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stakhanov on Nov 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can lea...

But doesn't it sound so much cooler and so much more badass to say

hotel echo lima lima oscar whiskey oscar romeo lima delta?

Makes the person on the other side of the phone immediately have the kind of respect that one would have for someone who can order air strikes :-D

quickthrower2 on Nov 22, 2019 [–]

I’m reminded of an English comedy sketch, one police operator is saying “Tango Whiskey Foxtrot...” on the phone, the detective next to him “Tango.. Tango.. Diet Coke & Fanta”

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