signalese

signalese
Words and abbreviations used by radio operators and other signalmen to clarify the letters that they were sending and receiving, such as the .

The signalese for S/L I could decipher, but the NMI defeated me, until I learned that it referred to the fact, an oddity to Americans, that I had No Middle Initial.


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