Vowel Examples Phonetic Spelling Sample Names - USRA

[Pages:2]Guide to Phonetic Spelling

When providing the phonetic spelling of your name, focus on the way it sounds rather than the way it looks. Here are some examples:

John Barowski Emily Nguyen Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ren?e Schmidt Martina Tygielski Diego Shupla

John Ba-ROFF-skee Emily WIN VOOLF-gang Ahm-a-DAY-us MOT-sart Ruh-NAY Schmitt Mahr-TEEN-uh Ti-GALE-skee Dee-AYE-go SHOOP-luh

The phonetic spelling guide below provides additional examples.

Vowel A

E I O

Examples

fat, land ape, date, play ah, father, car America, ago

check, ten, when elephant, benefit green, evil, he

ice, bite, high is, hit

hot, fought, not open, tone, go loose, tool, crew toy, oil

Phonetic Spelling Sample Names

a

Nancy (NAN-see)

ay

Jason (JAY-suhn)

ah

Adriana (Ah-dree-AH-nah)

uh

Bianca (Bee-YAHN-cuh)

E

Ken (KEN)

uh

Alex (AL-uhks)

Ee

Maria (Mah-REE-ah)

Y

Michael (MY-kuhl)

ih

Lindy (LIHN-dee)

ah

John (JAHN)

Oh

Rose (ROHZ)

Oo

Judy (JOO-dee)

Oy

Leroy (LEE-roy)

Vowel U

Y

Examples

up, cut duty, tube, assume fur, deter use, cute, few

family, city my, dry

Phonetic Spelling Sample Names

Uh

Cynthia (SIN-thee-uh)

Oo

Julie (JOO-lee)

Ur

Ursula (UHR-suh-luh)

Yoo

Eunice (YOO-nis)

ee

Amy (AY-mee)

Y

Kyle (KY-uhl)

Most consonants will sound the way they are written, but there are a few special cases. Below are just a few examples.

Consonant Examples

GI

giant

GI

gift

H

loch

Phonetic Spelling Sample Names

j

Gianna (Jee-AH-nah)

gh

Gideon (GIH-dee-uhn)

hh

Ahmed (AHH-med)

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