"Cub Driver" wrote:
"SIERRA" is a failure as a phonetic letter and should be changed,
IMO.
"SUGAR" was better, but it is too much of an oddball pronunciaton to
be
successful internationally.

One of the worst! A Spanish speaker would presumably render it
SOO-harrr.

Nope; "g" is pronounced hard in Spanish when followed by "a". Spanish
speakers might have trouble with the "sh" sound, though.

I learned the old phonetic alphabet, and when I began flying I found
that the term that stuck with me despite my best effort to abolish it
was Baker in lieu of Bravo. The FSS briefer would always correct me.

A least you have an excuse! On two occasions I've said "october"
instead of "oscar."
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM