I noticed that sometimes when O'neill talks on the radio, he identifies himself as Sierra Golf one niner, or SG-1 niner. Now, Sierra Golf I understand, but why niner? It's Sg-1, not SG-19...
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It's one of the examples of Stargate getting things right. Names should not be used over a radio, so everyone in a unit has a unique radio call sign.
Sierra Gulf one identifies the unit, but to differentiate, another number is added for people with a specific position in the identified unit. In this case, "niner" is apparently the designator for the leader of the team.
IE *points to sig* my RP character Jen Stevens would be Sierra Gulf Fife Niner in radio talk.
Presumably, the other members of SG-1 should have their own last letter/number identifiers as well, though I'm pretty sure that's never been used. Completely realistic radio chatter would sound like gibberish to most of the civilian audience."Che idiota fa una cosa del genere! Gli americani non pensare cose del genere?!"" 'Idiot' and 'American' I think were cognates? I'm going to assume you're not talking about me so we can work together better."Ambassador Isabelle Cooper-Oxford and Lt. Col. Stephen "Steve" Hamrick ~ "Discoveries"
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Got it.
Thanx
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