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From: aauerbac@mach1.wlu.ca (alan auerbach F)
Subject: Re: Alpha Bravo phonetics: the quickie version
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The principles of the phonetic alphabet are
	-high penetrance (the sound gets through in adverse
 	 signal/noise ratio environments)
	-high distinguishability (no letter is easy to confuse with another)
	-compatability with speakers of various native languages
	-limited number of syllables (one or two, occasionally three)
	-resistance to clipping (loss of signal of first or occasionally
	 last phoneme)

Compare the old ABLE with the new ALPHA and you'll see why the changes.

Al.
