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0 If I'm speaking and I need to spell a dificult word and also want to add a diferent word to let the listener understand each letter so, should I say, "B" as in Buble, or "B" like in Buble.? 0-
  

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0 Aviation and Military (NATO) Phonetic Alphabet: 02br 02br 00A like Alfa B like Bravo C like Charlie D like Delta 02br 00E like Echo F like Foxtrot G like Golf H like Hotel 02br 00I like India J like Juliet K like Kilo L like Lima 02br 00M like Mike N like November O like Oscar P like Papa 02br 00Q like Quebec R like Romeo S like Sierra T like Tango 02br 00U like Uniform V like Victor W like Whisky X like X-Ray 02br 00Y like Yankee Z like Zulu 02br 02br 00Is it what you want to know? 02br 02br 00Or do you want to know the way to speak? If so, say "B like Bravo" or "B as Bravo".

— Paco2004

  • 0 Aviation and Military (NATO) Phonetic Alphabet: 02br 02br 00A like Alfa B like Bravo C like Charlie D like Delta 02br 00E like Echo F like Foxtrot G like Golf H like Hotel 02br 00I like India J like Juliet K like Kilo L like Lima 02br 00M like Mike N like November O like Oscar P like Papa 02br 00Q like Quebec R like Romeo S like Sierra T like Tango 02br 00U like Uniform V like Victor W like Whisky X like X-Ray 02br 00Y like Yankee Z like Zulu 02br 02br 00Is it what you want to know?
  • 02br 02br 00Or do you want to know the way to speak?
  • If so, say "B like Bravo" or "B as Bravo".
  • 02br 02br 02br 00paco 0-
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0 Aviation and Military (NATO) Phonetic Alphabet: 02br
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00E like Echo F like Foxtrot G like Golf H like Hotel 02br
00I like India J like Juliet K like Kilo L like Lima 02br
00M like Mike N like November O like Oscar P like Pa
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0 How should I say THIS? 02br
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00If I'm speaking and I need to spell a dificult word and also want to add a diferent word to let the listener understand each letter so, should I say, "B" as in Buble, or "B" like in Buble.? 02br
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00I think that Guest just wanted to know how we say it, Paco, not what words
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0 I say, without exception, "A 01b00as in02b00 ...", "B 01b00as in02b00 ...", and so on. I don't think I've ever heard it said any other way. I didn't realize anybody ever said it any differently. 0-
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please send me tang twiste like : how now brown cow
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Anonymousplease send me tang twiste (tongue twisters) like : how now brown cow
Your question can be answered by clicking on this post in Puzzles and Riddles: Tongue twister
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CalifJimI say, without exception, "A as in ...", "B as in ...", and so on. I don't think I've ever heard it said any other way. I didn't realize anybody ever said it any differently.
I have always heard "a as in apple. I agree with Jim.
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"Like" is generally a word I stay away from. (Y'know, like)

If you look it up it has a lot definitions, but in that particular context would be considered colloquial. The correct term would be
"as in".

I have heard it said, (and especially to young children) "B like Bag" with the person placing an emphisis with their lips on the B or C like Cat, again making the sound of
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First, you need to think about to whom are you going to be speaking? Is your listener familiar with these terms, i.e., "as in" or "like in?" Perhaps, you should make some initial references to these terms, so as to set the stage for your explanation.
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