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04/04/2007 02:08:08 PM · #1 |
Have you ever thought how letters are spelled? Some are kind of repetitive. To be honest I don't know why I think about certain things. I wonder how you would spell these letters in another lauguage?
A - ey
B - bee
C - sea
D - dee
E - eii
F – eif
G - jee
H - aitch
I - eye
J - jay
K - kei
L - el
M - em
N - in
0 - ohe
P - pea
Q - cue
R - are
S - ess
T - tea
U - you
V - vi
W - doubleyou
X - ecks
Y - why
Z - zee
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04/04/2007 02:10:42 PM · #2 |
I wouldn't pronounce them all like that, some are different than yours:
a-aye
e-eee
f-eff
k-kay
n-en
o-oh
v-vee
z-zed (for Canadians and probably the British)
Message edited by author 2007-04-04 14:10:49.
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04/04/2007 02:12:05 PM · #3 |
What language are you trying to spell them in? Because I'm certain you don't have them all correct in English... n = en, for example. You do know there are standardized spellings, right? |
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04/04/2007 02:12:41 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
z-zed |
Now that's how it really is.
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04/04/2007 02:22:10 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by KaDi: What language are you trying to spell them in? Because I'm certain you don't have them all correct in English... n = en, for example. You do know there are standardized spellings, right? |
Well I just sounded them out and did my best. When I walk "in" somewhere sure does sound like the letter N.
And I don't know anything about Canadian or other ways letters might be pronounced. |
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04/04/2007 02:22:33 PM · #6 |
From wikipedia
Letter/Letter name
A a
B bee
C cee
D dee
E e
F ef (spelled eff as a verb)
G gee
H aitch or haitch
I i
J jay
K kay
L el
M em
N en
O o
P pee
Q cue
R ar
S ess (spelled es- in compounds like es-hook)
T tee
U u
V vee
W double-u
X ex
Y wy (sometimes spelled wye)
Z zed; zee in American English
(Scrabble players make good use of that list.) |
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04/04/2007 02:25:07 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by TomFoolery: Originally posted by KaDi: What language are you trying to spell them in? Because I'm certain you don't have them all correct in English... n = en, for example. You do know there are standardized spellings, right? |
Well I just sounded them out and did my best. When I walk "in" somewhere sure does sound like the letter N.
And I don't know anything about Canadian or other ways letters might be pronounced. |
I hope you didn't think I was trying to make fun of you in my comment!
Pronunciations may vary according to region...but the spelling generally stays the same. Around my (new) area people pronounce "n" e-in (2 syllables). :) |
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04/04/2007 02:25:38 PM · #8 |
Well that's funny...I was just fooling around. Well case closed I guess. |
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04/04/2007 02:25:58 PM · #9 |
There should be some rule where your not allowed to spell out a letters pronounciation including that letter. How are you gonna create a pronounciation using e when your defining how to pronounce e?
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04/04/2007 02:27:30 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by KaDi: Around my (new) area people pronounce "n" e-in (2 syllables). :) |
I had no idea about that either...see you learn something when you put up stupid topics. |
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04/04/2007 02:27:58 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by RainMotorsports: There should be some rule where your not allowed to spell out a letters pronounciation including that letter. How are you gonna create a pronounciation using e when your defining how to pronounce e? |
If you look at the wikipedia source I posted you'll see they have a pronounciation guide...it didn't translate well on pasting so I removed it. |
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04/04/2007 02:30:41 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by RainMotorsports: There should be some rule where your not allowed to spell out a letters pronounciation including that letter. How are you gonna create a pronounciation using e when your defining how to pronounce e? |
I tried this...pretty much imposible...in most cases. Q, W, and X were the only ones I could follow this rule with. |
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04/04/2007 03:18:44 PM · #13 |
Hey Tom, when I read your alphabet I thought you had an Australian accent.
Nope. Texas
;)
Anyway, it would take me hours to figure out how to spell Dutch letters in English, so I'm sorry, no Dutch alphabet here ;) |
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04/04/2007 03:24:13 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by KaDi: Around my (new) area people pronounce "n" e-in (2 syllables). :) |
Honey, if'n you really want to hear one syllable pronounced as two, you need to come a lot farther South than Bawlimer. |
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04/04/2007 03:31:19 PM · #15 |
a-uh
bee-ah
see-uh
dee-ah
ee-uh
eff
gee-uh
a-itch
ay-ah
jay-uh
kay-uh
ell-uh
ee-em-uh
ee-en-uh
Oh
pee-uh
cue
ar-ah
es-suh
tee-uh
u-ah
vee-uh
dub-yah
ecks
why-ah
zee-ah
thas roun he-ah ;-)
Message edited by author 2007-04-04 15:32:13. |
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04/04/2007 04:43:17 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by elemess: Originally posted by KaDi: Around my (new) area people pronounce "n" e-in (2 syllables). :) |
Honey, if'n you really want to hear one syllable pronounced as two, you need to come a lot farther South than Bawlimer. |
nay-uh, u-awl seemz ta fine yer way upeer
;-P |
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11/20/2017 04:58:09 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Mr_Pants: Originally posted by KarenNfld:
z-zed |
Now that's how it really is. |
sure. in YOUR country. but your country doesnt get to make the rules for other countries. oh well. |
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11/20/2017 05:01:09 AM · #18 |
Well I just sounded them out and did my best. When I walk "in" somewhere sure does sound like the letter N.
And I don't know anything about Canadian or other ways letters might be pronounced. [/quote]
interesting. I thought New Zealand was the only place that mixed up the short e and the short i. I used to game on an aussie server and my characters name was "zviff". I could always tell when someone was from NZ because they would call me "zeff". and they say "sex" instead of "six". man they never heard the end of it :p |
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11/20/2017 11:23:57 AM · #19 |
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