Spelling your name out loud in English
How to spell your name clearly when someone can't find your booking.
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Key phrases
The lines worth keeping. Read them once before you go out.
Use this when the booking is in that name.
under + name = booked with that name
Use a word to show the letter Z.
If a letter is unclear: letter + as in + word
Polite: ask them to look one more time.
C / Z, B / V, M / N are easy to mix up
Use this to ask for the spelling.
Pilot version: Z = Zulu, H = Hotel
Quick answers
Check-in: what to say in English
Say “I have a booking under Zhang.” — use this when the booking is in that name. under + name = booked with that name.
Save this: what to say in English
Say “Z as in zebra.” — use a word to show the letter Z. If a letter is unclear: letter + as in + word.
Not found: what to say in English
Say “Could you check again?” — polite: ask them to look one more time. C / Z, B / V, M / N are easy to mix up.
Ask them: what to say in English
Say “How do you spell that?” — use this to ask for the spelling. Pilot version: Z = Zulu, H = Hotel.