Whether you're effected by Hurricane Sandy or not, bad reception is never something you want to mess around with. Reddit user psychuil points to the official phonetic alphabet as a great means to ...

How fast can you name all 26 words in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet? This quiz will put your knowledge and speed to the test.

It helps agencies, businesses, services, aviators, and civilians communicate more clearly and precisely. Familiarizing yourself with the letters could help you spell out your name over the phone while ...

In a Lingua Franca post a few weeks ago, I needed to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the different pronunciations of the English word People still talk about speech sounds ...

Backers of a universal alphabet say it will make pronunciation easy and foster international understanding. But can phonetic spelling systems really smooth the path to world peace? You are in Vietnam ...