Post #1726051
2026-04-27 13:58 UTC
I just realized that the name "Alfa Romeo" is composed only of words from the NATO phonetic alphabet. Are there any other car manufacturers with such names?
Replies (3)
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@webhat@infosec.exchange 2026-04-27 14:07
@mossmann@mastodon.social Volkswagen has a model named Golf, Ford has a model named Sierra. Not sure about a company name with the NATO alphabet
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@tiraniddo@infosec.exchange 2026-04-27 15:12
@mossmann@mastodon.social at first I thought, no that's not right. But I realized that my pronunciation of Romeo is different between the car brand and the NATO alphabet (as in RoMeo for the car, and RomEo for the alphabet) which confused me massively. Also fun, is NATO have a quiz on their website, https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/nato-history/history-by-theme/symbols-of-nato/nato-phonetic-alphabet. I got 25/26 right, try and guess which one I failed if you go through the quiz yourself :)
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@f4grx@chaos.social 2026-04-27 15:13
@mossmann@mastodon.social oh, wow! Never noticed!