Telephone Directory Enquiries Operator Joke

Directory Enquiries Customer using the Phonetic Alphabet on the Telephone

O:Hello, 118-800, what telephone number can I get for you?

C: “I want the telephone details for Telephone Systems Direct Please.”

O: Can you spell that out for me, please?
C: “Of course I can.

T as in tea.
E as in eye.
L as in hell.
E as in eye.
P as in pea.
H as in hey.
O as in you.
N as in hen.
E as in aye.

S as in sea.
Y as in aye,
S as in sea.
T as in tea.
E as in aye.
M as in em.
S as in sea.

D as in Zed.
I as in in.
R as in are.
E as in eye.
C as in cue.
T as in tea.”

O: Just a minute, sir. I will put you through to my manager.