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A Challenge!
Write a Phonetic Alphabet for Your Area of Washington
( X, Y & Z might cause you a few problems. )
NATO Phonetic Alphabet
- LETTER
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- CODE WORD
- Alpha
- Bravo
- Charlie
- Delta
- Echo
- Foxtrot
- Golf
- Hotel
- India
- Juliet
- Kilo
- Lima
- Mike
- November
- Oscar
- Papa
- Quebec
- Romeo
- Sierra
- Tango
- Uniform
- Victor
- Whisky
- X-Ray
- Yankee
- Zulu
A Sample WASHINGTON Phonetic Alphabet
- LETTER
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- CODE WORD(S)
- Alfie's Bingo
- Bird Inn
- Chemical Works
- Drive
- Edith Avenue
- 'F' Pit
- Glebe Pit
- Havannah
- Inkerman House
- Jonty Black's
- Kings
- Loo-y Bus
- Matinee
- New Inn
- Old Hall
- Penshaw Monument
- Queens
- Ritz
- Sacco's
- Top Club
- Usworth Pit
- Victoria Viaduct
- Waterloo
- X-Certificate
- Y-Fronts
- Zubes
- EXPLANATION
- Speculation Place
- -
- -
- The Drive
- -
- -
- -
- Terrace & Fields
- Nr St. Michael's Church
- Cinema Shop
- Cinema
- Waterloo to Waterside
- Saturday a.m. at Regal
- -
- -
- -
- Theatre, later Cinema
- Cinema
- Sweet Shop
- Working Men's Club
- -
- -
- Small Community
- Film for over 16s
- Men's Underpants
- Menthol Lozenges
Remember, "Zubes are good for your tubes!" ?
Now have a go at writing your own personal Phonetic Alphabet relating to where you were born.
Fatfield, New Washington, Springwell, Usworth, The Village ... Wherever!
If that's a bit too difficult, try the whole Washington Area.
Feel free to nick some of my suggestions.
[ "I know I've spelt it incorrectly, but I prefer my Whisky with nothing in it ... especially NOT an E!" ]
Another Example of What You Can Do!
Tom's Washington Phonetic Alphabet
( Some excellent ideas here! )
A Sample WASHINGTON Phonetic Alphabet
- LETTER
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- CODE WORD(S)
- Arndale House
- Blackfell Camp
- Charlie Butt's
- Dame Margaret's Hall
- Embelton's
- Fatfield War Memorial
- Girdle Cake Cottage
- Haggis Hall
- Inbye
- Jimmy Hagan
- Kings Cinema
- Loo-y Bus
- Miners Rest
- North Biddick Colliery
- Oxclose Dene
- Peareth Hall
- Queens Cinema
- Regal Cinema
- Spout Lane
- Tithe Barn
- Usworth Park
- Village Lane
- Witt's Shop
- X Marks The Spot
- Yard
- Zam Buk
- EXPLANATION
- Shopping Centre
- Army Camp
- This Shop sold everything!
- Stately Home
- Funeral Parlour
- Formerly on Worm Hill
- On North Bank, R. Wear
- House in Fatfield
- Pitmatic - 'Further In'
- See: People; Hagan, Jimmy
- Usworth Station Road
- Waterloo to Waterside
- Pub on Spout Lane
- Near Victoria Bridge
- Near The Galleries
- Near Usworth Holy Trinity
- Next to Victoria Hotel
- Behind Washington Coop
- New Inn to The Village
- Near Usworth Holy Trinity
- Manor Road
- Village to Havannah
- On Well Bank
- 1942 Movie
- Usworth School Playground
- Antiseptic Ointment
Thanks to a fellow Usworth Lad (Chapel Street), Tom Copeman.
Why not see what You, Your Mates & Your Family can come up with?