[Cryptography] [cryptography] PGP word list

[Dave Horsfall]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015, Florian Weimer wrote:

> An option to spell out the digits and letters in a hex fingerprint would 
> be a good start, so that you end up with some sort of semi-standard 
> spellings (alpha/bravo/charlie/delta/echo/foxtrott is pretty consistent 
> across English-speaking locales), instead of apple/banana/citrus and its 
> variants.

Minor nit: it's "alfa", not "alpha"; the latter, if read when being taught 
Voice Procedure, could be pronounced "alp-ha".

The NATO alphabet works for a reason, and English is a weird language.

OT aside: I saw a disgusting version, which went along the lines of "P as 
in psychology" etc; your "C as in citrus" reminded me :-)

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