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[CentralCali]

I'm not looking for the IPA but rather what the Korean equivalent of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc.) is.

Bonus question: I'm also looking for the Vietnamese one.

If you know either or both, please post them here. Thanks!

[coolsage]

Slightly off-topic, but let me refer you to Phonetic Punctuation, the brainchild of Victor Borge, the Great Dane, available on Youtube.

[Atavistic]

For what? Aren't pilots required to speak English/use NATO (with very slight variations of it)? My exfiance was training to be a private pilot and an aerospace engineer and told me that. So if I'm wrong, blame the rocket scientist.

Just asked my boyfriend, he said he learned the NATO one in the Korean military and nothing else. He was in communications.

Interesting question.

(And my students LOVED Phonetic Punctuation!)

[Samantha]

well here's the NATO one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

can't help you with the Vietnamese one though

[CentralCali]

[blackjack]

Koreans wouldn't need one would they. All the symbols have names, well apart from vowels (and been told some Koreans even mess them up over the phone).

[lastat06513]

a- alpha
b- bravo
c- charlie
d- delta
e- echo
f- foxtrot
g- golf
h- hotel
i- india
j- juliette
k- kilo
l- lima
m- mike
n- november
o- oscra (pronounced "osca'")
p- papa (pronounced "pa`pa)
q- quebec
r- romeo
s- sierra
t- tango
u- uniform
v- victor
w- whiskey
x- x-ray
y- yankee
z- zulu

Older Koreans usually have heard these spoken as it was used by the phone company- When I was assigned to 1st Sig. Bde, I had to sometimes talked to a laison person with KT and these were basically used.
As for the korean phonetic spelling, you would have to sound out the letter you want them to understand...

[CentralCali]

[lastat06513]

oops---I did it again...sorry, my sight was too blurry to notice...

Here is something to make up for it, I hope it helps...