GizzardGary Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 As someone with experience in IT tech support in my pre-retirement life, we had to ask customers to give us the serial number of their equipment. Even on a state-of-the-art telephone, it is often hard to discern "F" vs. "S", "M" vs. "N", etc., so we asked our customers to use the phonetic alphabet. It helped considerably. I can only imagine, when giving my call sign of "WSCS844", that people on the receiving end might have trouble discerning the "S" unless I overemphasize the "...sss" at the end of each. I know, it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. WRYW366 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUE951 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 i woiuld just say "10-11-87, we have a 10-100 in progress" - 'Over' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 15 hours ago, GizzardGary said: unless I overemphasize the "...sss" at the end of each. Unfortunately, as we get older and our hearing changes, even exaggerated sibilance sounds like a lisp. WRYW366 and GizzardGary 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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