James from Trabuco Canyon, California, learns that there’s a proper way to spell the letters of the alphabet. The letter J is spelled jay and H is spelled aitch. His own name would be spelled out as jay aye em ee ess. The letter Y is spelled wye. Such spellings sometimes help provide clarity, as when court reporters need to indicate that a speaker was spelling out a word letter by letter. This is part of a complete episode.
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