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BMacZero
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Yes, lots of people around here have pretty straightforward names. However, there are others I often wonder about (Jerico Two-Day? Jerico Today?).

So sound off, all you hard-to-pronounce people! Now we can finally say your names right in our heads as we type them .

Mine isn't too hard: bee - mac - zero



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Ãßöi - fñèjò - oþ«Þêu - &vŸnœ<æk - ÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ - ®®©$b£ÿÐÊÊÊÊåÈÕÞÞÆ.

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bitJericho
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Jerico Two-day and Jerico2day would sound the same wouldn't it?

I pronounce my name as Jerico-Today.

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flashing snall
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but which one is it?

flashing. snall. <-- sna - aAl


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Insert Name Here
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In Sert Naym heer

or th a t gr ayt bas tar ed iy wan too ki llim

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BMacZero
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Wow! I never noticed that! I always thought you were Flashing Snail



I learned something today



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Tom J
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Tom J.

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White Fang 12
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I thought you where flashing snail too
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Quirkyjim
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Kwerky-Gym

or

Quirky-Jim

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 8th Mar 2009 23:28
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Quote: "Wow! I never noticed that! I always thought you were Flashing Snail"


I noticed that it wasn't snail, but have great difficulty stopping myself inwardly pronouncing it that way.

Should it be pronounced "snall" as in "small"? That's what I've always done. I confess I didn't understand the correct pronunciation as described by the horse's mouth:

Quote: "flashing. snall. <-- sna - aAl"
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Code Master- n. 1. The master of 'the codez', and simultaneously the studliest man on the planet. 2. The only physical entity known to man capable of being both the master of 'the codez' AND the studliest man at the same time. Pronounced: Yes.

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Grandma
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Grandpa


revealed, the secret is.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 8th Mar 2009 23:43 Edited at: 8th Mar 2009 23:45
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You may pronounce my name as 'The Cat Formerly Known As Benjamin'. Although note that I am still known as Benjamin. That is my name.

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Xenocythe
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My name is probably a bit tough

It's actually pronouced...
Zehn-oh-sythe.

Not Zeen-oh-sythe. Or Exzen-oh-seeth.

Xenocythe.


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bitJericho
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Quote: "You may pronounce my name as 'The Cat Formerly Known As Benjamin'. Although note that I am still known as Benjamin. That is my name."


So you're the cat formally known as Benjamin.

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Virtual Nomad
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i still see RiiDii as "Rid E." when it's actually Artoo-Detoo (or R2-D2) i remember him explaining the pronunciation some time ago...

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@Virtual Nomad
I do that too

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=PRoF= --> prof

It's short for "The Mad Professor" due to my silly hair and glasses, extreme cleverness and absent mindedness

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The most common mispronounciation I hear (on VOIP and such) of my name is saying "Jill", it's Gil, like the gill of a fish. Second part people mispronounce just because they don't sound it out or read it correctly, but it's Gal-von-tee or Gal-van-tee, either one.

Gill Gal-va(o)n-tee


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I pronounce my name co-hack-oo, and sometimes; when the code is compiling; awe-some.



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Garion
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ガリオン.

simple as that
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Toasty Fresh
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You pronounce mine OR-SUM.
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flashing snall
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Im so misunderstood
its like small I guess. sn-all. like, the sound you would make when saying 'sn', and then just say the work 'all'.


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Oolite
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You may pronounce mine
Bi-Guh Ah-Duh.
You are welcome.

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Posted: 9th Mar 2009 02:17 Edited at: 9th Mar 2009 02:28
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hey-van-studios

not heaven...
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flashing. snall. <-- sna - aAl


i though it was flashing small"


so did I

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AlexI
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Posted: 9th Mar 2009 02:25
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Quote: "flashing. snall. <-- sna - aAl
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i though it was flashing small


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Oolite
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Flashing Snall: I believe you have just proved that 70% of this forums members can't actually read properly.

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I think mine's pretty self-explanatory. I mean, who doesn't say it veen-jay? duh.

Although, for the longest time I pronounced Zotoaster as Zoto-aster until he revealed in some thread a while back that it's Zo-toaster because he likes toast or something..

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His Royal Majesty Matt Rock, Lord of all that is good and righteous, defender of the common good, saviour of the public trust, Emperor of and for the people.

"Matt" for short.

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BMacZero
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Posted: 9th Mar 2009 04:19 Edited at: 9th Mar 2009 04:23
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Flashing Snall, I dub you the must misunderstood person of the TGC forums

And Oolite, I would actually be interested in hearing (reading) how you pronounce that



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flashing snall
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Is that a good thing to be dubbed or not?


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Uh, I think mine is pronounced "Lemonade." I'm not sure if you can grasp that though; 3 syllable words can be difficult sometimes.

So, is it Jaye-koo or Jeh-koo? I've been wondering about that for months...

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Quote: "I think mine's pretty self-explanatory. I mean, who doesn't say it veen-jay? duh."


i thought it was ven-jeey


Quote: "So, is it Jaye-koo or Jeh-koo? I've been wondering about that for months..."


i thought it was Jee-koo
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Gee (as in "Gee wiz!") - Bark (as in a tree's skin, or what a dog does).

Also, I too thought it was flashing snail. I also thought bmac's name was "bmcazero" and was pronounced "Bee Em See Aay Zero".

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Quote: "Flashing Snall: I believe you have just proved that 70% of this forums members can't actually read properly.
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Sorry, could you elaborate? I can't quite read properly.
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Quote: "Dyslixec? Me? No. "






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I am a lysdexic gorb, prerape to be asslaminated.

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Quote: "prerape to be asslaminated."


What.
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Uncle Sam
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"Uncle Sam", not "Uncle Same", as some people spell it!

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Quote: "asslaminated"


Is that shoving your rear into a laminator?

Hmph. Makes it looks shiny. I guess.
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Jeh-Koo

But the last part is a light oo, not as in pool, but more in a Japanese oo. What I mean is I can't spell it like you're supposed to say it, unfortunately. But yah, most people say Jeh-Koo with a hard oo sound, and that's good enough I only use this name because my Japanese teacher gave it to me.



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Uncle Sam
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Oooooh, I pronounced it "Jay-Koo". Not so much of an "aay" sound, but definitely not "eee" or "eh".

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Grandma
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With a "koo" sound? I don't know, maybe you would produce a slight "u" sound from that "oo" part being canadian and all, but I can't do that as it turns into an actual "oh" sound. But ク is pronounced like "ku".

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I pronounce my name as "Craig"



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My username is nothing but a bastardization of my surname (Vanbeck) enforced on me at an early age because people couldn't pronounce Andrew without me punching them in the face .

Van Bee, there should be a dash like Van-B, but the forum is dead set against dashes.


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Am I the only one who reads it as Flashing Snall? After all they are 2 l's.

bmaczero, if the bmac were in caps, then maybe people would get it right.


My name is pronounced:

Mar-ge-ret Thatch-er


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The 'ku' at the end of Seppuku is like the 'ku' in Jeku, so it's true! This makes Jeku and I related.



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Quote: "Mar-ge-ret Thatch-er"

and there's me thinking it was

jo-hn ma-jor

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BMacZero
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Quote: "bmaczero, if the bmac were in caps, then maybe people would get it right."


Hmm, capitalization might help, I wonder if the forum will let me change that...

Then again, confusing people is always fun too



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Quote: "And Oolite, I would actually be interested in hearing (reading) how you pronounce that "

Ooh (As in, ooh, look at that sexy man over there) Lie (as in, no lie, thats a sexy man over there) tuh (As in, tuh, i'll never get to be with that sexy man).
You're welcome.
A lot of people think that the first two letters of my name are zeros, they are not. A few people have thought it meant Double-Oh-Lite, which i suppose is cool in a way...
I also recently found out that my name is a game for Mac, although i took the name from the sedimentary rock formation composed of Ooids.

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