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Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
The last new three-letter call was assigned to station WIS (now WVOC) in Columbia, South Carolina on January 23, 1930. Since then, three-letter calls have only been assigned to stations, including FM (beginning in 1943) [1] and TV (beginning in 1946), [2] which are historically related to an AM station that was originally issued that call sign.
A particular example was the Ramstein Air Base Telephone Directory, published between 1969 and 1973 (currently out of print). The US and NATO versions had differences, and the translation was provided as a convenience. Differences included Alfa, Bravo and Able, Baker for the first two letters.
'BT' – to mark it as a British Telecom UK Pole (This can also be PO (Post Office) or GPO (General Post Office) depending on the age of the pole) a horizontal line marking 3 metres from the bottom of the pole; the pole length, typically 8 to 10 metres, [22] and size. 9L is a 9 metres long, light pole, other letters used are 'M' (Medium) and 'S ...
An old staple on Claim to Fame is the telephone challenge in which two teams of four have to relay a limerick full of clues to one another in a long game of telephone. This year, there were two ...
This is a list of FM radio stations in the United States having call signs beginning with the letters WT through WV. Low-power FM radio stations, those with designations such as WTCS-LP , have not been included in this list.
The clock is ticking for families hoping to send letters to Santa Claus at the North Pole this holiday season. Letters need to be postmarked by Monday, a spokesperson for the U. S. Postal Service ...
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...