Min 9º Max 20º FREE www.kuwaittimes.net NO: 17102- Friday, January 6, 2017 Exploring Two killed in Raonic sets Kuwait’s car bombing up clash countryside4 in Turkish10 city with45 Nadal Docudrama narrates the story of a martyr Page 6 & 7 Local FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017 Scribbler’s Notebook Do you know the code? and in Kuwait can lead to lengthy episodes of confusion. So By Jamie Etheridge rather than repeating it three, four or 20 times, I go with the easier NATO code, ‘Echo-Tango-Hotel...’. There’s a rub, however. It only works if the person you are
[email protected] speaking with is also familiar with the code. Travel agents, hotel reservation clerks, airline agents almost always know the code. Most people who have served in the military will lfa Romeo Foxtrot. Hear this and you may be remind- know it, as well diplomatic personnel, most international aca- ed of the opening of a particularly bloody Oliver Stone demics and many journalists, photojournalists and people Afilm or else fear there is a new silly pop song out of who travel often. Norway. Neither, however, would be correct. As odd as it But the guy taking your fast food order over the phone seems, these words and their partners are part of a code to probably won’t have heard of it. Luckily for me, there is help reduce miscommunication across cultures. Talabat, Carriage and the convenient fact that few people Commonly known as the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, the will ask your name. Typically they only need your address.