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Tango/Tangoes:

1. Bad guys that try to kill you in Ghost Recon.

2. Bad guys that try to kill you in real life (also known as RSM: Really Scary Men).

3. Other motorists on the street/avenue/throughway/highway.

4. Jaywalkers.

5. City busses.

6. Ex girlfriends.

See the pattern here?

Out.

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Tango:(according to Webster)....a dance of Spanish-American origin.

But as far as relating to GR, tango = target ....although I like the ex-girlfriend idea. :rolleyes: EDIT: maybe someone can make that into a mod, hehe. :P

Edited by XRW_Nemo
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Skinnes are somali miltia men, but they used to be called sammies.

Tango= as mentioned means a dance of spainish-american, and tang means a distinct flavor, so tango could have derived from something that stands out ie;a hostile with bad intentions amongst a group of un armed civilians. or tango could have been used to describe as a call sign for terrorist, like the vietcong were dubbed '' vector charlie'' as call signs on the radios, hence the short name for charlie.

Now for a while special forces guys used to call hostiles jap for bad guy ( dont know why ) but im sure it change for obvious reasons.

Now tango could have been taken from the expression '' it takes two to tango'' as in the meaning that tango is what they are looking for to get the dance party started.

We could all just leave it at that tango is bad and tango needs killing. :o=

I know I just did alot of rambleing but thats what you get from me. (not a everyday thing might I add)

whew

Im sure a more compentent GR.net member will sum it up better then I could without rambling on with a bunch of nonsense.

later lol

Edited by Zantar45
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Your thinking of TANG, the orange flavored powder .

And there is also TURANGOS, a tortilla esqe triangle chip, that can scoop any type of bean dip known to mankind.

:lol:

Nope, definately thinking of Tango. Might not be availble where you are, but here in the UK, it's quite a popular soft drink. (Soda).

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Yep, enemies;

They don't say the actual words 'target' or 'terrorist' or whatever, they use 'tango' so it's globally understood - won't get confused with anyother word; taken from phoenetic alphabet (alpha,bravo, charlie...)

Quick quiz: Who knows the entire phoenetic abc off the top o' their head :D

(I personally always forget those few)

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Your thinking of TANG, the orange flavored powder .

And there is also TURANGOS, a tortilla esqe triangle chip, that can scoop any type of bean dip known to mankind.

:lol:

Nope, definately thinking of Tango. Might not be availble where you are, but here in the UK, it's quite a popular soft drink. (Soda).

Have you been tangoed?

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Quick quiz: Who knows the entire phoenetic abc off the top o' their head :D

(I personally always forget those few)

Off the top of my head...

A lpha

B ravo

C harlie

D elta

E cho

F oxtrot

G olf

H otel

I ndigo

J uliet

K ilo

L ima

M ike

N ovember

O scar

P apa

Q

R

S

T ango

U

V

W

X ray

Y

Z ebra

Cant remember the others.

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Off the top of my head...

A lpha

B ravo

C harlie

D elta

E cho

F oxtrot

G olf

H otel

I ndigo

J uliet

K ilo

L ima

M ike

N ovember

O scar

P apa

Q

R

S

T ango

U

V

W

X ray

Y

Z ebra

OK THIS IS THE OFFICALS (by heart) work with those all day long!!!!

a- alpha

b- bravo

c- charlie

d- delta

e- echo

f- foxtrot

g- golf

h- hotel

i- india

j- juliet

k- kilo

l- lima

m- mike

n- november

o- oscar

p- papa

q- quebec

r- romeo

s- sierra

t- tango

u- uniform

v- victor

w- wisky

x- xray

y- yankie

z- zulu

Edited by XRW_1Lt.Maverick
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indeed. bud guys. baddies. skinnies

Isn't skinny a term for somali militia men? From BHD?

Charlie/Gook is for vietcongs, right?

How about iraqis?

I think the term for Iraqis would be dead meat.

Towelhead is a term. Others include dune coon, camel jockey. Raghead, of course. Others are unrepeatable. :sheep:

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indeed. bud guys. baddies. skinnies

Isn't skinny a term for somali militia men? From BHD?

Charlie/Gook is for vietcongs, right?

How about iraqis?

I think the term for Iraqis would be dead meat.

Towelhead is a term. Others include dune coon, camel jockey. Raghead, of course. Others are unrepeatable. :sheep:

apologies sarg, thats why i didnt respond ... i knew i opened a bad bad can of worms haha :unsure:

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just to add to the ph alfabet :

æ gil

ø sten

Ã¥ se

(lol, norvegian letters, we use the nato standard here too, with those 3 addons )

ohh, and tango is something from air canada too:) )

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here's the police one :) i don't know why they have to have different ones, but these are the ones i had to learn

adam

boy

charlie

david

edward

frank

george

henry

ida

john

king

lincoln

mary

nora

ocean

paul

queen

robert

sam

tom

union

victor

william

x-ray

young

zebra

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