How do you Pronounce the Moniker of the Poster Above You?

[INTJoe]

OK, so I've noticed there are some interesting monikers on this site. I also notice I come up with my own pronunciations for these names and yet have no idea if that is how they are intended to be said... some examples would be:

Azelismia = "azz-el-iz-MEE-uh"
Maayan = "mah EYE-in"
BlackOP = "black-o-PEE"

Many names I know I am saying wrong but for whatever reason, that is how I read (present-tense) them, and so they stick.

I can't think of others right now but I know there are more. Anyway this game might be really stupid but if you respond, you are supposed to type how you say/pronounce, or what you call, the poster who responds before you.

Mine should be easy to start. ;)

[zibber]

Hah, neat idea.

Here's my pronunciation of the examples:

Azelismia = azelsmilia (azzulsmeeleeya). No, I don't get it either. Must've misread the name the first couple of times I saw it, since this has stuck.
Maayan = mah-yun
BlackOP = black op aka Clint Eastwood

You? Eye En Tee Joe, duh.

[Rudy]

I agree with INTJoe for azelismia, and zibber for the other two.

zibber = zi (pronounced as in "zip",) - burr

Sorry that my username is less than challenging. =/

[rara avis]

Azelismia - I say Az-el-IZ-mee-uh
Maayan - MY-ahn
BlackOp - Black Op (As in black operative) (though the OP thing is interesting, I don't think I'd noticed that before.)

and ROO-dee-HEN-kuhl

[Wapiti]

rawr ruh aye vissss

[gestalt]

Wahpeetee

[azelismia]

Gesh tall teh

Azz el ith me uh

[True Rune]

I never really would pronounce the whole thing, just "azel" but I probably would've done it like this

Ah-zel-us-me-uh

[Wapiti]

Tru Roooon

[Rudy]

rah-ruh ah-visss (as in visceral)
wah pee tee
gestalt - as in the actual word.
True Rune - as in the actual words.

[INTJoe]

All: It helps if you capitalize the syllable you stress.

ZIB-uhr
ROO-dee HANK-uhl (that is probably my Midwestern accent there on Henkel lol)
RARR-uh A-viss
wuh-PEE-tee
guess-DAHLT
FALSE roo-NAY (ok I'm kidding)

We need some of the posters with challenging names to enter here lol.

[dalidaisy]

eye-in-tee-JOE

I guess... I never say it out loud, but when I did, that's how it came out...

[rara avis]

rawr ruh aye vissss

rah-ruh ah-visss (as in visceral)



Should I read something into the hissiness you guys are putting into my name?
It sounds like you're speaking through clenched teeth about your nemesisss.

I say rara avis with round vowels; a = ah. For whatever that's worth.
BlackOp says "RARE-ah AY-viss".




DAH-lee-DAY-zee

[Latro]

I can't really quantify Latin speech very well in English, but:
RAH (but elongated; has very subtle elements of the long English "a" while still mostly sounding like "ah")-ruh (not quite "uh" though; a bit closer to "ah") AH-vis (with the "i" being just faintly reminiscent of a long English "e").
Technically avis should classically be:
AH-wis
and technically both those r's should be lightly trilled, but I absolutely loathe both of those things and refuse to accept them.

[INTJoe]

DOW-lee DAY-zee (again I think the DOW is part of my 'Midland' accent).
LA (as in laugh) trowe (although this is my first time seeing your name.)

[schwartzie]

int' cho.

[Frodis]

shhh-WART-zee

[Cygnus]

sh - WAWRTS - ee

[INTJoe]

FRO-diss
SEEG-niss

[Jonathan Brewer]

I-N-T-Joe ;)


schwartzie: shh-WURT-zee

Frodis: FRO-dess

Cygnus: SIG-ness

[dalidaisy]

Jay-Bee ;)

[Jonathan Brewer]

Dolly Daisy

[echo]

doll-E daisy

Joe Nathan Brewer

[dalidaisy]

(short) E-ko

[Hjordis]

dally daisy.

[Stratego]

Yore-dis

[zibber]

Ooh, Hjordis. I can't even transcribe that in English, as I use a Dutch/German "G" for the H. (The rest is "yordis".)

Struh tee go

[dalidaisy]

zib'er, like zipper, but with b's

[Kisai]

Dali, like Salvator Dali - Daisy, like Daisy Duke.

[rara avis]

kih-SIGH?
key-SIGH?

:thinking:

[dalidaisy]

Kiss-EYE'e

Rare-uh A-vis

[Tsumaranai]

Rah-rah A(like the letter)-vihss

Daa-lee Day-zee

[Ntwadumela]

soo-mah-rah-nigh.

Good luck with mine.

[dalidaisy]

'n-TWAH-du-meela (I have no clue what it's supposed to sound like)

[Jonathan Brewer]

'n-TWAH-du-meela (I have no clue what it's supposed to sound like)

It means, "He Who Greets With Fire."

[dalidaisy]

It means, "He Who Greets With Fire."

Is that suposed to help me with the pronunciation?

[Jonathan Brewer]

Is that suposed to help me with the pronunciation?

No, but I don't even try to pronounce it. I just use it like an Indian name. ;D

[WyohKnott]

JOHN-eh-than BREW-ur (wow, that was a tough one ;))

DAH-lee DAY-zee

Net-WAH-doom-EL-la (though I usually don't pronounce it, even in my head)

RARE-uh AVE-iss

[Synchronicity]

WHY-a-not

BUTT-face

DA-lee DAY-zee

TWA-du-may-la

tsu-MAR-an-eye

RA-ra AH-vi

key-SIGH

[intellael]

Dally-day-zee
John-a-then Brew-ur
Why-O-not
Sin-Crow-Ni-Sea-Tea

[Hjordis]

in tell ay el

[dalidaisy]

hor-DISS

[Freedom Geek]

dah-lih-day-see

[ptrout]

Fred-dumb Gi-eek

[Hjordis]

puh trout. :blank: At least that was the first thing that came to my lips.

[SongofSeptember]

huh-YAWR-dis.

have fun with mine. :rolleyes:

[ranwayslo]

Forgive the Texas drawl: Saw-ung-uh-v(stressed and pronounced)-sep(like yep)-ti(pull out your stop watch)mber

[zibber]

Ran way slow.

As in: I finished last, because I ran way slow.

Or more like runway show.

[Rudy]

ran-ways-low

zi (as is "zip") burr (as in "I'm cold")

[reb]

rooty henk ull (like the german bomber)

[Jonathan Brewer]

BUTT-face

I just found this in reference to MY name. :angry:

I should be offended, but I laughed so loud when I first read it that I woke my daughter up. ;D

It's funny... My wife says it the same way. ;)

[Bobert]

Jon-a-thun Bru-r
or Jon for short.

[Cincinnatus]

It's funny... My wife says it the same way. ;)

Jahn-ah-thun Broo-urh - In the flattest American accent of which you can think.

That is funny... women and their terms of endearment. All this time I thought they were trying to insult me, but apparently they were fawning over me! ;)

Edit: Curses! Too slow! OK, then.

Bah-buhrt, said rather quickly.

[rara avis]

BOB-urt.


I want to try Ntwadumela. What is that, Swahili or something? Do you know how to pronounce your own name? If so, correct me if I'm wrong:

Nn-Too-ah-doo-MAY-lah


SIN-sin-At-us.

[Hjordis]

rare-uh eh-vis.

[idem]

JORD-iss.

[Bobert]

EYE-dem

[idem]

BOB-ert

[ssrprotege]

E Damn.

let's see who's up to this challenge...

[idem]

Essess-AR PRO-taj

[floramacivor]

EYE-d'm

Is anyone correcting these for accuracy?

[idem]

Flor-uh-MAHSS-ivore

[Cincinnatus]

Rah-Ruh Ah-veese

Yeor-dis

Aye-dum

Ess-Ess-Ar-Pro-toe-zhay

Floor-uh Mach-eye-vur

[Bobert]

SIN-sin-AT-tis

[Shorgenfunkel]

BAWB-rt (said as fast as possible)

[intellael]

Sure-gen-funk-ill

[WyohKnott]

in-TELL-ayl

[ssrprotege]

WHY-oh NOTT (or just NUT?)

[Allie]

Feels like ESL all over again.

s s r PRO tae J

[Bobert]

Alley, Al-lee

[Nihilum]

BAH-burt

[Elfrun]

Sweet! This thread is gonna help me cause I pronounce like 50% of users names totally wrong, reading things properly takes time and I'm not interested in that! ;D

Kneel-ee-um

[Cicatrix]

elf-run

[Elfrun]

Grr! Run! Bah!

Sis-tricks. You lose your 'a' :)

[Bobert]

Elf - run or elf-FRUN

[idem]

BOH-bert

[zibber]

I don't! I guess subconsciously, I use the Dutch (and actually Latin) pronunciation (where the "i" is pronounced more like a regular "e" and the "em" in dem basically sounds like "them", so "e-dem"). In deciding an English pronunciation, I'd have some trouble and couldn't give you one answer. Eye-dem? Eye-dum? Iddum?

[Geodess]

zi-burr

[Elfrun]

Go-dess

[hauteur]

Um... Elf Run

[Elfrun]

Grr. It's supposed to be pronounced;
elf-roohn *mutter*

Hoy-ter

[Valiyn]

Well, with welsh being more a more native tongue to me then english, Elfrun I have always pronounced as Elvru-un. In Welsh, the letter f = v where as the letter ff = the english f.

[Wapiti]

Violin.

[Stratego]

Wa-pee-tee

[Cthulhu]

Stra-TEE-go

This should be interesting. Lovecraft said it wasn't pronounceable by the human vocal apparatus.

[Stratego]

just guessing---

thee-ULL-yoo

[Synchronicity]

I've always heard it said:

kuh-THOO-loo

or sometimes:

kuh-TOO-loo

[Cthulhu]

Sin-KRO-nis-it-ee

I've always pronounced it kuh-THOO-loo and say it out loud rather frequently because it's the name of my parrot - "Cthulhu, shut up!!". I've heard pronunciations ranging from KHLOO-hoo to kat-LOO-loo and many things in-between.

[hauteur]

Grr. It's supposed to be pronounced;
elf-roohn *mutter*

Hoy-ter

That's funny - I was actually going to say elf roon, but I decided to stay with the obvious. Anyhoo.

cut-hool-hoo

[Polymath]

HOW-toyer

[curiousjane]

HOTE-ter (rhymes with goat, just like couture)

But in a kinda french accent.

This is fun!

[Cthulhu]

Oops. Someone got skipped.

PALL-ee-math

[idem]

I've always pronounced it "kuh-THOOL-hu" in my head.

[hauteur]

we skipped cory-awes-john-aye, we can't do that.

ee-dom

[Cincinnatus]

HO-tur

[Stormy]

Sin - si - NAA - tus

[Elfrun]

Well to begin with I crinkle up my brow to indicate a facial expression that I associate with thunder then I squint my eyes and growl out STORE-MEEE under my breath.

Congratulations, your name comes with actions :)

[paleoeco]

EL-frun. It's not said like "el toro" as two separate words, but really quickly, almost cutting off the "un".

[altoid]

PAY-lee-oh echo

[Ender]

AHL-toyd

[Cincinnatus]

AL-toyed, but sometimes I like to say it like it's a person's name.

Al Toid

Then I giggle from the immature humor. :laugh:

EDIT:

N-dehr

[Wapiti]

sin sin at us

[Elfrun]

P-INK!

EL-frun. It's not said like "el toro" as two separate words, but really quickly, almost cutting off the "un".

*practices El-Frun making sure to roll the rrrr's just right* Noice!

[paleoeco]

*practices El-Frun making sure to roll the rrrr's just right* Noice!

And with the right inflection, you get a nice lilt to it...and it sounds almost elven.

[Cthulhu]

PAY-lee-oh-eck-oh

[paleoeco]

Cthulhu: (pron. Skwid Feys)

:wiseguy:

[Bobert]

pale-ee-oh-ee-koh

[PortInStorm]

BO-bee-eart-euh (he's french-Candian, leave 'im alone) ;)

[Cincinnatus]

Pourt-ehn-stohrm

[idem]

SIN-sin-AYT-iss

[Double Victory]

EYE-dem

[idem]

DUB-ul VIKT-ree
(Sorry, my username isn't that interesting.)

[Double Victory]

IH-dem

(I have several more for you; your name confuses my whole pronunciation department.)

[Synchronicity]

DOO-ball VEEK-dor-ee

What were you expecting?

[SelfInflected]

Seen Crow Niss Itty

[idem]

Sell-fin-FLIKT-id

[Elfrun]

Eye-dem

[ssrprotege]

(Tr-)ELF-run (I refuse to pronounce Elf-roohn :p)

[Elfrun]

Ess-Ess-Arrrr.

[ssrprotege]

Ess-Ess-Arrrr.

30% complete. ;D

[Bobert]

ess ess ar pro-ta-zhay (As in Mazda)

[DurrRuhRurr]

BOB ert

[Bobert]

Der-Der (I'm dyslexic, that's what I see at a glance :/ )

[ssrprotege]

bah BERT (since a poster put an accent in BOB, I am doing the other way around :p)

[DurrRuhRurr]

ess ess ahr PRO tuh zhay

[idem]

Derra-rurr (with gutteral r's)

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[ssrprotege]

Pronouncing with pictures...what a trend ptrout has set.

I am too lazy to do this. Someone take care of DRR.

[Jonathan Brewer]

Sir Protege ;)

Yeah, I know it's not right, but that's how I say it.

[Stratego]

Yo-nathan Bray-war

[Rho1334]

Strä-té-gu

[Wapiti]

I just say "Row" and ignore the numbers.

[Rho1334]

Ya- Pity

[Synapse]

"Row" as well, nice and simple. :)

By the way, isn't Wapiti with a W? So it'd be "Wah-pity", unless it's Latin and then it truly would be "Yah-pity".

[Jeff]

I'm doing this mainly to make the next poster's life easy.

Sin - aps

[idem]

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[muguly]

eye-di-em

*good luck to the next person*

[Cincinnatus]

Moo-glee (probably not right, but that's my guess!)

[Stratego]

sin-sin-Ah-tus

[Cincinnatus]

Strah-TEE-goh

[idem]

SIN-sin-AY-tiss

[Synapse]

ii-DEM. I could have just pronounced it I-dem, but the former sounded more interesting, made you sound like an android (fitting with your avatar, :p).

[idem]

That's okay. I am an android.

Snaps.

[Kisai]

i-dem, short 'i'.

[idem]

Kiss-eye.

[The Maelstrom]

I'd 'em

[Stratego]

tha MAL-strum

[The Maelstrom]

St-r-uh T go

or

S-tra tuh go

not sure really....

[Cincinnatus]

THEE MALE-strahm

[Caedus]

SIN-SIN NAT-US

[Cincinnatus]

Che-doos

[Stratego]

Shin-Shin NAY tus

[Anreader]

Strah tea go

[searcher]

An (as in the british end) re-durh

(the phonetics probably fail there, but anyway.)

[skycloud86]

suR-chuR (I have a rhotic accent)

[searcher]

I pronounce it like that too.

erm.. Skih-eye-kli-owwd ate siks

[Quite8the8bell]

siR-churR

[skycloud86]

kwiyt-hayt-the-hayt-bell

[Orpheus]

Kwite ate the eight-ball
I know that's wrong, I just always read ball instead of bell

Ski klowd ate-e-siks

[MrWho100]

Or-fee-us

[Merle]

Miss-tur-hoo-wun-hun-dredd

[SeaCzar]

mur lee

[Cygnus]

SeaCzar...

oddly

See zahr or if you like..the letter C and then zar...nice play on letters :)

[Merle]

mur lee

hmmn, that makes it sound very cute...I'm oddly insulted ;)


Cygnus:

sig-nuss

[rhane]

I have no idea...

[Cincinnatus]

Merle: Muhrl
Rhane: Rain

[NamShub]

Sin Sin Attus

[Orpheus]

Nahm-shoob

[The Maelstrom]

Oar-fe-us

[Nikita]

thuh malestrum

[themuzicman]

nee-KEE-Tah

[nowt]

them-oozih-kihm-ann.

[escapist11]

n-oww-tH

[Silverity]

Eh-skae-pIst-h eh-lev-en

[hubcap]

suhl-vehr-ahty

[Nikita]

HUBcap :p

[EdmontonAspie]

Ni-KEE-tah :scholar:

[themuzicman]

ED-mun-tun-ASS-pee

[Luciferi]

the mew-zik man

[themuzicman]

loose - eh - FAIR - EE

[Elena]

The-musik- man

[Kisai]

ell-AY-na

[Athene]

Kees-ay

[INTJoe]

a-THEEN

[Elena]

I-N-T-Jeo

[INTJoe]

eh-LAY-nuh

[wardo]

Eye-En-Tee-Joh

[Athene]

waurd-oh

[Jonathan Brewer]

eh-theen-nah

[Roxie]

jah-nah-tha-n ba-ru-wah-errrr

[Jonathan Brewer]

Rock - c

[Still Standing]

Joe-nay-than Bror

[El Cas]

STill STandIng

[Stratego]

Elkhaz

[Still Standing]

straw-tuh-go

[AnnoyingPony]

Stihl-Standeeng

[GenessorDios]

Uh-gnaw-ing Pwn-ee

[GrnEyz]

Ig-nour-raym-us

[plotthickens]

GRIN-i's

[GrnEyz]

Pot-likker

[GenessorDios]

Graw-neighs

[plotthickens]

Bene Gesserit

[GenessorDios]

Potholechickens

[Still Standing]

Jean-ess-sir-die-us

[GenessorDios]

Stilts Landing

[AnnoyingPony]

Jeh-Ness-Saur-Dee-Yohs

[Cooper]

A-nont-ing poo-knee

[plotthickens]

tha KOOPdood

[GrnEyz]

pot - Hed

[plotthickens]

Grin ezzzzzzzzz :sleeping:

[GrnEyz]

Pahnt - Thiiner

[idem]

Gurn-Ayz

[Lesondemavie]

eyed ehm

[rara avis]

lehsohn deh mah vee

[Still Standing]

reh-rah ay-viss

[BuShinJu]

If I was German,

Sch-Til-Sch-scTan-Din-K

(hard K)

[AnnoyingPony]

Boo-Shihn-Joo

[Silverity]

Ah-noi-ying-poh-nee

[Liason]

Sil-vare-eht-ii

[freeeekyyy]

Lee-aye-sun.

[Liason]

fur-ee-ki

[plotthickens]

Leah's Son.

[Liason]

plott-thick-enns

[BuShinJu]

Le-Aie-i-Zon

[Liason]

Boo-Shin-jew

[AnnoyingPony]

Lee-Yay-Zon

[Liason]

uh-noi-ing-poe-nee

[Still Standing]

Lyah-zun

[Celeborn]

Stihl Stahn-ding

[Liason]

sell-eh-bore-n