> I just wonder if the writers used the names Able and Baker after hearing > about the
> rocket with the monkeys aboard. It's no coincidence. No one stole the idea. It's the radio alphabet letter code used by the Navy and Army in communications. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Army/Navy_Phonetic_Alphabet Joint Army<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army>/Navy<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy> Phonetic Alphabet[2]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Army/Navy_Phonetic_Alphabet#cite_note-2> Letter Phonetic Letter Phonetic Letter Phonetic A Able M Mike Y Yoke B Baker N Nan Z Zebra C Charlie O Oboe 0 Zero D Dog P Peter 1 One E Easy Q Queen 2 Two F Fox R Roger 3 Three G George S Sail/Sugar 4 Four H How T Tare 5 Five I Item U Uncle 6 Six J Jig V Victor 7 Seven K King W William 8 Eight L Love X X-ray 9 Nine Harriet, the chicken thief, hiding out in Kelsey's Woods, USA ....Johnny Paul Jason says chewing tar is good for the teeth......That's an old wives tale....Johnny Paul ain't married..... _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.wbmutbb.com/
