phonetic alphabet
Example Sentences
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They say they have found four basic components they think make up this phonetic alphabet.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
I would watch the night’s TV, phone my copy in at midnight and the copy-taker, enraged by my version of the phonetic alphabet, would say: “Is there much more of this stuff?”
From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2019
The phrase comes from the military phonetic alphabet; it is not slang.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2016
But Denise Sabet, the vice general manager at Labbrand, suggests the reasons include cultural differences and the Chinese reliance on characters for words, rather than a phonetic alphabet.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2011
It is one of the most important works on the country written by a Spaniard, because it contains a description and explanation of the phonetic alphabet of the Mayas.
From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)
