Trevor Thom's books mentioned that Whiskey is not Whiskey in the Middle East, then infuriatingly neglected to say what they say instead. My flying instructor didn't know either. Thanks!
Not sure if it's a rule or just a common habit, but Germans (and allegedly Swiss) tend to say "Fox" instead of "Foxtrot".
We often say "fox" in the UK.
Germans also say Golf, which I believe is correct, while in Britain you often hear Gooohf.
Also, the range of pronounciations you hear for Victor is astonishing - any second vowel but I.
:-)
In large parts of Asia, they do not distinguish (and in fact, many people cannot even hear the difference) between R and L in normal conversation, and you can get every sound between these two, depending on region
The whole point is that even if they say Rima, or Lomeo, everyone understands.
So Willy, sounding close enough to Whiskey, probably does the job, and much better than White, which could be confused with Eight.
Now that I think about it, a LOT of thought must have gone into that alphabet
