NoSoup

Alright, so I'll admit this has always intriged me, even since I was but a wee lad. However, I think I vaguely remember learning how to spell the name of letters in gradeschool. Does anyone have any links to the actual spellings?

For instance, "B" would be spelled "Bee" or whatever...

Satisfy my curiosity!

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maleficent

Can't wait til we get to the ZEEE vs ZED letter

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uncle phil

one letter at a time?

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ngdawg

Ay!

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cyrnel

I bet there's a teacher in the room who could provide good examples. (Helloooo, Gilda?)

And zed? No way, it's izzard.

When I was a lad one of our tasks in 2nd or 3rd grade was adding words that represented the alternate sounds for each letter. Unfortunately friends & I were more interested in drawing tanks, planes & big explosions than participating. However, I do recall B=Burp was quite popular.

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Redlemon

Or, as They Might Be Giants asked on their second children's album, "Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?"

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Charlatan

Just because Zeee makes Twinkle Twinkle little star rhyme is no reason to lose the correct pronunciation of Zed.

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NoSoup

GILDA!!!111oneoneone


Help us out, my friend

Pretty please - with sugar? Maybe a cherry?

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Sticky

In case no one can wait until <b>Gilda</b> answers.

Courtesy of <a href="http://www.answers.com/english%20alphabet" target="blank">Answers.com</a> (I am not an employee nor do I benefit in anyway from mentioning them).
Spoiler:
Letter Letter name (IPA)
A a [e?]
B bee [bi?]
C cee [si?]
D dee [di?]
E e [i?]
F ef [?f]
G gee [d?i?]
H aitch [e?t?] or haitch [he?t?]
I i [a?]
J jay [d?e?]
K kay [ke?]
L el [?l]
M em [?m]
N en [?n]
O o [??]
P pee [pi?]
Q cue [kju?]
R ar [??] (non-rhotic) or [??] (rhotic) (see rhotic and non-rhotic accents)
S ess [?s]
T tee [ti?]
U u [ju?]
V vee [vi?]
W double-u [d?.b(?)l.ju?]
X ex [?ks]
Y wye [wa?]
Z zed [z?d] or zee [zi?] (the latter in American English only)

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Zephyr66

T-H-E A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T

paddyjoe

One need to look no further than to the voice of a generation.





click here to have all of your alphabet spellings de-mystified:


http://www.threestooges.net/sounds/alphabet.wav

fresnelly

Thanks Sticky! A couple of years ago the National Spelling Bee was won when a contestant flubbed "H". The look of stunned suprise on her face when given her 'word' was priceless.

FYI: These are all acceptable for play in Scrabble.

I always thought "Elemenopy" would be a good name for a band. OK a pretentious band, but still...

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Charlatan

My daughter sings the alphabet song:

a, b, c, d, e, h, elemenopee, r, s, t, v, xyz

she skips a few and mashes a few... she also says, zee but that just because the first letter of her name is Z and we call her Zee...

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Redlemon

OK, second time to mention it in this thread: TMBG's "Here Come the ABCs" has a song tltled LMNO, to drive the point home that they are "four letters, not one". Charlatan, pick it up for your daughter; it's my son's current favorite album.

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NoSoup

Boy, do I ever feel guilty about posting this. Sheesh.

Instead of typing up one-handed responses to ridiculous questions, Gilda - concentrate on recovering from your accident...

Sticky has helped us out already

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Slavakion

So wait... outside of the US, Z is pronounced Zed?

Tophat665

I like to spell it with <i>Explosive Runes</i> or, if I'm feeling holy, <i>Glyphs of Warding</i>.

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uncle phil

love ya', buddy..

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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

paddyjoe

right back atcha, my friend..........

Fly

*feels jealous*

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uncle phil

ok, i love ya' too, but only a little bit (hehe...)

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.