Compared with American pronunciation, the British generally say it the same way as Americans, with some differences.
Most notably, Z is pronounced "Zed".
Vowels in the names of the letters are pronounced with British accents, which vary by region.
Rarely, H is pronounced "Haitch", but this is generally considered wrong by the majority who say "Aitch". It is claimed that "Haitch" is a shibboleth of Catholic education, especially in the Australian variation of British English.
I is is pronounced with a more obvious dipthong.
R sounds less "rounded" in British pronunication, more like "ah" than the American "arrr".
The British alphabet is the standard English language alphabet.
The Latin alphabet for English is the ONLY alphabet used in the British language.
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Exe and Wye
American (and British) English use the Roman alphabet, which the Romans develope from the Greek alphabet, and the Greeks in turn based their alphabet on various existing alphabets in use in the Mediterranean. So, many, many people have been at work on it over the centuries. In other words, nobdy sat down and invented the alphabet.
American (and British) English use the Roman alphabet, which the Romans develope from the Greek alphabet, and the Greeks in turn based their alphabet on various existing alphabets in use in the Mediterranean. So, many, many people have been at work on it over the centuries. In other words, nobdy sat down and invented the alphabet.
The "British" alphabet, as used by English speaking countries, is known as the Roman alphabet. It consists of 26 letters, 5 of which are vowels (A, E, I, O, U). A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. The Roman alphabet is also used by many other countries and lends itself to many languages.
a - the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet b - the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet c - the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet d - the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet e - the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet f - the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet g - the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet h - the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet i - the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet j - the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet k - the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet l - the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet m - the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet n - the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet o - the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet p - the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet q - the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet r - the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet s - the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet t - the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet u - the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet v - the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet double-u, w - the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet x, ex - the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet wye, y - the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet ezed, izzard, zed, zee, z - the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"
We use the Latin alphabet, which was based on the Greek Alphabet, which was inspired by the Hebrew Alphabet.
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenician alphabet was the inspiration for the Greek alphabet.
The Cyrillic alphabet is derived from the Greek alphabet, with the addition of several characters from the Hebrew alphabet.
The Phoenician Alphabet