The same old standard phonetic alphabet (which you would use to describe spelling "Wilson" as "Whiskey, India, Lima, Sierra, Oscar, November") has been used by aircraft pilots, police, and many others for many years now.

So, I finally decided to come up with something a bit more "original" for those people who bother me:

A - Are

B - Bee

C - Cite

D - Double-U

E - Eye

F - Five

G - Genre

H - Hoe

I - I

J - Junta

K - Knot

L - Lye

M - Me

N - Nine

O - Owe

P - Pseudonym

Q - Queue

R - Rap

S - Sea

T - Tsunami

U - Understand?

V - Vie

W - Why

X - Xylophone

Y - You

Z - Zero

 

People don't ask me to spell anything over the phone anymore.