# Doper names you have mispronounced.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 18, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368 "2002-04-18T19:24:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/1 "2002-04-18T19:24:50Z")
I just recently discovered that I have been pronouncing the name **Persephone,** incorrectly, all this time.
I had been _pronouncing_ it as “purse-eh-phone.”
[sub]That’s “purse” as in handbag, “eh” as in Canadian, and “phone” as in telephone :rolleyes:[/sub]
Of course, the correct pronunciation is “purrs-ef-oh-nee” :o
[sub]“purrs” as in cat, “ef” as in effective, “oh” as in Oh!, and “nee” as in knee.[/sub]
:wally
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### Author:  [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/2 "2002-04-18T19:26:03Z")
I think most everyone got Gaudere’s name wrong for a very long time. (It’s three syllables.)
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/3 "2002-04-18T19:31:10Z")
Well, some gal’s got a name that’s **AnnaLise** or something like that and my mistake with it is obvious. Not intentional, mind you, butt obvious.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/4 "2002-04-18T19:31:25Z")
**Iampunha** I have trouble with even after he told us how to pronounce it.
**Scylla** until I realised that this was part of a line in _Wrapped Around Your Finger_\*
And don’t even get me started about **thinks now** …
_[sup]_[/sup]You consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the scylla and charbides.
Hypnotized by you if I should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger
\*
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/5 "2002-04-18T19:45:39Z")
It’s a lower-case L in my name, not a capital i! lno! Not Ino!
::pant pant pant::
Just had to preempt it…
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### Author:  [@EVO95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EVO95)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/6 "2002-04-18T19:46:23Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by andygirl \*
> \*\*I think most everyone got Gaudere’s name wrong for a very long time. (It’s three syllables.) \*\*
😕
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### Author:  [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/7 "2002-04-18T19:49:28Z")
I don’t know about pronunciation, but I was just struck by a realization yesterday: I just got the joke in **Knowed Out** (no doubt), after seeing it for months. A real “Duh!” moment.
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### Author:  [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/8 "2002-04-18T19:49:43Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by EVO95 \*
> \*\*
>
> 😕 \*\*
If it’s three syllables, I think it would be pronounced:
“gaw-der-ray”
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### Author:  [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/9 "2002-04-18T19:52:54Z")
So is it go-dee-air then or what?
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### Author:  [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/10 "2002-04-18T19:53:36Z")
I personally have never been able to figure out if **gobear** is **go bear** or **gob ear** (or some other construction that has yet to occur to me (but I always pronounce it as the former in my head)…
Same with **Mangetout** ; I always _think_ **Mange tout** (French for “eats a lot”), but then it occurred to me that it could just be **Man get out** , which would also make sense…
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### Author:  [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/11 "2002-04-18T19:54:07Z")
Darn it, I need to start using Preview more…
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### Author:  [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/12 "2002-04-18T19:57:38Z")
I always pronounce **Maeglin** as **Magellan** in my head.
**lno** I pronounce **leh-now** , even thought I know it should be **el-en-no**.
That’s all I can think of now.
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### Author:  [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/13 "2002-04-18T20:02:22Z")
I pronounced **Mnementh** as Mnemeth ('cause I for some reason thought it was spelled Mnemneth).
I tried to correct his name when I saw him in chat 🙂
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### Author:  [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/14 "2002-04-18T21:51:20Z")
I was caught by surprise by **astorian** ’s response to my posting in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110137](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110137)
“‘Chuck’? Who’s ‘Chuck’? Oh. That’s supposed to be me…”
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### Author:  [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/15 "2002-04-18T22:10:26Z")
I have no ideea how to pronounce **Daowajan**. I say something like “Dow-a-gin”
Also, I can’t help but mispronounce **iampunha** (“I am poon-ah” and **Scylla** (“Sky-la”) I know that’s wrong, but I just can’t get the right version in my head.
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### Author:  [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/16 "2002-04-18T22:17:36Z")
Ditto on Mangetout…
could not figure why he or she had the mange and why tout it?
🙂
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### Author:  [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/17 "2002-04-18T23:21:12Z")
I’m fairly sure, of the subset of Dopers who have seen and tried to pronounce my name, a large majority of them got it wrong.
If it’s any consolation, I mispronounced it for a couple of years before I found out how it’s really pronounced.
Try this…
[Genseric](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?bixgen03.wav=Genseric)
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/18 "2002-04-18T23:24:28Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Genseric \*
> \*\*I’m fairly sure, of the subset of Dopers who have seen and tried to pronounce my name, a large majority of them got it wrong.
>
> If it’s any consolation, I mispronounced it for a couple of years before I found out how it’s really pronounced.
>
> Try this…
>
> [Genseric](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?bixgen03.wav=Genseric) \*\*
Yeah, I thought the G was soft and I had the stress on the wrong syllable.
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### Author:  [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/19 "2002-04-18T23:30:57Z")
Wow. That’s a cool link! And I stand corrected.
And which _is_ the correct pronunciation for **Gaudere**???
I’m so confuzzled!
Oh, and **Shibb** , which syllable has the accent in yours?
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### Author:  [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-names-you-have-mispronounced/104368/20 "2002-04-18T23:31:13Z")
Well, I thought I had **Genseric** (not Jen-sehr-ick) and **Gaudere** (not Gawd-ear) right, but I guess not.
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