[CQ-Contest] Re: [Dx] Lets change phonetics

Jim Forsyth jim at forsyth.net
Wed Oct 31 12:42:06 EST 2001


Well it is Zed in English, Zee is an Americanism.

I have a different problem with my call - AF6O, although I say Oscar for the
last letter people commonly come back with Zero, then they realise that
can't be right and get confused.

Jim

> You might try pronouncing the zero as zaro (with a short a) to rhyme with
> arrow.
> This sounds international.
> We say Zed for Zee - maybe for the same reason.


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