Canteen Joke of the Day:
-------------- New PC Miltary Phonetic Alphabet ----------------
You may not be aware that a team of international academic authorities has been commissioned by the European Community and the United Nations to create a new phonetic alphabet free of patriarchal references (such as Papa), Words that indicate wealth (Hotel), or words that might otherwise be offensive to minorities (e.g., Zulu) or those of differing gender. (Romeo, for instance, connotes a sexually obsessed individual, possibly a harasser.)
Fortunately, I have been able to obtain an early copy of the final selections. Try any common communication, and you will realize that $238 million was well spent!
All US Miltary personnel are to implement these new designations immediately.
A - Affirmative
B - Bearing
C - Czar
D - Disregard
E - Emergency
F - Fire
G - Gnu
H - Hold
I - Iago
J - Jalepeno
K - Knew
L - Launch
M - Mnemonic
N - New
O - One
P - Ptomaine
Q - Question
R - Repeat
S - Say-again
T - Tsunami
U - Unsafe
V - Violation
W - Write
X - Xerox
Y - Ypres
Z - Zero