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I'm trying to figure out how to sign the military phonetic alphabet.. if anyone has an idea please let me know.. thanks!
 
Just fingerspell the alphabet, A-B-C...

The phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie) is only necessary for verbal/audio communications. Signing is visual.
 
Ok- so I looked at that and it tells me like about the flags and morse code and everything but nothing about signing it.. see here is my dilema... You see, in the military you have to learn the phanetic alphabet ( A-Alpha, B- Bravo....) I was wondering how would you sign that? I mean if you had to be clear about it to a deaf or Hard of hearing person would you fingerspell the words or is there signs for them? I know some of the words would have signs (Echo, India, Qubec, and a few others) so basically fingerspell everything, use just the begining letter, or is there special miltary signs....
 
Reba said:
Just fingerspell the alphabet, A-B-C...

The phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie) is only necessary for verbal/audio communications. Signing is visual.
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ok- this is what I needed to know- thanks so very much!
 
airmansgirl said:
Ok- so I looked at that and it tells me like about the flags and morse code and everything but nothing about signing it.. see here is my dilema... You see, in the military you have to learn the phanetic alphabet ( A-Alpha, B- Bravo....) I was wondering how would you sign that? I mean if you had to be clear about it to a deaf or Hard of hearing person would you fingerspell the words or is there signs for them? I know some of the words would have signs (Echo, India, Qubec, and a few others) so basically fingerspell everything, use just the begining letter, or is there special miltary signs....
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I was in the military for 24 years, so I do understand about the phonetic alphabet. The reason it's used is make verbal communications clear, no misunderstanding. For example, if two people are talking on the radio, and one tells the other something like, "report to ship DD-407" he has to be sure he didn't sound like "report to ship BB-407". "B" and "D" can sound the same on a radio, so he would say, "report to ship Delta-Delta-four-zero-seven" to be clear.

If you're signing to someone, the letters "B" and "D" are not similar, so there's no need to spell words to clarify them. Actually, it would be more confusing.

I hope this helps. :)

If you have more questions, please feel free to ask.
 
Reba said:
Just fingerspell the alphabet, A-B-C...

The phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie) is only necessary for verbal/audio communications. Signing is visual.
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I just asked my husband about this..he is a former Marine. He agrees with u Reba...:)
 
Reba said:
I was in the military for 24 years, so I do understand about the phonetic alphabet. The reason it's used is make verbal communications clear, no misunderstanding. For example, if two people are talking on the radio, and one tells the other something like, "report to ship DD-407" he has to be sure he didn't sound like "report to ship BB-407". "B" and "D" can sound the same on a radio, so he would say, "report to ship Delta-Delta-four-zero-seven" to be clear.

If you're signing to someone, the letters "B" and "D" are not similar, so there's no need to spell words to clarify them. Actually, it would be more confusing.

I hope this helps. :)

If you have more questions, please feel free to ask.
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Ok- so this helps but my fiance still wants to know: What if you have to be secretive about it? Everyone knows how to sign the letters so you are going to be telling everyone what letters and everything.. I don't know- I agree with Ya'll but he thinks it is weird!
 
airmansgirl said:
Ok- so this helps but my fiance still wants to know: What if you have to be secretive about it? Everyone knows how to sign the letters so you are going to be telling everyone what letters and everything.. I don't know- I agree with Ya'll but he thinks it is weird!
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The military phonetic alphabet isn't supposed to be secretive. It's used to make spellings easier to understand, and to eliminate confusion or misunderstanding.

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean about it being "weird". :confused:

If you want to fingerspell something privately, that's a whole other topic, not related to military phonetic alphabet.
 
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