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Anybody think their name might be hard to pronounce? Post here. I realized the other day that I have been completely butchering several community member's names, and I think others might be too. For instance, Pheidippides = fay dip' pud dees? I've always said it fay di pides'
Discuss.

I'm pretty sure it is "fee-dip-pids", but you pronounce those last two parts really fast and close together Fee-dippids.And if it is not I'll be sorely disappointed.

Or possibly "Fee-i-dip-pid-eeze," though I'm not sure why anyone would pronounce it that way O-o.

From dictionary.com: "fahy-dip-i-deez," although I tend to pronounce it "feh-dip-i-deez." Pheidi becomes "feh-di" or, as some like to put it, "fee-di."

Also, there are far more ambiguous pronunciation problems in this community than my poor username. How do you say "5aved," for example? I've heard "faved," "fai-aved/five-aved" (this is how I say it), and even "saved," and then there's whether you pronounce "0th" as "zero-ith" (my choice) or "zeroth." The list goes on, and we've seen several threads and as many opinions about all of them.

I say pheidippides as "fye-dee-pih-pie-deez", (rapid double p sound) 5aved as "five-aved" and 0th as "zeroth"

I don't think that my name is particularly difficult to pronounce. I say "Meta" like you would say "beta" (ie, with a soft long "a" sound), but I know many people prounce it with a short "e" sound like in "jet". Ing is just like the suffix. vankusss and xaelar are two usernames that I probably tend to say incorrectly: I say vainkoos and zaylur, even though I think the correct pronunciations are more like "vahnkoosh" and "zeelar".

I guess TheRealOne's username could count too. Due to its lack of capitalization on NUMA, it can be mistaken for "there alone" instead of "the real one"

Techno: Teh - chuh - know

Vya+ches+lav

Calcy = Cal-kee, not Cal-see (CalcGenius)

Or I believe so.

I always pronounce xaelar zay-lar and vankusss van-cuss though, Meta (whose name I pronounce Met-uh, not Mayt-uh).

Not my name, but I'd like to draw attention to Eiturlyf's name being pronounced similar to "Eye-tuchrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-lyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyf".

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xaelar = zy-ler
vankusss = "vank" as you would say "tank", then "us".
pheidippides = fee-dip-eh-dis or fee-dee
meta = met-uh
"zero-ith"

Seems like those are all incorrect <_<

ToeFaceKiller wrote:meta = met-uh

Mettering. n_n

Lenny wrote:Not my name, but I'd like to draw attention to Eiturlyf's name being pronounced similar to "Eye-tuchrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-lyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyf".

I believe he said it was pronounced "A*-turr-lif"

* How you would pronounce a capital A

fork.

Pheidippides wrote:From dictionary.com: "fahy-dip-i-deez," although I tend to pronounce it "feh-dip-i-deez." Pheidi becomes "feh-di" or, as some like to put it, "fee-di."

Also, there are far more ambiguous pronunciation problems in this community than my poor username. How do you say "5aved," for example? I've heard "faved," "fai-aved/five-aved" (this is how I say it), and even "saved," and then there's whether you pronounce "0th" as "zero-ith" (my choice) or "zeroth." The list goes on, and we've seen several threads and as many opinions about all of them.

I say 5aved (or 4aved, etc) as just "faved." I also say "zeroth." And until I read this post, I always pronounced your name "fi-di-pyeds" >.>

Izzy wrote:I always pronounce xaelar zay-lar and vankusss van-cuss though, Meta (whose name I pronounce Met-uh, not Mayt-uh).

Same with all three.

Universezero wrote:

Lenny wrote:Not my name, but I'd like to draw attention to Eiturlyf's name being pronounced similar to "Eye-tuchrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-lyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyf".

I believe he said it was pronounced "A*-turr-lif"

* How you would pronounce a capital A

Ha! I've always pronounced his name right then :D

Meta Ing wrote:5aved as "five-aved" and 0th as "zeroth"

This.
Three-aved ftw.

This is the thread I was BORN for.
"in-kloo-yay". Not "inclooee" or any of that garbage. In clue yay. Say it slowly now.


Also, Pheidi, I always pronounced it Fie dip pid dees. I guess I was wrong about that. ^_^

incluye wrote:This is the thread I was BORN for.
"in-kloo-yay". Not "inclooee" or any of that garbage. In clue yay. Say it slowly now.

in-kloo-yay is always how I've pronounced yours. I thought yours was easy *_*

._. Pheidippides was a (probably) real person, and his name was pronounced "feh-dip-i-dees." xaelar is "xay-la," (xela) or "xeye-lar," I guess. For Eiturlyf I always went with "Eh-tur-liff." incluye is obvious. Zeroth is correct, at least according to Asimov. Meta? How hard is that? It's a real word. So, "meh-ta-ing." And van, "van-koos." Calcy sounds better with an 's' sound.

ghoulash wrote:Calcy sounds better with an 's' sound.

No way. It is not calsulus, nor is the short form cals, or his full username theCalsGenius.

incluye wrote:This is the thread I was BORN for.
"in-kloo-yay". Not "inclooee" or any of that garbage. In clue yay. Say it slowly now.


Also, Pheidi, I always pronounced it Fie dip pid dees. I guess I was wrong about that. ^_^

I always say it in-cloo-yeh. Not "yeah" but ye, the e is dying.

Fay-dee-pee-dees.

[quote=IRC]
<squibbles> I've always read QFE as queef. :S
<squibbles> none of you guys do that?
<@southpaw> quo fo emph
<squibbles> D:
<@southpaw> that's my new... uh... strain of marijuana's name.
<@southpaw> yo, naga, you want some quo fo emph?
<@southpaw> I read the letters.
<@southpaw> Just like QFT, AGD, DED, and BBC
<@Leaff> I always come up with retarded ways of mentally reading acronyms
<@Leaff> not even on purpose
<@Leaff> QFE as "QUO OF EMPH"
<@Leaff> usually like
<@Leaff> the pronunciation of the letters
<@Leaff> except
<@Leaff> like
<@Leaff> the sound
<@Leaff> not the letter
<@eevee> i say LOL as lull
<squibbles> OH!
<squibbles> DUDE!
<@Skyline> what the fuck leaff
<@eevee> i say QFE as queue eff eee
<squibbles> I do that too sometimes!
<@Leaff> i don't know Skyline
<@Skyline> I think you are mentally retarded, leaff
<@Leaff> I THINK YOUR /FACE/
<@Skyline> you retard
<squibbles> I've read QFE as kweffee before!
[/quote]

Fie-dip-ide-ees, zayler, faved, zeroith, and vie-a-chess-lav

Amadeus wrote:Fie-dip-ide-ees, zayler, faved, zeroith, and vie-a-chess-lav

gahn-take-ah?

For me it's fee-dip-eeds, gan-tech-ah and in-clue-ii.

Vyacheslav = Viich-eh-slav
Meta = Meta (Not a long 'a' - What'sa Meta with you?)
xaelar = zay-ler
xela = zell-a
Pheidippides = Fie-dip-pides (pides like rides)
vankusss = van-coos
Tsukatu = sue-cah-too
Suki = sue-key
Calcy = cal-see (maybe not 'right' but it's how I pronunce it)
Eiturlyf = "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-tyur-Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif"
Donfuy = don-foy
Brttrx = Britt-ricks

That's about it.