[CQ-Contest] SSB Phonetics

[charlie carroll]

A few years ago I had the call VP2MLL... Mike Lima Lima.  Well, after 
saying Lima at least 10000 times in a contest weekend, I almost could 
not pronounce Lima because of the pain in my tongue from rubbing against 
my teeth.  Lima because something close to Limur.

So Mike Lima Lima got dumped for VP2 Mike Mike Fox which works real well 
for me, even as a short, single syllable word.

73 charlie,  k1xx/vp2mmf

On 3/24/2020 12:05 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> I totally agree with Jim, which is why I disagree with W3LPL. There 
> are some horrible phonetics in the common international listing.  Hard 
> consonants beat soft ones, short multi-syllable words are better than 
> single syllable words, long vowel sounds are better than short ones, 
> and commonly known words with unique sounds are best.  Here are a few 
> of my hangups on the list:
>
> Canada is better than Charlie
>
> Golf is terrible ... probably the worst one on the list. Guatemala is 
> better but admittedly long.  Germany is maybe a better compromise.  
> Too bad more people wouldn't recognize gator
>
> Italy is better than India
>
> Japan beats Juliet hands down
>
> Radio should be better than Romeo
>
> Sierra is weak ... Santiago is better
>
> United is much better than Uniform
>
> Aside from that, I'm always amazed at how many people when asked for a 
> repeat will keep giving the exact same phonetic over and over again 
> when it is obvious that they are down in the mud and probably have an 
> inflection or intonation that makes that particular word hard to 
> understand.  If somebody is having trouble with Alpha Bravo Seven Echo 
> I'll switch to America Boston Seven Equador or Able Baker Seven 
> England or anything else that might help the other guy out.
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
>
>
> On 3/23/2020 5:24 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> Another VERY important element of phonetics under tough conditions is 
>> that a hard consonant can be better than a softer one. That's why 
>> "Canada" sometimes works better than "Charlie," for example.
>
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