The Names of the Letters

    Long, long ago (okay, so, like a few years ago) I was watching a spelling bee on ESPN. The only spelling bee I've ever watched. And yes, it was on ESPN. But anyway, the winning word was Aitch (H). That was the first I'd ever heard of the letters of the English alphabet having spellings of their own. Sure, we all know that A is for Apple, but how do you spell A?

    So I started looking around. And just about everyone I asked thought I was nuts, and most of the rest had no clue what I was talking about. But I finally found them, right here on the good old internet.

    And so, on my smorgasboard of a page, I present to you the names of the letters. Enjoy.
A- ay
B- bee
C- cee or see
D- dee
E- ee
F- ef or eff
G- gee
H- aitch or aych
I- i or aye or ie or eye
J- jay
K- kay
L- el or ell
M- em or emm
N- en or enn
O- o or oh
P- pee
Q- cue or kyoo
R- ar or are
S- ess
T- tee
U- you or yoo or yue or ue
V- vee
W- double-u or double-you
X- ex or exx
Y- wye or why or wy
Z- zee or zed