Here's the handy phonetic alphabet\
I try to remember it, not forget
It starts with A alpha and B bravo
C for Charlie, D delta, then echo
F for foxtrot, G golf in a hotel
India - Juliet weighs a kilo
We met M for Mike in N November
I think M for Mike should get an Oscar
Like Papa in Quebec, a Romeo
In the Sierra doing the tango
In uniform with his best friend Victor
They shouldn't be drinking whisky, you know
Victor had an X-ray from a Yankee
With Mike and a South African Zulu
Congratulations to you and me, too
I'm delighted both of us made it through.
This is where this alphabet poem ends
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A - alpha
B - bravo
C - Charlie
D - Delta
E - Echo
F - foxtrot
G - Golf
H - hotel
I - india
J - Juliet
K - Kilo
L - Lima
M - Mike
N - November
O - Oscar
P - Papa
Q - Quebec
R - Romeo
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform
V - Victor
W - Whisky
X - X-ray
Y - Yankee
Z - Zulu
A is easy. Alphabet. Bravo for remembering that. You are a right Charlie if you forget it.
Six first or persoanl names are in the phonetic alphabet: Charlie, Juliet, Mike, Oscar, Romeo, Victor. Romeo and Juliet, are a pair, of course.
Delta is one of two geographical features. The other one is sierra.
Echo - please echo my recitation of the phonestic alphabet.
Foxtrot, golf and hotel are a threesome. I do a three-step foxtrot at an afternoon tea dance at the golf hotel.where my partner is playing golf. Foxtrot is one of two dances, foxtrot and tango.
I for India, one of the 4 placenames from all the continents. From the Americas, Y for Yankee, Q for Quebec. From South America the Spanish word sierra, and the city of Lima, which is the capital of the the country of Peru. And Latin Americn dancing, not the foxtrot but the tango.
From Europe, Italy's Romeo and Juliet. From the UK, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Scottish whisky.
From Asia there's India.
From South Africa the Zulu.
J - Juliet, one of the five people names, and one of a pair, as in Romeo and Juliet.
K - kilo, now hthe UK has joined Europe in being metric.
Lima - one of the five placenames.
M for Mike, one of the five people names. I met him in November.
N for November, when I met Mike.
O for Oscar. One of the six personal names. Papa should have got an Oscar for playing a papa.
Q for Quebec. Not just the Yankees in North America, but also the Canadians.
Romeo, one of the six names. He went after Juliet, ran after her, courted her. His name is after hers in the alphabet.
S for sierra, one of two descriptions of land, ending with the letter a.
T the tango dance from South America. A pair with the other dance, foxtrot.
U uniform, worn by the military, and school children.
V - Victor - a militry man, a Yankee, or a school boy called Victor in school uniform.
W - for whisky, not drunk by the military, Yankees, nor by anybody in uniform.
X for X-ray
Y for Yankees, who lieve across the border from the Canadians in Quebec.
Z for Zulus, one of the placenames.
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