phonetic alphabet
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an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech
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The visual power of the phonetic alphabet is the translate other languages into itself is part of its power to invade right hemisphere (oral) cultures.
The interiorization of the technology of the phonetic alphabet translates man from the magical world of the ear to the neutral visual world.
The unique innovation of the phonetic alphabet released the Greeks from the universal acoustic spill of tribal societies.
Other people avoid confusion by using the NATO phonetic alphabet : 4DA is "four-delta-alfa", the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet ("four-dog-able"), or a similar ad hoc system.
Other standards such as the NATO phonetic alphabet have made their way beyond NATO into civilian use.
Thus print carries the individuating power of the phonetic alphabet much further than manuscript culture could ever do.