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Maggie Miller

~Welsh Girl~

Join date: 17 May 2003

Posts: 290

01-27-2005 16:10

The biggest offender is, of course, CUA...who doesn't pronounce his name the way we all hear it in our heads "QUE-UH", but pronounces it "SEE-YOU-A," as in the letters.

Drift Monde, if you ask her, is not, "Mond," but "Mon-dey"

So...Roll Call!
Step up and pronounce your names...

(Tcoz....feel free to go first. LOL)

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Siobhan Taylor

Nemesis

Join date: 13 Aug 2003

Posts: 5,476

01-27-2005 16:13

Exactly as it's spelt of course...
although, it does help if you're a celt and read it that way ....

Siobhan = Shiv Awn, of course ...
Taylor = Tail Or ... This can be tricky though, I've heard it pronounced as Tay Lor, which of course is completely wrong.

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Eggy Lippmann

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Join date: 1 May 2003

Posts: 7,939

01-27-2005 16:14

Hello, my name is eggy lippmann and I pronounce eggy... uh... eggy!

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Belaya Statosky

Information Retrieval

Join date: 3 Jun 2004

Posts: 552

01-27-2005 16:14

It's spelled 'Belaya Statosky' but it's pronounced 'Throatwarbler Mangrove'.

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Ghoti Nyak

καλλιστι

Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

01-27-2005 16:17

Ghoti is pronounced "fish"

gh as pronounced in "enouGH"
o as pronounced in "wOmen"
ti as pronounced in "intuiTIon"

Given the choice, my last name would be Styx, pronouced like "sticks".

-Ghoti

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Torley Linden

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Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 16,530

01-27-2005 16:18

"Torley" is actually pronounced with a stress on the LEE part, not the other way around.

But it's kind of hard for whatever reason, so I don't mind going with the guttural TorTor.

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Siobhan Taylor

Nemesis

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01-27-2005 16:19

From: Ghoti Nyak

Ghoti is pronounced "fish"

You mean there are people who didn't know that?

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Loki Pico

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Join date: 20 Jun 2003

Posts: 1,938

01-27-2005 16:21

Low-key Pea-co

Nogard Codesmith

Second Life Resident

Join date: 24 Nov 2004

Posts: 191

01-27-2005 16:29

I pronounce Nogard as "Noh-gahrd". However most ppl shorten my name to Nog which is pronounced "Nawg", which I prefer anywaz.

The regulars at BZ beach however have appearantly decided to shorten my name to "No" which is just weird, especially when answering a question of mine in the affirmative (e.g. "Yes, No"

Nogard Codesmith

Second Life Resident

Join date: 24 Nov 2004

Posts: 191

01-27-2005 16:31

From: Ghoti Nyak

Ghoti is pronounced "fish"

gh as pronounced in "enouGH"
o as pronounced in "wOmen"
ti as pronounced in "intuiTIon"

Given the choice, my last name would be Styx, pronouced like "sticks".

-Ghoti

LMAO... thats awsome

Cubey Terra

Aircraft Builder

Join date: 6 Sep 2003

Posts: 1,725

01-27-2005 16:34

"Cubey" is pronounced "Syoh'bye" with a glottal stop between the consonants. And "Terra" is, of course, "Yurr-gh". The "T" is silent and the double "R" signifies a nice, phlegmy "H" sound, followed by the silent "A".

Syoh'bye Yurrgh.

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Driftwood Nomad

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Join date: 10 May 2003

Posts: 451

01-27-2005 16:36

Belaya, way to go with the Monty Python reference!

Incidentally, my name is pronounced "Luxury Yacht", where the "CH" in "Yacht" is not silent. Or just call me DINSDALE!

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Ananda Sandgrain

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Join date: 16 May 2003

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01-27-2005 16:46

I keep getting people calling me "Amanda" so this might help.

All the A's are the latin pronunciation, as in "adios" or "father".

So it's Ah-nahn-dah.

Now if you shorten it to my nickname (Ana), the first "a" is like "can" or "pat".

A-nah.

Now children, can you say "pedantic"?

Good! I knew you could!

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Techzen Omega

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Join date: 31 Dec 1969

Posts: 58

01-27-2005 16:46

Techzen said as Tex-En as in Texan (down here we don't say it as Tex-An) but I'm used to everyone saying it as Tech Zen or calling me Tech. If I only had a dollar for everytime someone asked if I was Techsupport.

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Chip Midnight

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Join date: 1 May 2003

Posts: 10,231

01-27-2005 16:46

Chip is pronounced "cheap"
Midnight is pronounced "bastard"

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Siobhan Taylor

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Join date: 13 Aug 2003

Posts: 5,476

01-27-2005 16:48

From: Chip Midnight

Chip is pronounced "cheap"
Midnight is pronounced "bastard"

Well yes, how else wou;d you pronounce it?

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Cristiano Midnight

Evil Snapshot Baron

Join date: 17 May 2003

Posts: 8,616

01-27-2005 16:57

Cristiano is both spelled and pronounced with no fucking letter H in it:

Cris-tee-ah-no

Contrary to what Chip said, I prefer the more colloquial Spanish pronunciation of Midnight, which is "puta".

Periodically people (YES I'm looking at you Pituca Chang) split my name at the T for some inexplicable reason, and call me Crist. Sometimes they combine this quirk with the aformentioned insertion of a phantom letter H and call me Christ, which is flattering but unnecessary.

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Coupe Neville

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Join date: 6 Jan 2005

Posts: 75

01-27-2005 16:58

you people are silly...

Mine is pronounced just like it looks... like the Cadillac... Really wish they had the last name DeVille instead of Neville...

rinaz bijoux

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01-27-2005 17:08

rina's bee-jhoo

*gazuntheit!*

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Paolo Portocarrero

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Join date: 28 Apr 2004

Posts: 2,393

01-27-2005 17:10

Oh, mine's a no-brainer.

Pow' (as in what happens to you when you taunt me) - Low (as in how you feel after the pow)

Porto (as in potty) - car (as in give me yours) - rare' (as in I am so very) - o (the face you show after being with me)

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Darko Cellardoor

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Join date: 10 Nov 2003

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01-27-2005 17:24

Dark-O! Cella-doe!

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Magnum Serpentine

Registered User

Join date: 20 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,811

01-27-2005 17:27

Remember the Magnum PI series and you will hear my name over and over and over.

Serpentine

Sur-pin-tyne

There you go.

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Zuzi Martinez

goth dachshund

Join date: 4 Sep 2004

Posts: 1,860

01-27-2005 17:29

first name ZOO-zee
last name mar-TEE-nez not MARTIN-ez.

call me Zu and die.

Khamon Fate

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Join date: 21 Nov 2003

Posts: 4,177

01-27-2005 17:50

From: Eggy Lippmann

Hello, my name is eggy lippmann and I pronounce eggy... uh... eggy!

yes but some people call you edgey although maybe their not mispronouncing your name ha ha ha

my name is a title (kha) and a name (amon). it's pronouced "khahmahn" as "come on!" people sometimes pronouce it with a long A so it sounds like cayman. but hey, i'll answer to anything. "that green plant guy" will do me just fine.

edited to say that cris really cracks me up. and thank you maggie for publishing a thread that i can read backward since that's normally what i end up doing anyway.

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Sezmra Svarog

Pointy-Eared Geek

Join date: 8 Jul 2004

Posts: 446

01-27-2005 17:52

Despite popular belief(at least in the many IRC circles I frequented over the last couple of years

) my name is not some freakish shorthand for Says Mr. A!

It is however, Says-Mrah.

Svarog? Well, let's say my Slavic is rusty. But I like to pronounce it "Svar-ohg".

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How Do You Pronounce Your Own Name?
Maggie Miller ~Welsh Girl~ Join date: 17 May 2003 Posts: 290	01-27-2005 16:10 The biggest offender is, of course, CUA...who doesn't pronounce his name the way we all hear it in our heads "QUE-UH", but pronounces it "SEE-YOU-A," as in the letters. Drift Monde, if you ask her, is not, "Mond," but "Mon-dey" So...Roll Call! Step up and pronounce your names... (Tcoz....feel free to go first. LOL) _____________________
Siobhan Taylor Nemesis Join date: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 5,476	01-27-2005 16:13 Exactly as it's spelt of course... although, it does help if you're a celt and read it that way .... Siobhan = Shiv Awn, of course ... Taylor = Tail Or ... This can be tricky though, I've heard it pronounced as Tay Lor, which of course is completely wrong. _____________________ http://siobhantaylor.wordpress.com/
Eggy Lippmann Wiktator Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 7,939	01-27-2005 16:14 Hello, my name is eggy lippmann and I pronounce eggy... uh... eggy! _____________________ Help us document Second Life history at http://slhistory.org!
Belaya Statosky Information Retrieval Join date: 3 Jun 2004 Posts: 552	01-27-2005 16:14 It's spelled 'Belaya Statosky' but it's pronounced 'Throatwarbler Mangrove'. _____________________
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	01-27-2005 16:17 Ghoti is pronounced "fish" gh as pronounced in "enouGH" o as pronounced in "wOmen" ti as pronounced in "intuiTIon" Given the choice, my last name would be Styx, pronouced like "sticks". -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	01-27-2005 16:18 "Torley" is actually pronounced with a stress on the LEE part, not the other way around. But it's kind of hard for whatever reason, so I don't mind going with the guttural TorTor. _____________________
Siobhan Taylor Nemesis Join date: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 5,476	01-27-2005 16:19 From: Ghoti Nyak Ghoti is pronounced "fish" You mean there are people who didn't know that? _____________________ http://siobhantaylor.wordpress.com/
Loki Pico Registered User Join date: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,938	01-27-2005 16:21 Low-key Pea-co
Nogard Codesmith Second Life Resident Join date: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 191	01-27-2005 16:29 I pronounce Nogard as "Noh-gahrd". However most ppl shorten my name to Nog which is pronounced "Nawg", which I prefer anywaz. The regulars at BZ beach however have appearantly decided to shorten my name to "No" which is just weird, especially when answering a question of mine in the affirmative (e.g. "Yes, No"
Nogard Codesmith Second Life Resident Join date: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 191	01-27-2005 16:31 From: Ghoti Nyak Ghoti is pronounced "fish" gh as pronounced in "enouGH" o as pronounced in "wOmen" ti as pronounced in "intuiTIon" Given the choice, my last name would be Styx, pronouced like "sticks". -Ghoti LMAO... thats awsome
Cubey Terra Aircraft Builder Join date: 6 Sep 2003 Posts: 1,725	01-27-2005 16:34 "Cubey" is pronounced "Syoh'bye" with a glottal stop between the consonants. And "Terra" is, of course, "Yurr-gh". The "T" is silent and the double "R" signifies a nice, phlegmy "H" sound, followed by the silent "A". Syoh'bye Yurrgh. _____________________ C U B E Y · T E R R A planes · helicopters · blimps · balloons · skydiving · submarines Available at Abbotts Aerodrome and XstreetSL.com
Driftwood Nomad Registered User Join date: 10 May 2003 Posts: 451	01-27-2005 16:36 Belaya, way to go with the Monty Python reference! Incidentally, my name is pronounced "Luxury Yacht", where the "CH" in "Yacht" is not silent. Or just call me DINSDALE! _____________________ Driftwood Nomad D&D Dogs Co-founder "Second Life’s first AI companion animal" The Second Opinion, 08/05/2003 D&D Dogs HQ Pawaii (127, 63) Mainland Store Kuula (214, 124) http://www.sldogs.com SL Dogs Zazzle store!
Ananda Sandgrain +0- Join date: 16 May 2003 Posts: 1,951	01-27-2005 16:46 I keep getting people calling me "Amanda" so this might help. All the A's are the latin pronunciation, as in "adios" or "father". So it's Ah-nahn-dah. Now if you shorten it to my nickname (Ana), the first "a" is like "can" or "pat". A-nah. Now children, can you say "pedantic"? Good! I knew you could! _____________________
Techzen Omega Registered User Join date: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 58	01-27-2005 16:46 Techzen said as Tex-En as in Texan (down here we don't say it as Tex-An) but I'm used to everyone saying it as Tech Zen or calling me Tech. If I only had a dollar for everytime someone asked if I was Techsupport. _____________________ ___________________________________________________ "Techzen, you definitely DO NOT suck at the forums." - Alicia Eldritch "Do you think I'd get in trouble if I took a portable paint sprayer on a paintball field and said it was a paintball flamethrower"? "---SenorBiggles (Anandtech Forums)
Chip Midnight ate my baby! Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 10,231	01-27-2005 16:46 Chip is pronounced "cheap" Midnight is pronounced "bastard" _____________________ My other hobby: www.live365.com/stations/chip_midnight
Siobhan Taylor Nemesis Join date: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 5,476	01-27-2005 16:48 From: Chip Midnight Chip is pronounced "cheap" Midnight is pronounced "bastard" Well yes, how else wou;d you pronounce it? _____________________ http://siobhantaylor.wordpress.com/
Cristiano Midnight Evil Snapshot Baron Join date: 17 May 2003 Posts: 8,616	01-27-2005 16:57 Cristiano is both spelled and pronounced with no fucking letter H in it: Cris-tee-ah-no Contrary to what Chip said, I prefer the more colloquial Spanish pronunciation of Midnight, which is "puta". Periodically people (YES I'm looking at you Pituca Chang) split my name at the T for some inexplicable reason, and call me Crist. Sometimes they combine this quirk with the aformentioned insertion of a phantom letter H and call me Christ, which is flattering but unnecessary. _____________________ Cristiano ANOmations - huge selection of high quality, low priced animations all $100L or less. ~SLUniverse.com~ SL's oldest and largest community site, featuring Snapzilla image sharing, forums, and much more.
Coupe Neville another freakin' noob Join date: 6 Jan 2005 Posts: 75	01-27-2005 16:58 you people are silly... Mine is pronounced just like it looks... like the Cadillac... Really wish they had the last name DeVille instead of Neville...
rinaz bijoux is your friend! Join date: 8 Oct 2004 Posts: 1,238	01-27-2005 17:08 rina's bee-jhoo gazuntheit! bless you _____________________ Mi Carissimo Cartcart ... Ti penso sempre . Ti amo tanto tanto tanto So blessed are we to have each other Visit Rinaz Bloggariffic!
Paolo Portocarrero Puritanical Hedonist Join date: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 2,393	01-27-2005 17:10 Oh, mine's a no-brainer. Pow' (as in what happens to you when you taunt me) - Low (as in how you feel after the pow) Porto (as in potty) - car (as in give me yours) - rare' (as in I am so very) - o (the face you show after being with me) Paolo rawks. Yay me! _____________________ Facades by Paolo - Photo-Realistic Skins for Doods > Flagship store, Santo Paolo's Lofts & Boutiques > SLBoutique
Darko Cellardoor Cannabinoid Addict Join date: 10 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,307	01-27-2005 17:24 Dark-O! Cella-doe! _____________________
Magnum Serpentine Registered User Join date: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,811	01-27-2005 17:27 Remember the Magnum PI series and you will hear my name over and over and over. Serpentine Sur-pin-tyne There you go. _____________________
Zuzi Martinez goth dachshund Join date: 4 Sep 2004 Posts: 1,860	01-27-2005 17:29 first name ZOO-zee last name mar-TEE-nez not MARTIN-ez. call me Zu and die.
Khamon Fate fategardens.net Join date: 21 Nov 2003 Posts: 4,177	01-27-2005 17:50 From: Eggy Lippmann Hello, my name is eggy lippmann and I pronounce eggy... uh... eggy! yes but some people call you edgey although maybe their not mispronouncing your name ha ha ha my name is a title (kha) and a name (amon). it's pronouced "khahmahn" as "come on!" people sometimes pronouce it with a long A so it sounds like cayman. but hey, i'll answer to anything. "that green plant guy" will do me just fine. edited to say that cris really cracks me up. and thank you maggie for publishing a thread that i can read backward since that's normally what i end up doing anyway. _____________________ Visit the Fate Gardens Website @ fategardens.net
Sezmra Svarog Pointy-Eared Geek Join date: 8 Jul 2004 Posts: 446	01-27-2005 17:52 Despite popular belief(at least in the many IRC circles I frequented over the last couple of years ) my name is not some freakish shorthand for Says Mr. A! It is however, Says-Mrah. Svarog? Well, let's say my Slavic is rusty. But I like to pronounce it "Svar-ohg". _____________________ - sezmra svarog - slife.sezmra.com

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