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by gbacon 1056 days ago
Don't forget their cousins "tree" and "fife" — or the overpronunciation of Papa as /papà/.
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As well as "niner", but I didn't want to delve into all the subtleties.
I once heard a recording of a conversation between ATC and an aircraft with a registration OK-PPP. Every communication from either side starts with Oskar Kilo Papapapapapa :-)
No one actually uses "tree" and "fife."