Anyone ever read Doper's name as something than what they are?

In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)
#1

My examples are:

[ul]
[li]Ponster – for some reason, I keep reading that as “Porn Star” ;)[/li]
[li]Mangetout – I know how it’s supposed to read, but it always comes across as “mangy trout” and I have no idea why[/li]
[li]Rubystreak – for the longest, I thought this said Rubysteak, which makes me always think of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse[/li]
[li]TubaDiva – I still want to call her “TubaDivER”, like intertubing, which makes it sound like lots of fun[/li]
[li]pulykamell – I’m not really sure how to pronounce it anyway, but it always, for me, comes out as pukeymale and I swear that’s not an insult![/li][/ul]

I know, I know. Hopefully, I’m not the only one. Right? RIGHT?? :stuck_out_tongue:

#2

Mangetout I always pronounce as that cool french sounding word for something vegetably I think. (monj toot)

#3

Seeing your post just now made me realize that it could be read as “Man get out”. Are you saying that’s what it should have been all along?

#4

When I first saw it, I read it as “man get out”. I figured “mange tout” didn’t make any sense.

I surmised (incorrectly) the “she” was recently divorced.

#5

I always see spoofe as spooje and vice versa. :stuck_out_tongue:

#6

foiled again.

#7

I think so. Or the other way round (people reading it as ‘man get out’ when they shouldn’t)

#8

There’s a poster living in Ireland who is called ‘jism’. I can’t even recall his real name.

#9

It’s Mange Tout - not actually named after the vegetable (although I do like them), but rather alluding to my gourmandism.

#10

jjimm?

#11

For the longest time I thought mangeorge was mange orge.

#12

You must be tired of explaining that. It seems like I have seen people wonder about the pronunciation a million times.

#13

I was going to post the same thing, PigBoy. Three percent or more of his post count is probably taken up by posts in threads like these.

#14

Nah, he loves it.

#15

That’s the one! By the wya, Lobbers, you’ve got a bunch of responses to your cricket question in CS.

#16

Even though I know better, I read yosemite as if it rhymed with Vegemite.

#17

[QUOTE=faithfool]
[li]Rubystreak – for the longest, I thought this said Rubysteak, which makes me always think of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse[/li][/QUOTE]

faithfool: No, you’re not the only one who’s thought that; it’s ironic as hell because I would never eat a ruby steak-- I’m a vegeterian. :smiley:

Hey, a rose by any other name. I’m just glad someone is reading my posts…

#18

I will have to confess to emitting a little sigh this time.

#19

Which is perfectly acceptable if you’re hollering at a Jewish friend. “Yo, Semite!”

I thought Mangetout meant “man, get out” but was always reading as something faux-French like “mahn-ge-toot” and correcting myself. Now that I realize I was wrong about BOTH… :stuck_out_tongue:

#20

Almost missed a perfectly good chance to use ;j