We use standard ITU phonetic alphabet pronunciation. Note that the standard ITU pronunciation for some letters and numbers is different from the way it is written. These differences are marked in bold below. Practice until they are second nature.
Wikipedia references:
Letters
| Letter | Phonetic (Written) | Phonetic (Spoken) |
|---|
| A | alfa | AL-fa |
| B | bravo | BRAH-voh |
| C | charlie | CHAR-lee |
| D | delta | DELL-tah |
| E | echo | ECK-oh |
| F | foxtrot | FOKS-trot |
| G | golf | GOLF |
| H | hotel | hoh-TELL |
| I | india | IN-dee-ah |
| J | juliet | JU-lee-ETT |
| K | kilo | KEY-loh |
| L | lima | LEE-mah |
| M | mike | MIKE |
| N | november | no-VEM-ber |
| O | oscar | OSS-cah |
| P | papa | pah-PAH |
| Q | quebec | keh-BECK |
| R | romeo | ROW-me-oh |
| S | sierra | see-AIR-rah |
| T | tango | TANG-go |
| U | uniform | YOU-ni-form |
| V | victor | VIK-tah |
| W | whiskey | WISS-key |
| X | x-ray | ECKS-RAY |
| Y | yankee | YANG-key |
| Z | zulu | ZOO-loo |
Numbers
| Number | Written | Spoken |
|---|
| 0 | zero | ZEE-row |
| 1 | one | WUN |
| 2 | two | TOO |
| 3 | three | TREE |
| 4 | four | FOH-wer |
| 5 | five | FIFE |
| 6 | six | SICKS |
| 7 | seven | SEV-vin |
| 8 | eight | ATE |
| 9 | nine | NINE-er |
Multi-digit numbers are spoken one digit at a time
- Example: 600 = “six zero zero”