0 as in nun

  1 as in past of `to win'

  2 as in half a ballet dress

  3 as in `three for a dollar'

  4 as in what people yell on a golf course

  5 as in the number of pins in five-pin bowling

  6 as in Latinate sex

  7 as in lucky number ...

  8 as in eaten

  9 as in `not' in German

  A as in ARE

  B as in the insect that makes honey

  C as in cue

  D as in djin

  E as in ewe

  F as in faze  (I'll welcome a better suggestion)

  G as in gneiss (pronounced like the word nice, not the place Nice)

  H as in heir (pronounced as air)

  I as in isle

  J as in jai alai (pronounced hi lie)

  K as in kernel

  L as in 50

  M as in mnemonic

  N as in no (again, I'll welcome suggestions for better words)

  O as in ours (pronounced like hours)

  P as in pneumonia (with thanks to Lily Tomlin)

  Q as in quay

  R as in rye

  S as in see

  T as in tsunami

  U as in urn

  V as in 5

  W as in Tungsten or why

  X as in xenophobia (pronounced zen-o-phobia)

  Y as in Ypsilanti

  Z as in zee (American's usually don't understand this one)