#!/usr/bin/env python3 nato = [ 'Alfa', 'Bravo', 'Charlie', 'Delta', 'Echo', 'Foxtrot', 'Golf', 'Hotel', 'India', 'Juliet', 'Kilo', 'Lima', 'Mike', 'November', 'Oscar', 'Papa', 'Quebec', 'Romeo', 'Sierra', 'Tango', 'Uniform', 'Victor', 'Whiskey', 'X-ray', 'Yankee', 'Zulu', ] alphabet = { w[0]: w for w in nato } def str_to_telephony(phrase): return [ alphabet[c] if c in alphabet else c for c in phrase.upper() ] import sys print('\n'.join(str_to_telephony(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))))