Yeah, "qwee-beck" can be awkward to say. You can also try this phonetic alphabet, to get around some of those pesky ICAO words:
A Aileen (eye—lene)
B Boxtop (box—top)
C Cesium (seas—c—um)
D Dung (dung)
E Eugene (you—jean)
F Felt (felt)
G Greco (greco)
H Hanky (hanky)
I Ixtapa (icks—tapa)
J Julio (who’-li—o)
K Knarly (narl—lee)
L Linoleum (lin—o—lee—um)
M Mango (mang—go)
N Naught (not)
O Oleo (o—lee—o)
P Panky (panky)
Q Qualm (cwalm)
R Richter (rick—ter)
S September (sept—em—ber)
T Tike (tike)
U Unite (you—night) :
V Vacuform (vac—you—form)
W Wolf (wolf)
X Xylene (zie—lean)
Y Yuppy (yuppy)
Z Zinger (zinger)