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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:33:45 GMT
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> > Seems plausible - may also have to do with phone-tree systems and
> > how intelligible "hash" is or isn't over a muffled line, vs. a word
> > that begins and ends with hard consonants.  
> 
> I hadn't thought of that angle.  Indeed, aeronautical radio
> phraseology has evolved to deal with just that sort of problem.

Many's the time I've had to resort to the NATO phonetic alphabet when
trying to get a customer to type something in over the phone.