XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-07 18:23, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   > John Ames wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:33:45 GMT   
   >> Charlie Gibbs  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> Seems plausible - may also have to do with phone-tree systems and   
   >>>> how intelligible "hash" is or isn't over a muffled line, vs. a word   
   >>>> that begins and ends with hard consonants.   
   >>>   
   >>> I hadn't thought of that angle.  Indeed, aeronautical radio   
   >>> phraseology has evolved to deal with just that sort of problem.   
   >>   
   >> Many's the time I've had to resort to the NATO phonetic alphabet when   
   >> trying to get a customer to type something in over the phone.   
   >   
   > Like "It all went tango uniform"? A real "charlie foxtrot"?   
   >   
      
   I tried to use that over the years several times here, but nobody   
   understands it, unless they are HAMs or aviators. I have to use a local   
   variant based in the name of the provinces of Spain.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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