1. The phrase "with the numbers" is used when speaking to a Flight Services Station, to indicate that you have already heard the altimeter setting, winds and runway in use because you were listening while they greeted another airplane.

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2. "ATIS received" just sounds goofy. They put this choice in to catch people who have no idea.

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3. If a pilot listens to the ATIS then in the middle of his radio call realized that he has forgotten the letter, he will often say "with the information" but really he shouldn't. What if he listened to information delta and the tower had just changed it to echo? They wouldn't know he had the wrong information.

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4. Every time the controller updates the ATIS, he changes the letter identifying it. So first thing in the morning it is alfa, then bravo, then charlie, and so on. If you had information "Delta" you would call ATC and say, for example, "Vancouver Tower, this is Cessna Golf Echo Alfa Charlie with Delta."