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25.2 Robin P's Task: The NATO Alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet was developed over decades as a set of code words to enhance clear understanding of letters in the Roman alphabet. The goal is to eliminate problems in telephone or radio communication by replacing confusing sounds like "f" vs "s", "b" vs p", etc., with distinctive words.

This is a two book task
Choose two options and read one book for each option.
Required: State the option.

Option 1: The 26 code words in use since 1956 are as follows: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, and Zulu

Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the title or author's name. Plurals and possessives are not acceptable. Words and names must be exact (Charlie, not Charley or Charles) EXCEPT
You may use Alfa or Alpha, Juliett, Juliette or Juliet, and Whiskey or Whisky
Examples - Whiskey When We're Dry, The Glass Hotel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
Required: State the word.

Option 2: This was not the first version of the code words! Here is the 1943 International Version: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-Ray, Yoke, Zebra

Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the title or author's name. Plurals and possessives are not acceptable. Words and names must be exact (Charlie, not Charley or Charles) - No Exceptions for this list
Examples - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, Oh William!, Dry Bones by Peter May
Required: State the word


Option 3: Some earlier versions used names of places, for instance the 1927 US version is:
Amsterdam, Baltimore, Canada, Danemark, Edison, Florida, Gallipoli, Havana, Italia, Jerusalem, Kilogramme, Liverpool, Madagascar, New York, Oslo, Paris, Quebec, Roma, Santiago, Tripoli, Upsala, Valencia, Washington, Xanthippe, Yokohama, Zurich

Read a book set at least 50% in one of the named locations. You can use the English spellings of Denmark, Italy, and Rome, and you may use Upsala or Uppsala. For Washington, use only Washington, D.C., not the state of Washington. Apparently the creators couldn't think of place names with E, K, or X!
Required: If the setting is not evident on the Goodreads main page, provide a reference.

Option 1 words - Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu
PLUS alternate spellings Alpha, Juliet, Juliette, Whisky

Option 2 words - Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-Ray, Yoke, Zebra

Option 3 locations - Amsterdam, Baltimore, Canada, Danemark, Edison, Florida, Gallipoli, Havana, Italia, Jerusalem, Kilogramme, Liverpool, Madagascar, New York, Oslo, Paris, Quebec, Roma, Santiago, Tripoli, Upsala, Valencia, Washington, Xanthippe, Yokohama, Zurich
CAN USE common spellings Denmark, Italy, Rome, Uppsala
ONLY Washington D.C., not Washington State

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