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Username Pronounciations?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:46 pm
by Okami
I'm just curious to how you pronounce your username.

Now the correct way to pronounce mine, Okami ('Ookami') would be: Oh-kahm-ee [or something close to that] ...I think.... [SIZE="1"]</confidence>[/SIZE] :sweat:

But that's not the way I pronounce it nor have I ever (I've had this nickname for five years) I pronounce it Ooh-Cam (as in Camera) - Ee

Why do I pronounce it differently? Just the way I originally learned it, I suppose. It sounds unnatural to me when I hear it pronouced "in"correctly because I've been so used to the way my best friends say it when we talk to each other using our nicknames....
[SIZE="1"](Hey, it's just easier to call out to eachother at school this way because our names are sooooo generic and we just want to make sure we grab the right person's attention, ya know?)[/SIZE]

Anywho, what about you guys? Some are pretty obvious, while others...not so much. So let's hear it!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:06 pm
by rii namuras
[color="Red"](Rii Namuras = Ree Nah("a" like father)-moo-ras. As opposed to Ree Nahm("a" like yam)-oo-ras. I've had people try to get my attention and utterly fail because they pronounced it wrong. Yes, those were interesting debate tournaments... I'm sorry, MK, I really am.)[/color]

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:59 pm
by Fish and Chips
...I have nothing to say.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:19 pm
by meboeck
Mine is spelled MEE-beck. Really it's like two words: me beck. Yes there is an O. Yes it's silent. There's even a CAA member who used to call me Silent O.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:29 pm
by Mangafanatic
That's "Mangafanatic", which is pronounced "How-did-u-get-sow-beau-tea-full-and-char-ming?"


JUST KIDDING! It's basically-- as close as I can get-- "mahn-guh-fun-at-ic." Or something close to that. :)

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:30 pm
by ADXC
Mines easy to say, so if you can't pronounce mine correctly then Im trully sorry for you.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:33 pm
by Yeshua-Knight
mine should be pretty straight forward, but for the sake of those who might not know...

Yeshua - (Ye-shoo-uh) - original hebrew name of Jesus (yes, Yahshua is also a form of the same name)

Knight - (nite) - no, it's not pronounced like the crazy french solider in monty python and the holy grail, you don't say the k, it's just there, like meboeck's o, silent, but oh so deadly, k?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:38 pm
by ADXC
@ Yeshua-Knigh: Haha, like Nigets! (The french pronunciation of the word knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail) I will fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:42 pm
by Ratrace
Mine is pronounced like a certain type of rodent propelling itself quickly toward something in competition with more of said rodents.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:43 pm
by Yeshua-Knight
animedude90 wrote:@ Yeshua-Knigh: Haha, like Nigets! (The french pronunciation of the word knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail) I will fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!


Now Go A-way Or I Shall Taunt You A Second Time-uh!!!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:48 pm
by Ratrace
I would threaten you, but it wouldn't work with the rodent idea.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:27 pm
by LadyRushia
"Lady" should be easy to pronounce; then Rushia is like ruh-shee-ah.

We are the knights who say. . .NI!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:48 pm
by Radical Dreamer
I think mine's pretty straight forward. XD I used to have an old nickname based on my old username that no one *coughcoughNatecoughcough* knew how to pronounce, though.

My old username was "Rurouni_Kaoru", and in the chat, I was often called "Kaorrie" (Kaoru + Corrie = Kaorrie). I always pronounced it as "cow-ree", but some people thought it was "kay-or-ee" or something like that. XD To this day, I'm certain it was pronounced "cow-ree", though, and I don't even use the nickname anymore. XD

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:27 pm
by Etoh*the*Greato
Fish and Chips wrote:...I have nothing to say.


Really? Because I've been intensely curious about yours for months. I just can't seem to figure it out.



Oh, and for the record. Aytoh. The Graytoh. There you go. ^-^

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:35 pm
by Fish and Chips
Etoh*the*Greato wrote:Really? Because I've been intensely curious about yours for months. I just can't seem to figure it out.

Ikhthu Solanum Tuberosum.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:37 pm
by Ingemar
My name is pronounced as spelled. If you are confused, ask a Swede.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:55 pm
by Tenshi no Ai
rii namuras wrote:[color="Red"](Rii Namuras = Ree Nah("a" like father)-moo-ras. [/color]



meboeck wrote:Mine is spelled MEE-beck. Really it's like two words: me beck.


Funny, like Okami I have the tendency to pronounce things despite what the actual pronunciation is sometimes^^ For Rii, I always thought "ray-nur-moo-ras". Why? I don't know^^ Just... happens sometimes, although yeah I do understand Japanese phonetics^^

Stranglely enough in Meboeck's case, I think "mee-bee-ok" so I somehow reverse the 'e' and 'o'^^

Yeah, maybe I DO have slight signs of dyslexia^^ My mind likes to mix letters up :/

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:48 am
by Debitt
....like the card. But infinitely more awesome.

My username is also the reason I call it a check card now, by the by.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:52 am
by KhakiBlueSocks
[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]My name is pretty darn simple--Khaki Blue Socks. Can't add nothing to it, or take anything away![/color][/SIZE][/font]

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:01 am
by Raiden no Kishi
Rhy [as in "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!111one"]-den know KEE-shee. Easy peasy Japanesey. Go look up Japanese pronounciation; you can learn it in a ridiculously short time and you'll never need to ask again. ^_^

Y-K: If I ever meet you in person, I am going to call you "Yeshua Ka-nig-et". Hopefully, after developing my out-RAY-gee-uss ack-SENT.

.rai//

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:07 am
by Radical Dreamer
Raiden no Kishi wrote:[color=Black]Rhy [as in "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!111one"]-den know KEE-shee. Easy peasy Japanesey. Go look up Japanese pronounciation]



Wait, I just got really confused. XD Isn't "Wrryyyy" pronounced like a long E? Obviously your name is pronounced "Rai" as in "the rye or the kaiser", but yeah, just thought I'd ask about that. XD

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:11 pm
by Puguni
Puguni.

I'm sorry, I don't know either.

puu-guu-nee
puh-Guu-nee
PUH-guu-nee
toe-tuh-lee-aw-sum

One of the four.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:25 pm
by USSRGirl
Pronounciation: 1.) Bah-OW-too-mee 2.) Muu-muffin-marxist-milkshake.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:29 pm
by Yeshua-Knight
ya know, i never thought my username would be so closely related to so many monty python quotes, this is awesome!

now if only i can find a way to connect it to the holy handgrenade quote, then i would win at life

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:47 pm
by EricTheFred
Okay, listen carefully... It's
"Eh-rik-ku-deh-fu-re-do"
Heh.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:48 pm
by ADXC
@Yeshua-Knight: Remember all the main characters are knights and the knights through the Holy Handgranade of Antioch at the killer rabbit. You see, there be your connection.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:59 pm
by Dai-go
Pronounced - Die-go
Japanese word for 5th
Now that I think about it, it should've been, Die-Hard.

Ok. Poor attempt at humor. :sweat:

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:05 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
Raiden no Kishi wrote:Rhy [as in "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!111one"]-den know KEE-shee. Easy peasy Japanesey. Go look up Japanese pronounciation; you can learn it in a ridiculously short time and you'll never need to ask again. ^_^

Y-K: If I ever meet you in person, I am going to call you "Yeshua Ka-nig-et". Hopefully, after developing my out-RAY-gee-uss ack-SENT.

.rai//

Just to clarify, you do know that "WRYYYYYYY" is pronounced "REEEEEEEEEEEEEE", right?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:14 pm
by Nikolai Melodie
Suh-leen-Uh

=)

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:57 pm
by Fish and Chips
Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Just to clarify, you do know that "WRYYYYYYY" is pronounced "REEEEEEEEEEEEEE", right?

WRYYYY is most popularly pronounced as "REEEE," although a more unconventional use has been "URRYY," salted and peppered with as many Es or Ys as necessary to express length.