When I started out 359 was ....
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Seriously...and as an ex comms instructor.
It depends on the comms environment...the harder/more confusing/poorer the comms conditions, the greater the need for technical precision. It also depends on your knowledge and experience to know what matters and what doesn't.
Others will disagree, but I never used "tree" or "fife" either (although I always used "niner"....weird isn't it??)