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In Saudi Arabia at least, and 40 years ago, 'Washington' was substituted for 'Whisky' in order to avoid possible offence. I have no independent citation for this so I cannot make an edit. Does anyone have a good reference? Cross Reference (talk) 17:28, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently not. This claim was in the article for years with a 'citation needed' tag, but no-one ever found a RS for it. If it were still true, I'd expect we could find something, so it might just be historical trivia. It could be that some individuals continued to use the 1947 and 1958 International Telecommunications Convention code word (also from the 1938 International Radiocommunication Conference that met in Cairo) for that letter without that ever being official. — kwami (talk) 23:46, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I worked in an airline company call center and it was very often that I would hear "indigo" for I instead of "India" with English speakers around the globe making their ticket and luggage reservations using the NATO spelling.
Has anyone else heard this? I would say 90% of the people say "indigo" and not "India" when meaning I.
Just a note! 188.77.189.188 (talk) 11:51, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can create a standard, but you can't get everyone to follow it.
According to the BBC[1] "At some US airports, the use of 'Delta' is avoided because it is also the call sign for Delta Air Lines. 'Dixie' seems to be the most common substitute... In British police work the use of 'India' has been replaced by 'Indigo'... In Indonesia, the word 'Lima' is seldom used since the word 'lima' means number five (5) in Bahasa Indonesia. Instead, 'London' is most often used." --Guy Macon Alternate Account (talk) 14:32, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
