[lojban-beginners] letter names over phone

["Chris Capel" <pdf23ds@gmail.com>]

In English, it's easy to confuse certain pairs of letters when
spelling out words over the phone, notably s and f. (They sound almost
identical.) Lojban would be susceptible to the same thing for {sy} and
{fy}. Is there some standard way to differentiate when spelling out
words? I know the numbers were designed to not be susceptible to this
sort of thing; it's odd provisions weren't made for the letters as
well.

In Spanish the letters b and v are *pronounced* identically, so even
in person they must be differentiated if context doesn't make them
unambiguous (often by saying "be grande" and "ve chica"). And off
topic, does anyone know how you pronounced accented letters when
spelling out spanish words?

Chris Capel
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