Spelling Names on the Phone

Произнесение имен по буквам по телефону

 

When it's necessary to spell names or difficult words on the telephone, speakers use widely known names and words to illustrate the letters in the words that they spell. Military and aviation personnel use a different list of words to illustrate the letters of the words that they spell. The table below shows the traditional list of names, other typical variants, and the list used by the military and in aviation.

 

Когда нужно продиктовать по телефону имена или трудные слова по буквам, говорящие используют широко известные имена и слова для пояснения букв в словах, которые они диктуют по буквам. Военный и авиационный персонал используют другой список слов для пояснения букв в словах, которые они диктуют по буквам. В таблице ниже приведены традиционный список имен, другие типичные варианты, и список, который используется военными и в авиации.

 

Letter	Traditional List	Variants	Military and Aviation List
A	Alice	Adams, Adam, Anna	Alpha
B	Bertha	Boston, Boy	Bravo
C	Charles	Chicago, Charlie	Charlie
D	David	Denver, Dog, Dixie	Delta
E	Edward	Easy	Echo
F	Frank	Freddie, Fox	Foxtrot
G	George	George	Golf
H	Henry	Harry, How	Hotel
I	Ida	Ida	India
J	James	John	Juliet
K	Kate	King	Kilo
L	Lewis	Lincoln, Love	Lima
M	Mary	Mother	Mike
N	Nellie	New York, Nick, Nora	November
O	Oliver	Ocean, Orange	Oscar
P	Peter	Peter	Papa
Q	Quaker	Queen	Quebec
R	Robert	Roger, Richard, Radio	Romeo
S	Samuel	Sugar, Sam	Sierra
T	Thomas	Tom, Tommy	Tango
U	Utah	Union, Uncle	Uniform
V	Victor	Vic	Victor
W	William	William	Whisky
X	X-ray	X-ray	X-ray
Y	Young	Young, Yoke	Yankee
Z	Zebra	Zero	Zulu

 

Examples

My name is Alexey Tumanov.

How do you spell your last name, please?

That's T as in Thomas, U as in Utah, M as in Mary, A as in Alice, N as in Nellie, O as in Oscar, V as in Victor. That's Tumanov.

How do you spell your first name, please?

That's A as in Alice, L as in Lewis, E as in Edward, X as in X-ray, E as in Edward, Y as in Young. That's Alexey.

 

My name is Anastasia Roschina.

How do you spell your name, please?

That's R as in Robert, O as in Oliver, S as in Samuel, C as in Charles, H as in Henry, I as in Ida, N as in Nellie, A as in Alice. That's Roschina.

 

My last name is Krossman, with a K and double S.

Can you spell the name of your company, please?

It's Muzfond. That's M-U-Z-F-O-N-D. [em-yu:-zi:-ef-ou-en-di:]

Can you spell it again, please?

That's Mary-Union-Zero-Frank-Oliver-Nick-David. Muzfond.

 

What is the name of your company again?

It's Tekhmir. That's T as in Tom, E as in Edward, K as in Kate, H as in Harry, M as in Mike, I as in India, R as in Robert.