Amanda Dwyer recounts an awkward situation of being asked to spell out her last name using the phonetic alphabet.

We need not impress upon you the importance of spelling proper nouns correctly — on digital and in scripts. While nothing can substitute for constant vigilance, you can lower your odds of scoring a ...

American orthography is, to put it charitably, dysfunctional. Whatever the dialect, neither alphabet nor spelling conforms to our speech. Yet, educators insist on perpetuating these incongruities.

FITCHBURG — Wonderful. Amazing. Visionary. People hear those words often, but they’ve likely never been used to describe the alphabet. Now they have. At “The Z Party,” the official wrap-up for artist ...