How do you spell your name again?

Colleague got a phone call from a chamber of commerce, which was named after this ethnic group in Singapore, had a caller with a very thick accent trying to leave a message for me.

When asked about how to spell his name, his reply had my colleague enquiring again and again before she finally got it. Now, without scrolling down to see, would you be able to figure out?

WEE-AI-ANN-AY-VAI
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His name is Vinay. I must say she's pretty talented in this because I wouldn't have the slightest idea what his name is spelt as. Hmmm... will it help if it's spelt in terms of countries and cities? I wonder...