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Number of letters in NATO phonetic alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee, Zulu.
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%I #25 Jun 15 2017 10:14:26

%S 5,5,7,5,4,7,4,5,5,6,4,4,4,8,5,4,6,5,6,5,7,6,7,4,6,4

%N Number of letters in NATO phonetic alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee, Zulu.

%C "Alpha" and "Juliet" are sometimes spelled "Alfa" and "Juliett" to clarify pronunciation for non-English speakers. Also, "Xray" is usually spelled "X-ray", which makes 5 characters. - _M. F. Hasler_, Jul 24 2012

%C The Google alphabet described in the Ouzan link is a function of the date and the country, but is nevertheless an interesting footnote to this sequence. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Mar 01 2015

%H Eliran Ouzan, <a href="http://hostadvice.com/blog/phonetic-alphabet-according-google/">The Phonetic Alphabet according to Google - 2015</a> [Link suggested by Lurie Austinser, Feb 02 2015]

%H Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet">NATO phonetic alphabet</a>.

%K nonn,word,fini,full

%O 1,1

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_