The spelling of "John Thayer" is fairly straightforward, with only a few specific sounds to keep in mind. "John" is spelled with a hard "J" sound and the "o" is pronounced as "ah" with the IPA symbol /ɒ/. "Thayer" is pronounced with the "th" sound as in "thumb" and the "a" is pronounced with the short "a" sound as in "cat," represented by the IPA symbol /æ/. The "e" in "Thayer" is pronounced as a soft "uh" sound, written as /ə/. Together, "John Thayer" is pronounced something like /dʒɒn ˈθeɪər/.