Random Pronunciation question...

[DaN]

I just realised that if it came to it, I\'d have no idea how to rightly pronounce a lot of the usernames from CMoN

I realised this when someone meantioned Earkham (sp?) and I wondered is that pronounced \"Ee-ur-kem\", Or \"Ur-kum\" or... Etc etc etc

So just out of interest, if you have an unusual username (Ainu Lainour for example ) or even ur OWN name, how is it pronounced?

Mine is a tongue-twister I know, I prefer it to be pronounced \"Oh-Mih-tee won\"

 

[matty1001]

Erm...matty one oh oh one

Not the hardest to pronounce.

 

[AinuLainour]

I always have fun trying to explain that I know someone from CMoN at GDs, but fall short when I\'m asked my account name. The way I see Earkham\'s is Erk-ham.

Here goes: A-nu Lay-nor.

 

[Sand Rat]

Steel+cult -

Its when Spainish Speakers try to pronounce my real name it gets fun - the double L throws em every time.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

User name is not an issue (Gil Van), now my last name Tousignant, that one get\'s butchered every time.

Most people pronounce it Two\'s in O
though the actual pronunciation is closer to Two seen neeya. I have found as I aged I swaped over to Two\'s in O as it was eaiser for everyone else to pronounce and understand, and I didn\'t get asked What? as often.

As for bastardizations the most common is Two\'s ig na ant, but I have gotten Two Zeen Nit, Two zin it, Tube zine gant, etc. Thankfully unlike relatives none of my classmates were cleaver enought for Tubs of Snot.

 

[wiccanpony]

very easy

Wick-an Pony

 

[DaN]

@Gilvan - Or tubegauz

Cool - I\'ve got everyone\'s right SO far

 

[Undave]

Undave is actually pronounced Tarquin Fintimlinbinwhinbimlim Bus stop F’tang F’tang Ole Biscuit-Barrel. You\'d be amazed how many people drop the second F\'tang

 

[lizcam]

um....Liz Cam

And for all of you who haven\'t asked yet (you all do eventually) there is NOT a liz cam. It\'s a contraction of Liz Campbell. Stupid work gave it to me and now I hear Berry White everytime I log into anything.

 

[EArkham]

E-Arkham, \"E\" as in ...um ...\"E\" and \"Arkham\" as in Lovecraft. It used to be hyphenated (E-Arkham) but was condensed cause Chern Ann removed all special characters from CMON user names some time back.

Kep

 

[Arma]

no no no it\'s SPELT \'Raymond Luxury Yacht\' but it\'s actually pronounced \'Throatwobbler Mangrove\'.

Mine is Ar-ma which is short for Armageddon which a name that stuck with me since I was thinking up a really really cool name for playing games of Doom and Quake... ah the teenage years ;D

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Cant remember the actual spelling but how do you really pronounce - Wapalicious or Wapallious or whatever it is?

 

[AinuLainour]

Wappellious.

I figure it\'s just: Wap-pell-ee-us.

 

[EldinTux]

Mine\'s pretty straight forward.

El - as in the letter L
Din - pronounced dine
Tux - As it\'s spelt (the u as in umbrella)

 

[ipaintminis]

hah.

i paint minis

i wasn\'t creative enough to come up with something.

i\'ve been considering changing it to Becca because everyone knows me as that i believe

than maybe i can get over being called IPMs.

thanks daub!

 

[supervike]

soup -er- vike

um, I\'ll go with the soup

 

[mud duck]

Mud Duck, as in what Wisconsinists call us Minnesotans, when the Vikes beat the Packers.
As for the last name: Whitbeck, Wit (as in wit and wisdom) Beck (as in the singer/poet named Beck)
Heard everything from Whiteback to Wetback, to Woodpeck, and sometimes Herman (not to sure about that one

 

[lahatiel]

I can\'t imagine that anyone here is really all that concerned with pronouncing my user name, but since I started using it some dozen-plus years ago, I\'ve chosen to say it as:

la - HA - tee - el

I do get asked about it by people on other forums, ones with local users I\'m likely to meet face-to-face; generally if they don\'t guess it correctly on their own, the most common alternate pronunciation I hear is \"la - HAY - shul\" which certainly makes sense itself, it\'s just not my own preferred way.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

Been on the pint tonight so sorry for interupting.

Just had thought. Anyone been mistaken for their user name? What I mean is, has anyone ever had someone think your user name is your real name?

I realize for most poeple here this is obviosly not true, as their names are clearly not based in realitly. But there may be people out there that get mistaken for their user name (handle). For example if Shawn RL was actully named Mike.

I remember chatting with someone recently and pointing out my name was not infact Gilvan and they were rather upset by this.

 

[Roger Bunting]

Yeah, people call me Roger all the time, except my mother, who calls me anything from Adrian, David, Michael or Malcolm.