"Mxsmanic" wrote:

With regards to aviation communication, "niner" is the proper phonetic
pronunciation of nine and "fife" is the proper pronunciation of five,
although admittedly "fife" is not as widely used as it should be.

They still sound very much the same.

********. One has two syllables, the other only one.

You haven't spent much time communicating via aircraft radios, have you?

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Dan
C172RG at BFM