A male is a ‘mike’. We use letters selected from a standard phonetic, or spelling, alphabet so nobody fumbles for words. Spelling alphabets came about because early users of radios ...

Memorise and practise using the useful alfa bravo charlie-style phonetic alphabet, used worldwide to make it easier to spell words over the radio. That might clear up one confusion, but the best way ...

On the list of guys immortalized in common phrases, it seems like the Roger of Roger that should be right up there with the great Scott of great Scott and the real McCoy of the real McCoy.