TITLE: How to read letters such as $\mathbb A$, $\mathbb B$, etc., or $\mathfrak A$, $\mathfrak B$, etc.?
QUESTION [35 upvotes]: This is a soft question. We can read the letters $\bf A$, $\bf B$, etc. as bold A, bold B, etc. We can read the letters $\textit{A}$, $\textit{B}$, etc. as italic A, italic B, etc. We can read the letters $\mathcal A$, $\mathcal B$, etc. as calligraphic A, calligraphic B, etc. But how do we read letters such as $\mathbb A$, $\mathbb B$, etc., or $\mathfrak A$, $\mathfrak B$, etc.?

REPLY [4 votes]: I find "reading" a bit vague. Are you reading those letter while lecturing? Are you reading that to a colleague out of some text? Are you reading that over the phone to somebody who is checking a TeX source file?
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