How do you pronounce your screen name?

[4letterwords]

There's a bunch of screen names that I have this pre-set pronounciation for, even though I know thats not how you pronounce them. For example: Meenerdjik (sp?) whenever I see that name I say like *Meen her dick*...

Praetorian (sp?) I think of Preh tohr een.

Theres more, like Pierriot (sp?) which I say "Pehr ee ought lay foo"

How do you pronounce these names, and any other strange names on the board?

- I know this thread is stupid, but I was thinking about this earlier and I wanna know :P

[StormShadow]

St-or-m Sh-a-do

[ArkhanTerra]

I'd pronounce them "Me nerd jeek" and "Pray tohr ian" with "Pee air eeyot"

EDIT:
Oh, yeah.

"Ark han Teh ra"

[koku]

like...the actual word lol how else??

edit lol....


*sigh*

[Mittens]

Na-le-do-vo-tis
The flow will swallow you ^^

[Jiant Flying Panda]

Praetorian (sp?) I think of Preh tohr een.

I think it's pronounced: Pray-Tor-Ian

He named himself after the Roman Emperor's elite gaurd. Like the secret service is to the President.

[Praetorian]

Jiant Panda is correct. Pay attention while seeing 'the Gladiator'... They get mentioned a few times at the beginning. :)


It's hard to explain how to pronounce 'Meneerdijk'. You'd have to hear it.

Closest is 'Men-ihr Dyke". It means "Misterdijk", 'Dijk' being his last name.

Also, I think the last 't' of Pierrot might be silent, although you'd have to wait for him to reply if that's true.

[Jiant Flying Panda]

Just heard MeenerDijk sexy voice again over Googletalk. I can say it pretty well but it's hard to say. I'll try it.

Men-ir-Dieke

That's as close as I can come to typing it out, lol.

[MeneerDijk]

I will tell you over googletalk Neko, just you and me, together. sharing a VoiP connection...how romantic is that! :D

[nice gaijin]

it's pronounced ナイス外人

[JustTooCrazy]

it's pronounced ナイス外人
that really helps me......

[nice gaijin]

<--- if you can't read my name in roman characters, then there is no helping you.

[JustTooCrazy]

<--- if you can't read my name in roman characters, then there is no helping you.
lol, dont worry i can. "nice gai-jin" that was hard

the question is, can you pronounce my name?
<---- too hard to pronounce

[Sardaukar]

Sar-duh-kar. Challenging, isn't it?

[Lateli]

Lah-Tel-Lee.

*NOT* Lately :P

[Dresh]

Draysh

I thought the E made the name more visually appealing than an AY.

[Sangokyu]

San-gokyuu

Easy!

[Citizen]

Bob

Yup, that's

[Citizen]

Bob

Yup, that's how.

[moo]

m-oo
Phew , that was sure hard.

[Marblehead]

Well this is pretty close, I think:

Marhkavafaragr-blelororou-He(click your tongue with the furthest back part of your mouth)-adou(r/l sound).

It's pretty close but you'd have to hear it to get it exactly right. There's also a little dance involved but that's only done on formal occasions.

[Loc]

h2orowe show yourself!
Your's is the hardest of all >_<

[Shamu]

Sha-moo, that's about it!
and where is that e-kid of mine!? h2orowe, I want to know how to pronounce your nic too!

[moo]

Sha-moo, that's about it!
and where is that e-kid of mine!? h2orowe, I want to know how to pronounce your nic too!


Hehehehe, my name is in yours :eek: .


I'm bored sorry :(.

[Jiant Flying Panda]

If you guys cannot pronounce my name correctly you are officially a Dumbass :p.

[h2orowe]

Aha! I've finally appeared.
H2o, as in water (I made this sn like 7 years ago when I was eight)
and Rowe, as in my last name, pronounced Row. Like Row Row Row your boat.

[Bobbybirdtree]

Bobby-bird-tree

I needed a name for games that i play and i picked the first 3 random things i saw that day and made this name. I know no one else will ever use this name and it's original so it sticks. ;)

[akitaka]

-明隆
-あきたか
-Akitaka
-A-kee-ta-ka

[Shamu]

Aha! I've finally appeared.
H2o, as in water (I made this sn like 7 years ago when I was eight)
and Rowe, as in my last name, pronounced Row. Like Row Row Row your boat.
so like echtoo-oh-row?

[h2orowe]

It's like H, the letter, 2, two, O, oh, like the letter, and Rowe, like row, so it's row row row your boat kind of. (I hated that song so much)

Ech-Two-oh-row, well yeah, you were right :D

[ZeekeXIV]

Z-eek.

The extra "e" at the end is silent and the "XIV" is the roman numeral for "14".

[Myrsilus]

Foo-jin. Wowies!

[Tssss..]

haha........

i know mine is hard, but if you just hiss like a cat its close enough.

[h2orowe]

Tsss... your name reminds me of the drum intro, for the Poison the Well song called Nerdy... if you've heard it
it goes like Tss Tss Tss Poo Ka "Why, do your eyes, paralyze me? What, makes me feel this way? Carry me away, with silence and heartbeats. I just want to feel this way forever. Sleep on portraits, painted as perfect as you. Why've I been given the chance to fly away?" I forgot the rest -.- .

[Tssss..]

lol...never heard it. tssss is the noise i make when i'm irritated. or keh. lol.

[koku]

"M. Lillian"

oh hey Mrian.

[h2orowe]

Oh, I thought Tss, was like a cymbal, since you said you listened to Recover, I was like.... maybe you drum?

[Tssss..]

lol...check out the what instruments do you play thread in entertainment i think.

[h2orowe]

XD hahaha I know the thread, XD I made it.

[Joe]

I want my name changed to Goa'uld now. Because NO ONE HERE COULD EVER PRONOUNCE IT. *cue lightning in the background* BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[belladonna]

beh-lah-dah-nah...... lol i'm a poisonous beautiful woman!

[Josh]

goa'uld. go ah uld. I watch that show too heh.

My name is pronounced ho sway (Josue) in spanish or in english just Josh... But its not like it was hard to figure out before, just felt like talkin :)

[Firefly]

Hotaru. :D

[koku]

Hotaru. :D


dumb question, who's in your avatar.

[Firefly]

Yahoo.com girl.

She's started some interesting discussion in the OP9 chat, I can tell you that much...

[Jiant Flying Panda]

Yahoo.com girl.

She's started some interesting discussion in the OP9 chat, I can tell you that much...

lol.

Seriosly though? WHo is that girl in your avatar?

Also. WTF? I've been saying your name like "Fi-Er-Fly". Hmmmmmm.

[Arvynia]

Ar-vee-nia

Some ppl say it as Ar-vin-ia

But my real name, Van is pronounced as "Vung"

[kensei]

ken-sei (ken-say)

kensei is a title given to one of the greatest samurai ever, Miyamoto Musashi. Kensei means "sword saint".

[Henjin]

My name: ヘンジン
All the Japanese names are easy. Shouldn't be any questions about them since Japanese pronunciation is so regular.

And 'Pierrot' is French, so it's 'Pee-eh-ro.' It's also a Japanese loanword. 「ピエロ」. Means 'clown.' I dunno about the rest, though. He said it's from an anime.

[kensei]

Isn't it the crazy killer bloke from Cowboy Bebop? Ya know, the one who was afraid of cats.

[Henjin]

Could be... That sounds like what he said. I don't watch anime, though, so I couldn't tell you.

[belladonna]

yeah Pierrot Le Fou literally means Pierrot the Fool (or the foolish one...)

[Iekleane]

My name is pronouneced

I-ehk-kuh....
>.<

Okay I don't actually know how to pronounce my name! But that isn't my fault!

[Ybbor]

yuh-bore

I could be wrong though ;)

[Bob]

B-izob

....

[D-pad]

Dee-Puh-add Six-tee-nyn

[Katiekoneko]

Mines too easy..ppl should already know how to say it

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Mine flows through like the vast ocean waves.

Just, don't forget to stress it when it comes with an exclamation mark.

[DJEvan]

dee-jay-e-va-hn
but some people just call me eh-ven.

now for homework try pronouncing Azreal

[Eleriel]

Élériél.
... or
El~eri~el.

the Ls are soft.
and the Es from eel... hard R. (RRRrrrrrrocket).

yeah... might be back. we'll see.

[Saitou Hajime]

Sigh-toe Ha-gee-may, or close to that. :p

[Jay]

Jaaaaaay Theeeeeee Maaaaaaan.

[sakana]

sa ka na

or

魚

[Jay]

Yours is kind of a no-brainer. :p

[sakana]

Yours is kind of a no-brainer. :p So is yours

[Jay]

So is yours

I know, that's why I was being a smartarse. :)

[4letterwords]

How DO you pronounce Azreal...? I've been thinking its like Israel only with AZ... omg it could be wrong... that would suck. LoL

[Myrsilus]

I think it is ahz-rye-el. That's the way I've been taught how to pronounce it.

Mwee hee, I love angels and demons.

[D-pad]

No it's Az-Ray-El.

[Kiljou]

Mine is odd. It looks like Kill-joe, but it actually is pronounced Kih-loh-oo. Very strange.

[Myrsilus]

No it's Az-Ray-El.
You might be right.

[D-pad]

Mine is odd. It looks like Kill-joe, but it actually is pronounced Kih-loh-oo. Very strange.
I thought it was Kih-luh-Jew

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

No it's Az-Ray-El.

That's what I've expected it should've been pronounced.

[Kiljou]

I thought it was Kih-luh-Jew

Rather hard to pronounce, I know, but that's how it is. DEAL!

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Your name sound alot like "Kill-Jew," and at first I thought your were either a Ku Klux Klansman, or you're just Anti-Semitic.

[Kiljou]

...Since when does 'jou' sound like 'Jew'? 'Jou' would phonetically be pronounced 'joe', but as the part 'jou' is actually two syliballs (sic), it doesn't work that way.

[D-pad]

...Since when does 'jou' sound like 'Jew'? 'Jou' would phonetically be pronounced 'joe', but as the part 'jou' is actually two syliballs (sic), it doesn't work that way.
Are you a dumbass? Jou would so be pronounced Jew because ou makes the ew sound.

[Kiljou]

(Checks dictionary) Whoops....

Ah... just pronounce it the way it should be, Kih-loh-oo. Then there are no problems, yes? Hai? Wakarimasu ka?

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

(Checks dictionary) Whoops....

Ah... just pronounce it the way it should be, Kih-loh-oo. Then there are no problems, yes? Hai? Wakarimasu ka?

Is Kiljou pronounced in Spanish?

[Kiljou]

I know no Spanish, so I really don't know.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

But why the "J" being pronounced as a "Y"???

[Kiljou]

The 'j' is silent, actually. Kih-loh-oo.

[Myrsilus]

In Spanish, the "J" is pronounced like a "w", not "y"

[Pierrot le Fou]

Pee-err-oh luh (french short e is closer to an unvoiced english 'u' than 'e' in my opinion, but best bet would be to pronounce it in the French way) Foo

And 'fou' does not mean fool, it means mad/crazy/insane.

It's from Jean-luc Goddard -- not Cowboy Bebop.

[Ahimsa]

A-him-sa pretty much how it looks lol

[AUD21]

odd twen-ty one. Got this name off of a movie ticket. I've had it for a few years ... I don't remember which movie or why. :rolleyes:

[Nessa]

Ness-ah

Pretty simple.

[4letterwords]

I can't believe this thread is 4 pages long

[Anubis Nine]

(Ah-Nu-Bis Nigh-ne) Phonetics hurts meeee... o.O (But its easy ne?)

[Kenshin]

In Spanish, the "J" is pronounced like a "w", not "y"Huh? So you would say "Juan" like "Wuan"? :confused: Actually, it's almost the same sound as in Saitou Hajime. (the "ji" in Hajime does sound like a "y", as in "yes".)
To stay on topic: Ken - sheen. (almost the same)

[Kiljou]

Isn't it pronounced Ken-shihn? :confused:

[mediocre]

One of the few things I've found suprising is the inability of people to properly pronounce my name (and sadly, I am being quite serious for once):

mee - dee - oh - ker

[Kiljou]

I know, people are known to pronounce it med-ee-ock-ree. What the hell kind of a word is thatm I ask you?

[Kenshin]

Isn't it pronounced Ken-shihn? :confused:Hehe, I get the two languages mixed up sometimes (spanish, and english). Yeah, more or less; I suppose that's the correct one.

[Pierrot le Fou]

It's pretty hard to state which phoneticization is correct considering that we're not using truly recognized symbols for different sounds. We'd all have to have the same English dialect and pronunciation for that, and I guarantee you that we don't.

[Myrsilus]

Huh? So you would say "Juan" like "Wuan"? :confused: Actually, it's almost the same sound as in Saitou Hajime. (the "ji" in Hajime does sound like a "y", as in "yes".)
To stay on topic: Ken - sheen. (almost the same)
??? What are you talking about? Everyone in South Texas pronounces it like that.

[Kenshin]

??? What are you talking about? Everyone in South Texas pronounces it like that.<--- Take a look at my location... :)


PS: Native language: Spanish.

[Myrsilus]

<--- Take a look at my location... :)


PS: Native language: Spanish.
And my location is South Texas, home to many Spanish-speaking men and women. It was my mother's first language, my father's first, my grandma's first... So on and so forth. I have a friend named Juan. We, his parents, and himself pronounce it "Wuan".

Maybe it's difference in dialects, but I don't see how this can be...

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

I forgot, do Venezuelans speak Portugese?

[Myrsilus]

Oh wait... I think they are different dialects probably. Not everyone speaks the same Spanish.

[Kenshin]

And my location is South Texas, home to many Spanish-speaking men and women. It was my mother's first language, my father's first, my grandma's first... So on and so forth. I have a friend named Juan. We, his parents, and himself pronounce it "Wuan".

Maybe it's difference in dialects, but I don't see how this can be...It's really weird, actually. Almost all native-spanish-speakers have that exact pronunciation (the one I mentioned before). Even I say it like that (or even then, it may be the central and south american pronunciation. Mixing it with english may or may not change the pronunciation of some letters...)I forgot, do Venezuelans speak Portugese?Nope. In Latin America, Brazil is the only country that speaks portuguese (and even then, it's not really portuguese; it's actually Brazilian). And on that subject, I don't really speak spanish, I speak castellan. (Spanish is only spoken in Spain).

Anyway, carry on...

[Myrsilus]

Yeah it's probably a regional thing. And Brazilians do speak Portuguese... Spain never claimed that area. =\

Tch... Spanish is in Spain... Technicalities. I guess our Spanish is Tex-Mex.

Anyway, that's settled.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Well, considering that you can have 's' pronounced as 'th' in some Spanish dialects (castellano vs. cathtellano), and 'y' pronounced as 'j' in others (yo vs. jo [Argentina]), I wouldn't put it past there being different ways to say 'Juan.'

I would describe the first sound in 'Juan' to be a 'wh' sound as in 'what' or 'whale' which is a little different from the 'w' sounds in 'won' or 'week.'

[Janken]

According to Panda my name is pronounced Sy-Doe-Nyme.

[Jiant Flying Panda]

According to Panda my name is pronounced Sy-Doe-Nyme.

LOL!

Well in my defence I was'nt really trying in the first place. I was preassured too. I meen, we were talking via real-time.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

I thought it was pronounced "Soo-do-nim," or somethin' like that.

[Loc]

Thought it was Sway-doh-nim myself...

[belladonna]

you guys are all of your rockers..... hmmm i like rockers.....

[Janken]

Vocab is correct.

[Jay]

Well, Vocab isn't REALLY correct.

See, it's pronounced Syoo-doe-nym. You have to 'y' the 'eu'.