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Old 21st Jan 2016, 18:03
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Thud_and_Blunder
 
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Courtesy of my Dad (RAF 1941-1966):

A for 'orses
B for mutton
C for 'thHighlanders
D for ential
E for brick at 'im
F for vescent
G for police
H for consent
I for Novello
J for oranges
K for restaurant
L for Leather
M for Sis
N for mation
O for the Wings of a Dove
P for relief
Q for a bus
R for Askey
S for Williams (or Rantzen, these days, I suppose)
T for 2
U for me
V for La France
W for a quid
X for breakfast
Y for girlfriend
Z for wind

...and in my previous pre-aviation military 'career', I needed to be familiar with both the 'Q' and 'Z' codes, both of which were widely used by not-so-friendly people in whose radio traffic we were interested. Fortunately never had to call 'QRM 5' - I am being heavily manually interfered with.
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