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[logovo]

I hate it when people spell out stuff to me, because my brain tries to makes sense of each letter in SPANISH. Why brain, why do you fail me so? Some clients must think I have a hearing problem because I ask them to repeat themselves again and again when they spell their names or emails. The one letter that always gets me is "i", because to my ear it sounds like "ay". The "e" sounding like "i" in Spanish adds an extra layer of confusion.

>:(

Comments

[monanotlisa]

I hear ya. The German "e" sounds like "ehhhhh" in English, and the German "i" sounds like "e." Takes me a moment to switch (and my immersion in written English don't help much with these sound patterns in my cerebrum).

[logovo]

Yes, yes, it takes a while to make the switch. Some other part of my brain, which is usually not engage in day to day language, needs to be engaged. It has to be the same part that does arithmetic, because I usually do that in Spanish, specially if I'm tired.

[lian]

Extra fun times? Spanish speakers spelling things in English to German me :D! happens a lot at work. So, yeah, I feel you ^^; I always use the NATO alphabet, because frankly, without "I like India?" and "E as in Echo?" I'd be lost!

[logovo]

I need to have the NATO alphabet handy next time I'm on the phone with a client, most who have no idea why I suddenly become so discombobulated when they try to tell me how to write their name down!

Spanish speakers spelling things in English to German me

Oh dear. If it happens over the phone that's got to be fun ;)

OK, clutching NATO alphabet to bosom and will implement forthwith!

[le_mousquetaire]

Acostumbrada al echo, tango, etc. por el trabajo en la agencia de viajes, pero si saca de onda escuchar deletreo en inglés, escuchas fonéticamente en español y se queda uno de O.o

::pobrecita de mi logovo::

[logovo]

Es falta de practica, porque rar vez necesito tener ese tipo de conversaciones, pero sip, siempre me tropiezo. Voy a ver si usando mas seguido el alfabeto NATO resuelvo algo de mi problema.