ABCs

Having to talk to passengers from China, Taiwan and Hongkong, sometimes it makes you really wonder why do they have such different interpretations of English? Get back to the basics, let's talk abut ABCs.... Literally.....

When you ask them how do they spell their names on their passport.......

Phonetic Pronunciation of ABCs....
The Usual Style (Airline style):
A - Alpha
B - Bravo
C - Charlie
D - Delta
E - Echo
F - Folks lore
G - Golf
H - Hotel
I - Item
J - Juliet
K - Korea
L - Lima
M - Mike
N - November
O - Osaka
P - Papa
Q - Quebec
R - Roger
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform
V - Victor
W - William
X - X-ray
Z - Zulu

The "Hongkies" Way
A - Ada
B - Baby
C - Charlie
D - David
E - Easy?
F - Father
G - Gordon
H - Henry
I - Item
J - Jack
K -King
L - London... how can they ever forget their colonial masters!?
M - Mother or Money
N - Nancy... so far no hongkies has ever said anything else that begins w the letter N other than Nancy.... What a famous Nancy!
O - Obal????? Yup... they pronounce it that way... eventually i find out that it was .... OVAL
P - Peter
Q -Queenie
R - :Loger" ...kinda of singlish right? haha~~
S - Sugar.... they must have like sweet stuff huh?糖水铺 is everywhere in HK!
T - Tony Leung.. 梁朝伟
U - You!
V - Victor
W - William
X - Pronounced as eight 死.
Y - 歪
Z -二 Zed... coz Z looked like a numeric 2...

Hey.. At least Hongkies' english are not that bad .... just that they say it with their Canto acent which is kinda hard to catch sometimes..... My conclusion.... they really like some names alot... like ada, tony, queenie... and yes nancy.. the famous nancy.... no one! ABSOULUTELY no hongkie has said any other words that begins with the letter N other than Nancy....^_^
Wait till you hear the Taiwanese and Chinese....

The " Taiwanesse" Style
A -矮.... used Hokien to pronounce it pls....
B - Boy.... well decent enough
C - 死 ....yup.. in hokien...
D - Locter 的 D... they mean Docter
E - "一"
F - F 福~~
G - 个 ~~~ it means girl...
H - Egggggggggg....
I -爱
J - Jay..... sometimes Jacky.. er.. hmm... 吴宗宪
K - Karaoke
L - L 鲁 (Lu 第三声)
M - 麦当劳
N - 恩
O - O... at last something sound normal...
P -屁
Q - Kill....?????????????
R - 啊
S - S 死
T -踢
U - YO!
V - Visa
W - 双V
X - X 克死.... always have 尾音... dunno why...
Z - 急 ....................

Hai~~~ 无解.......

Last but not least....
The Chee Na (China)...... Style
A - ABC 的A
B - ABC 的B
C - ABC 的C
D - ABCD 的D
E - ABCDE 的E.... yes and they do not go beyond letter "E" coz it gets too long....
oh yah... sometimes they also say English 的E
F - F 福~~ (same goes the taiwanesse)
G- 骨的G... (Girl) or sometimes Garden G
H - Hello
I - 爱
J - 勾.... took me quite a while to understand... J looks like a fishing hook you see...
K - King
L - Lary
M - 大M母
N - 小恩
O - O .......i guess O is quite universal
P - 大头P... and People... they can say it quite good.... coz China's also know as " People Republic of China (PRC)
Q - 皮蛋Q.... why.... at least in china tat's wat they call their Queen of Spades...
R - 玫瑰
S - 转弯的饿死? turn around the corner and you die starving? ... i found out that they mean the inverted numeric 2.....
T - 横竖 T
U - 优
V - 胜利V
W - 两个胜利
X - 叉子
Z - they will just tell you: 英文字母里的最后一个........................................................

But then again.... how good do you think singaporean's english were?

Some of the more famous ones..... like F as in F**K... they get real mad when can't get onto their flight....
Lumber when they really mean number.
P... make a guess..... PAP lah! what else? Pay and pay only!!! .... BTW i just recieved my income tax slip... ~_~

只能说世界那么大。。。。。。。