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THE ENGLISH ALPHABET

THE ALPHABET A-Z

A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z

VOWELS
A	E	I	O	U

THE RHYMING ALPHABET
The following letters rhyme with each other:-
ä sound	ë sound	e sound	ï sound		yü sound
A	B	F	I	O	Q	R	Z
H	C	L	Y		U
J	D	M			W
K	E	N
	G	S
	P	X
	T
	V

THE PHONETIC ALPHABET
When spelling (especially over the phone) you can use the phonetic alphabet to avoid confusion between similar sounding letters - P/B S/F T/D etc.
A	Alpha	B	Bravo
C	Charlie	D	Delta
E	Echo	F	Foxtrot
G	Golf	H	Hotel
I	India	J	Juliet
K	Kilo	L	Lima
M	Mike	N	November
O	Oscar	P	Papa
Q	Quebec	R	Romeo
S	Sierra	T	Tango
U	Uniform	V	Victor
W	Whisky	X	X-Ray
Y	Yankee	Z	Zulu

COMMON SYMBOLS
Symbol	Word (common term in brackets)
.	full stop
,	comma
?	question mark
!	exclamation mark
:	colon
;	semi-colon
-	hyphen (dash)
&	ampersand
/	virgule (forward slash)
\	reversed virgule (backward slash)
@	at
#	hash
£	pound symbol
€	euro symbol
$	dollar symbol
'	apostrophe
~	tilde
*	asterisk
´	acute accent
`	grave accent
"	quotation mark
( )	left / right parentheses
[]	left / right square bracket
{}	left / right brace
< >	left / right angle bracket

CAPITALISATION
When spelling a word for someone it is sometimes necessary to let the person know when letters need to be written in CAPITALS and when they need to be written small. There's a guide to capitalisation here.
"How do you spell UNESCO please?"	"Capital U-N-E-S-C-O."
"How do you spell T-Online please?"	"Capital T dash capital O small n-l-i-n-e."
"How do you spell 1&1 Profi please?"	"The number one then an ampersand another one, followed by capital P small r-o-f-i."

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