| Letter |
Letter name
|
| A |
a |
/eɪ/ Sometimes /æ/ in Hiberno-English
|
| B |
bee |
/biː/
|
| C |
cee |
/siː/
|
| D |
dee |
/diː/
|
| E |
e |
/iː/
|
| F |
ef (eff as a verb) |
/ɛf/
|
| G |
gee |
/dʒiː/
|
| H |
aitch |
/eɪtʃ/
|
| haitch sometimes in Australian and Irish English, and usually in Indian English (although often considered incorrect) |
/heɪtʃ/
|
| I |
i |
/aɪ/
|
| J |
jay |
/dʒeɪ/
|
| jy in Scottish English |
/dʒaɪ/
|
| K |
kay |
/keɪ/
|
| L |
el or ell |
/ɛl/
|
| M |
em |
/ɛm/
|
| N |
en |
/ɛn/
|
| O |
o |
/oʊ/
|
| P |
pee |
/piː/
|
| Q |
cue One of the few letter names not to contain the letter in question. Qu ~ que is obsolete, being attested from the 16th century. |
/kjuː/
|
| R |
ar |
/ɑr//ɔr/ (/ɔər/?) in Hiberno-English
|
| S |
ess (es-)in compounds such as es-hook |
/ɛs/
|
| T |
tee |
/tiː/
|
| U |
u |
/juː/
|
| V |
vee |
/viː/
|
| W |
double-u |
/ˈdʌbəl.juː/Especially in American English, the /l/ is not often pronounced in informal speech. (Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed). Common colloquial pronunciations are /ˈdʌbəjuː/, /ˈdʌbəjə/, and /ˈdʌbjə/, as in the nickname "Dubya", especially in terms like www.
|
| X |
ex |
/ɛks/
|
| Y |
wy or wye |
/waɪ/
|
| Z |
British and English in the Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth English |
/zɛd/
|
| zee in American English |
/ziː/
|
| izzard in Scottish English |
/ˈɪzərd/
|