# IIT'S FUCKIN C Y R **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726 "2000-09-11T02:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/61 "2000-09-19T04:11:30Z")
This is starting to get cool, like name riddles or something. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/62 "2000-09-19T20:18:32Z")
> [@](#): > > lawoot posted: But if the Y comes after the R, doesn’t that make it C-R-Y? ``` I was hoping no one would notice , thats why I didn't say anything. But, I meant to type in: The Y comes before the R. I was really angry at the time, and typing as fast as I could to relieve the stress. Sound stupid? Yep. It is. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/63 "2000-09-20T17:49:50Z")
well, so far, BillyBoy is the closest. to relieve your anxiety, I’ll try to type it phoenetically: pe trool’ yeh often I hear petrolodge or petrolli or just petrol… uh, petro… ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/64 "2000-09-20T18:35:57Z")
My mother’s first name is Aija which, being mostly vowels, really screws everybody up. It’s pronounced Eye-ah, but most people think it’s pronounced like Asia the continent. A good friend of mine is a teacher at an inner city school. She has a student whose name is written this way: Aurtha. But his mother insists that it’s pronounced like “Arthur”. My friend keeps asking, “Where’s the r?” ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/65 "2000-09-20T18:45:01Z")
My mothers maiden name was Dutch and 7 letters, 3 easy, 4 hard: van Rijn I’m blessed with a 4 letter Italian name, though people fuck it up more than you could possibly imagine, the spellings are atrocious and the pronunciations are just silly: Mellie Malay Melly Melie Mily Mellay Meelie It shouldn’t be hard, but give it a try. [mel-E] ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/66 "2000-09-21T01:34:00Z")
Thinksnow - Van Rijn: Hmmmm… Van (of course) Rrrine? ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/67 "2000-09-21T01:42:50Z")
I haven’t read all the responses to the original post but I don’t know what the big deal is. I have a very unusual German last name and it gets butchered all the time. It’s so uncommon in the US that I was able to recently secure the website of my last name…there are only about 90 10 100 of us in the US with my last name, out of 275 million people. That’s life, deal with it. Even people with German ancestory butcher my name. I am sure your step-father is used to his name being butchered. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/68 "2000-09-21T12:10:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*sk8rixtx \* > \*\*Thinksnow - Van Rijn: > Hmmmm… Van (of course) Rrrine? \*\* yeah, not too tough, though it’s sort of an “airy” r-h sound, like you’re putting more breath behind it, sort of a “hu-rine” without as much “huh.” and mine is actually spelled: Meli, for the record. (I believe it means “Honey” in Italian or Greek, how about that!) ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/69 "2000-09-21T21:28:10Z")
Meli, (Meeelie - lie as in lie down. Right?) its like honey or darling in Greek. All those years of listening to my grandmother ramble on in Greek, just rubbed off on me. Sometimes, when I’m having a conversation with my friends, words like “scata” (phoenetic) or “chlori” will slip out. ---
**Author:** ![jabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/70 "2000-09-22T07:49:44Z")
Try a silent x on for size. It’s Ledoux, La-doo; not la-dux, or la-duk or about 500,000 other stupid combos. I guess around here, people are just more used to seeing french names, so when a telemarketer calls, usually from some far off place like california, I give them a break. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/71 "2000-09-22T10:41:03Z")
We too use the pronunciation test to weed out telemarketers, but instead of hanging up on them, it goes something like this: _ring ring_ Me: Hello? Them: _Hello!_ May I speak to Miss Audrey ::hesitation:: Ka-… Cow-… Ka-ree-oh-kee…, please? (I have to admit, “karaoke” is kind of close to how my last name is actually spelled and pronounced.) Me: Uh, she’s not here right now. I’d be happy to take a message, though. Them: Well, okay. Could you tell Miss Ka-ree-oh-kee that the Advertiser is now offering some great rates on home subscriptions, and that she can give us a call back at xxx-xxxx? Me: Sure. I’ll pass the message on to her as soon as she gets in. Them: Thank you very much! Me: My pleasure. _click_ ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/72 "2000-09-22T12:31:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*sk8rixtx \* > **Meli, (Meeelie - lie as in lie down. Right?) its like honey or darling in Greek…** Nope, it’s actually mel-ee (mel as in “mel” and i as in “eek”). See, another point made with a simple name! ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/73 "2000-09-22T19:07:11Z")
My bad. Sowwy. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/74 "2000-09-22T19:32:23Z")
I have an Italian last name that’s sort of similar to several other names. People always ask me if I’m related to Mr. so-and-so, who has one of the other names. No, dumbass, I’m not. Speaking of Italian names, and to hijack slightly, people also ask me if I’m in the mafia. Again, no. I’ve even had people go so far as to suggest that my family **must** be in the mafia and I just don’t know it. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on, butt munch! ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726/75 "2000-09-23T02:17:20Z")
The mafia? Whats your last name?.. Soprano? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iits-fuckin-c-y-r/32726.md?page=3)