[CQ-Contest] "Kilo" or "Kilowatt"

[Mark -AA6DX]

And, then, remember the NCCC phonetic skit from back in the early 70s?
"THIS HERE IS WILLY BILLY FIVE WILLY BILLY WILLY PORTABLE WILLY BILLY 
FIVE"!!
=];?)  73, Mark  AA6DX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Davis" <bob at reconstructinghistory.com>
To: "CQ Contest List" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] "Kilo" or "Kilowatt"


> I've been following this thread for a bit now, and think lots of good 
> points
> have been raised.
>
> Yes, the currently-accepted International phonetics aren't the best. They
> are, however, internationally accepted for aviation traffic, as well as 
> NATO
> military use.  They work, most of the time.  I find "kilowatt" and other
> non-standard phonetics rather excruciating, but that's probably due to my
> military communications background.  But hey, it's not a big deal. 
> Besides,
> I was brought up on NATO phonetics - which were adopted after many active
> radio amateurs were licensed - so who am I to kvetch when someone uses the
> older, WWII/Korea-era phonetics?  I do tend to draw the line at "cute"
> phonetics, saving them for goofy chats on 2m FM during my morning commute.
> I have a repertiore of non-standard phonetics for when the standards just
> aren't getting through, though (see below).
>
> Dispronouncification can be corrected by consciously speaking the phonetic
> in an exaggerated fashion. Often, barking or mush-mouthing phonetics kile
> Kilo - and I mean no disrespect to you, Steve; it's just the salient
> example - can lead to miscopy, especially under adverse atmospheric and/or
> interference conditions.  I find it best to really exaggerate Kilo and
> Tango - I remember hearing TM6M in the recent contests; that method of
> pronounciation really works for me (if you can remember it).  Drawing out
> the O, in other words. TANG-ooohhh.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob Norway Quiver Tree Xylophone (joking!)