I always read Diogenes the Cynic as “one who wants to join the good side, but still confused.”
It’s a Zen kinda thing. 
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[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][/QUOTE]
Actually, I have troubnle with this one, too. I usually mentally pronounce it “pull-ya-ka-mell,” which makes it sound like it’s a pun on “pull your camel.”
I am always befuddled by cuahtemoc. I’ve gotten better at the mental pronunciation, which used to be something like “cua-te-may-hoc.” But I still can’t spell it; I had to do a search to even get it in this post.
I keep reading spingears as ‘spring ears’
Gah! That’s what I thought it was all along. <is wondering who else’s name he has gotten totally wrong this whole time>
Wow! I’m in the same thread with such stars of the 'dope as Mangetout and TubaDiva.
And who says that goat sacrifices have seen their day eh?
Pon-Ster does kinda sound like Porn-Star doesn’t it?
But I’ll let CatJones decide the validity fo that !
I still think gatopescado is pronounced gay-toe ess-ca-pee-doe. I don’t know why.
I’m pretty sure jarbabyj is jar baby jay, but I still want to say jar babidge.
I had no idea how to say iampunha, but somebody said it looked Portuguese, like I-am-poon-ya, so I’ll go with that.
Well, to tie this in, I have the same SDMB name and LJ name; however, my LJ name is all un-caps, notwithoutrage. Several people have thought that my name was Not With Outrage.
I see this as I Am Pun Ha! (exclamation point mine)
It took me a little while to realize your user name was pronounced No Doubt, rather than Cowed Out (I didn’t notice the n, you see. )
I’ve always read Mangetout as Mange Tout, and assumed it had to do with food. But then, I have some french training, so that’s natural.
For TubaDiva, I’ve always read it as Tub Diver.
And for General Questions, I always see it as General Questions - a high ranking military officer with an unusual last name.
Trigonal Planar always gets an extra “a” in my head: Triagonal, like Diagonal. My brain always does this little urp as it tries to reconcile three dimensional corners in a plane.
TubaDiva is “Tuber Diver” (one who swims after spuds?)
**mangeorge ** persistenly appears in my ears to have an extra “an”: Mange Orange (hey, he can hook up with Mange Tout for a feast of citrus!)
mmmmmm yeaaaaaaaah baaaaaaybeeeeee 
Can’t say any more now, we’re off for a weekend of squelchiness in Wales 
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Bwhaahaa! *jjimm, every once in awhile an :eek: will make me laugh… like yours just did. Jism? Bwhaahaa.
I had to go look up “gourmandism.” Didn’t even know it was a real word. Now it’ll be rolling off my tongue for the next hour, much like gum with his newly discovered “douchebag.” Somewhere in Amsterdam a guy’s walking around lyrically repeating “douchebag… douchebag… douchebag.”
Rubystreak – Of course people are reading your posts! At least one person who has their name usually spelled correctly instead of the wrong way I insist upon.
Mangetout – I’m so sorry I made you explain yourself again. And here I thought I’d been around for a while and tried to keep up with the backstories, yet I missed it. Mea culpa. Also, I read spingears the same way you do.
::: sigh :::
Marley23 – I have not even a remote guess on how to pronounce cuahtemoc (nor would I have been able to spell it unless hadn’t looked it up first), but I think I kinda start with “caught…” and just let it trail off from there.
yBeayf – How do you say yours? I’ve always ready it as Y-Beafy?, but obviously due to spelling alone, that ain’t right. HELP!
Knowed Out – I’m glad you brought gatopescado up. Isn’t there another Doper named gotpasswords or something like that? So, I already probably get them confused. But when I don’t, I usually think of along the same line as the dairy ads: “Got Milk?” and rather it’s “Got Pescado?” Which must be some really fancy cuisine.
WhyNot – Everytime I see Trigonal Planar, it comes across as “Triangle Planner” and I always wonder about why someone would need to plan for those things.
I’m guessing Why Be a Wife
It’s Manx Gaelic “yn Beayf” (“the Toad”) in a compact form, and should be pronounced “uh BAY-uff”.
So you’re a Manxman?
Cha nel, dy meeaighar; I’m just a guy who has a soft spot for the language and at one time counted himself reasonably proficient in it. Sadly, I’ve forgotten much of it, but still find use for it from time to time.
wow. I was so close, too. That Manx Gaelic stuff was going to be my next guess. :o
Althought I know that there are others, I use to allways read FairyChatMom as FairlyChattyMom.