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Do people think these lists look better in a table?

1924-1942 1942-1943 1943-1956
AceAppleAble-Affirm
BeerBaker
Charlie
Dog
EdwardEasy
FreddieFreddyFox
George
HarryHow
InkInItem/Interrogatory
JohnnieJonnyJig/Johnny
King
LondonLove
MonkeyMotherMike
NutsNab/Negat
OrangeOboe
PipPeter
Queen
RobertRoger/RobertRoger
Suger
TocTommyTare
Uncle
VicVictor
William
X-ray
YorkerYoke/YorkerYoke
Zebra

Lawsonsj 04:20, 29 Sep 2003 (UTC)


Yes
Not the way you've done it GraemeLeggett 12:14, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

How about this? Michael Z. 2005-04-11 17:59 Z

1924–1942 1942–1943 1943–1956
Ace Apple Able-Affirm
Beer Baker
Charlie
Dog
Edward Easy
Freddie Freddy Fox
George
Harry How
Ink In Item/Interrogatory
Johnnie Jonny Johnny/Jig
King
London Love
Monkey Mother Mike
Nuts Nab/Negat
Orange Oboe
Pip Peter
Queen
Robert Robert/Roger Roger
Suger
Toc Tommy Tare
Uncle
Vic Victor
William
X-ray
Yorker Yorker/Yoke Yoke
Zebra

Or this? If we're going to do this, may as well add a fourth column comparing the NATO alphabet.

1924–1942 changes in
1942–1943
changes in
1943–1956
Ace Apple Able-Affirm
Beer Baker
Charlie
Dog
Edward Easy
Freddie Freddy Fox
George
Harry How
Ink In Item/Interrogatory
Johnnie Jonny Johnny/Jig
King
London Love
Monkey Mother Mike
Nuts Nab/Negat
Orange Oboe
Pip Peter
Queen
Robert Robert/Roger Roger
Suger
Toc Tommy Tare
Uncle
Vic Victor
William
X-ray
Yorker Yorker/Yoke Yoke
Zebra


Choices, choices. I like to see boxes, perhaps if the whole table was wider, more space for each column then you could get away with repeating each word.GraemeLeggett 18:52, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
But when the word is not repeated, it's most easy to see where there's been a change at a glance. Michael Z. 2005-04-11 19:18 Z
Now I look at it, why is Johnny spelt different was when its pronounced the same GraemeLeggett 20:58, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Nab/Negat

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Should that be Nab/Negate? Michael Z. 2005-04-11 18:11 Z

I've usually seen that written as Nan - i.e., N-Nan. Ian Dunster 08:40, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting / changing

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Since the table is not ref'd, I'm redoing it. One of the sources confirms the first column, w a few changes, including the dates; there seems to be no room for the second, as the first went directly to the third, so I'm commenting it out; and I've changed some of the third though I don't have a good ref yet. Please restore if I've screwed up, just include your refs so we can confirm. — kwami (talk) 22:34, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]