Towns for Italian Alphabet

[mammamia]

I know this is a funny thing to ask, but does anybody know the full list of which towns are used for the Italian alphabet when you are spelling out a word or name or codice fiscale. I know that N is for Napoli, and S for Siena but I really need to know the rest!
I am sure there is someone out there who knows a few more!!

[Carole B]

Originally Posted by mammamia

I know this is a funny thing to ask, but does anybody know the full list of which towns are used for the Italian alphabet when you are spelling out a word or name or codice fiscale. I know that N is for Napoli, and S for Siena but I really need to know the rest!
I am sure there is someone out there who knows a few more!!

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This is what you want... quicker this way than spelling 'em all out.

Oh and if 'X' ever crops up - that's Xantippe - San tip peh
'J' is E lunga
'Y' is Ipsilong

and 'K' is Kappa!

[Charles Phillips]

I'm not convinced that there is an 'authoratitive list' - just the biggest place you can think of beginning with the relevant letter. so R for Roma, F for Firenze, G for Genova, B for Bologna, M for Milano, D is (always) Domodossola, C for Como, T for Torino.

The other letters are perhaps more fluid - I use L for Livorno, A for Ancona, E for Empoli, I for Imperia and O for Otranto, but whether these are 'correct' I don't know - they work!

J is a pig, it either 'ee lunga' or Juventus, (but you have to hope the listener isn't an Inter fan). W is also tricky, and X is 'eeks'. H is 'acca', and K is kappa. Q - I dunno!

[juliancoll]

W wouldn't be that tricky because of the way it is pronounced anyway - very little chance of someone mishearing "Doppio Voo" as "V come Venezia" or "U come Udine".

[bosco]

Maybe there's an element of local pride about which variants to use?

I have heard 'I come Imperia' and 'S come Savona' on a number of occasions, but whether you would ever hear these in Puglia I don't know.

[Nielo]

The Phonetic alphabet is supposed to be universal and is used in many communications not least of which is air traffic control

It should be –

A – Alfa
B – Bravo
C – Charlie
D – Delta
E – Echo
F- Foxtrot
G – Golf
H- Hotel
I – India
J – Juliett
K – Kilo
L – Lima
M – Mike
N – November
O- Oscar
P- Papa
Q – Quebec
R – Romeo
S – Sierra
T – Tango
U- Uniform
V – Victor
W- Whiskey
X – X-ray
Y – Yankee
Z – Zulu

But this is Italy!

[Charles Phillips]

Santippey for X? You are pulling my leg Carole! It's for ever EEKS!

(Though I will cede on hotel, and quadro sounds pretty slick, though owning a 'bee emme vu', I'm not so convinced by 'doppio vu' for W!)

[janie]

I remember one of my Italian teachers giving us the list of Italian towns - but can I find it??

Anyway, a quick Google search led me to this:

A a come Ancona
B bi come Bologna
C ci come Catania (o Como)
D di come Domodossola
E e come Empoli (o Enna)
F effe come Firenze
G gi come Genova
H acca come Hotel
I i come Imola
L elle come Livorno
M emme come Milano
N enne come Napoli
O o come Otranto
P pi come Palermo (o Padova)
Q cu come Quarto
R erre come Roma
S esse come Savona (Salerno, Siena)
T ti come Torino
U u come Udine
V vi come Verona (Venezia)
Z zeta come Zara (Zurigo)

FORMULE TELEFONICHE

[Stribs]

A couple of missed ones

J - Jersey
K -Kursaal
W -Washington
X -Xeres
Y- York/Yacht

[Nielo]

To digress a bit and just for fun; can anyone do a forum alphabet?

I’ll give you R for Ronald