![]() A Filipino Making a long distance phone call Operator: AT&T How may I help you? Pinoy: Heyloow. Ay wud like to long distans da Pilipins, plis. Operator: Name of the party you're calling? Pinoy: Aybegyurpardon? Can you repit agen plis? Operator: What is the name of the person you are calling? Pinoy: Ah, yes, tenkyu and sori. Da name of my calling is Elpidio Abanquel. Sori and tenkyu. Operator: Please spell out the name of the person you're calling phonetically. Pinoy: yes, tenkyu. What is foneticali? Operator: Please spell out the letters comprising the name a letter at a time and citing a word for each letter. Pinoy: Ah, yes, tenkyu. Da name of Elpidio Abanquel is Elpidio Abanquel. I will spell his name foneticali.Elpidio: E as in Elpidio, L as in lpidio, p as in pidio, i as in idio, d as in dio, i, as in io and o as in o. Operator: Sir, can you please use English words. Pinoy: Ah, yes, tenkyu. Abanquel: A as in Airport, B as in Because, A as in Airport agen, N as in...Enemy, Q as in...Cuba, U as in...Europe, E as in...Important and L as in...Elephant. |