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Belisarius -> (12/21/2002 8:46:57 AM)
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by chief
[B]Good catch TARE is correct.
The reason they used William has to do with crutches/cribs etc. that were used to remember signal flags. ie: The William flag is a series of blue, red, white decreasing size squares and that was remembered by (old folks) us as "Williams Shaving Cream" it was their color scheme. Another crutch was a White X on a solid blue background, with a little imagination you could see 'Mike' the Irish cop directing traffic. Each flag had its (i wish I could remember the proper word) own crutch. Tare had the colors of France, the Tri-colors hence 'T' (for tri or Tare). Since most signal men already used this phonetic alaphabet it was a normal transition for Radio Operators to adapt. I know you really didn't want a complete disertation on this subject but you have it anyways.....
"BRING BACK SMILEYS" [/B][/QUOTE]
Still, was that the OFFICIAL letters? What you describe, Chief, seems to be adaptations due to familiarity to older flags. I, for one, can't think of that as a reason to not implement the new calls. :confused:
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