Telefonálás 1. - useful things

1. Name

If you need to spell your name, or take the name of your caller, the biggest problem is often saying vowel sounds (magánhangzók kiejtése, ha betűznöd kell a  neveket):

‘a’ is pronounced as in ‘may’
‘e’ is pronounced as in ‘email’ or ‘he’
‘i’ is pronounced as in ‘I’ or ‘eye’
‘o’ is pronounced as in ‘no’
‘u’ is pronounced as ‘you’

Saying consonants
‘g’ is pronounced like the ‘j’ in ‘jeans’
‘j’ is pronounced as in ‘DJ’ or ‘Jane’
‘w’ is pronounced ‘double you’
‘x’ is pronounced ‘ex’
‘y’ is pronounced ‘why’
‘z’ is pronounced ‘zed’ 

Tip: Keep a note of how you say these letters by your telephone.

2. Phone numbers

Here’s a phone number: 0171 222 3344

And here’s how to say it:
“Oh-one-seven-one, triple two, double three, double four.”

OR

“Zero-one-seven-one, triple two, double three, double four.”

Pausing
When you say a seven digit number, separate the number into two blocks of three and four, pausing after each block.

Each digit is spoken separately, unless it’s a double or triple. If the second part of the number was ‘5555′, you’ll probably find it easier to say ‘double five - double five’.g

3. E-mail addresses
@ is pronounced ‘at’. For instance, caimin@clara.net is “caimin, at, clara, dot, net”.

/ is “forward slash”.

- is called a “hyphen” or a “dash”.

_ is an “underscore”.

by: Szigetfalvi Andi