the '60's in the UK, the international
operators used major cities worldwide as a phonetic code... although
the code wasn't in use until the early days of Marconi.... after all,
he made the first international radio transmission from Poldhu Point
in Cornwall to St John's Bay, Newfoundland!
There you are.... a little bit of useless history!!
Sue in East Yorkshire
On 14 Jan 2011, at 09:23, [email protected] wrote:
I have this all the time as my surname is
Tinch - quite unusual. It gets written as Linch, Pinch or Finch.
NO, Teeee for
Tango.
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