NATO phonetic alphabet by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel. The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: , Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, , Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Strict adherence to the prescribed spelling words is required in order to avoid the problems of confusion that the spelling alphabet is designed to overcome. As noted in a
Swingin' the Alphabet Swingin' the Alphabet "Swingin' the Alphabet" is a novelty song sung by The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) in their 1938 short film, "Violent Is the Word for Curly." It is the only full-length song performed by the trio in their short films, and the only time they mimed to their own pre-recorded soundtrack. For their 1959 album "The Nonsense Songbook", the Stooges re-recorded the song (retitled as "The Alphabet Song") with Moe, Larry and Curly-Joe DeRita (filling in for Curly Howard, who had died in 1952). The letters "G", "J", "M" and the "Curly's a