# Poster names you got wrong... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406 "2000-10-18T15:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/61 "2000-10-20T14:18:26Z")
Correct - it is pronounced “es-PREE,” as in “esprit de corps.” Rhymes with ennui. 😉 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/62 "2000-10-20T15:58:25Z")
Some might have thought it meant “S”(-shaped) pricks…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/63 "2000-10-20T16:04:49Z")
Since several of the people I’ve met IRL wasn’t sure how to pronounce my name, it’s zee-AH-duh Rhymes with Miata ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/64 "2000-10-20T17:49:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*Correct - it is pronounced “es-PREE,” as in “esprit de corps.” Rhymes with ennui. 😉 > > Esprix \*\* And here I thought it was ESPR IX, pronounced “esper-nine.” Like you were the ninth in a group of people with paranormal powers. (Somebody call UPN and the ghost of Gene Roddenberry…we have a new Star Trek franchise on our hands here!) You could even play yourself, Essie baby…I hear you have a Starfleet uniform already. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/65 "2000-10-20T17:53:39Z")
By the way, more people than you might suspect seem to think my handle is **CHIEF** Troy - sort of the converse of that candy-bar commercial with the guy who’s just finished dyeing the grass in the end zone of a K.C football team, only to be asked, “Nice work… but who are the Chefs?” Believe me folks, I am neither a Native American leader nor a naval officer. (granted, I’m not a professional chef either, but that’s irrelevant.) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/66 "2000-10-20T18:15:04Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Chef Troy** _ > > You could even play yourself, Essie baby…I hear you have a Starfleet uniform already. Two, actually, with a pattern for another, plans for altering one to make another interchangably, and further plans to develop even another based on last week’s “Voyager” episode. Did I also mention I own four kilts? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/67 "2000-10-20T19:22:03Z")
Count me in for : SEAL A MON (like Pokemon) Missed SueDunhym, thought it was her name. And Racinchikki becomes “Raison-chichi”, I can’t even begin to explain that… Anthracite reminded me of arachnid, until I met “Spiderwoman”! And just to be sure everyone knows… dragonLADY is female. And I don’t care if you capitalize it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/68 "2000-10-20T19:40:25Z")
I wavered back and forth on Sealemon. Sometimes it looked like ‘Sea Lemon’ and others it looked kinda French, ‘Sea le Mon’. (Yeah, right, like I can speak French, I can’t even speak American very well.) By the way, my name is pronounced ‘Jim’, the ending ‘B’ is silent. Actually it’s usually pronounced like ‘GM’ (GEE-em). Jim ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/69 "2000-10-20T20:48:48Z")
… and for the first time in my life, I’ve actually been mentioned more than once in a “Posters Who …” thread. I’m transported with delight … I think. ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/70 "2000-10-20T22:14:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > **Probably a smart-ass who took French in school:D. In French, the “x” in _prix_ (price) is silent and the word is pronounced as the “pri” in _esprit_.** OK, super, now that it’s been put out there, I feel like a complete idiot. I really need to learn to think _before_ I post. Jeezoman… ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/71 "2000-10-20T22:58:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\*Fretful porcupine > \*\* Hey! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/72 "2000-10-21T00:25:27Z")
**bibliophage** was the one that confused me. for the longest time, I thought it was **bibliopage** (like ‘book leaf’) then I saw - **phage** and thought, okay, “books spinning around” oh, then realized today it was - **phage** , not -fuge. ‘book eater’ Clever bibliophage Silly me. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/73 "2000-10-21T14:15:47Z")
Count me in with the idiots who didn’t get Sue Duhnym. Geez, what an jerk. I can’t believe I didn’t get that. I thought it was her (his?) name, too. It seems soooo obvious now. And Sea-Lemon. Oh, okay. It’s not a lemon in the ocean. Rundogrun…I saw Rundgren, too. > [@](#): > > CalMeacham said: > Every time I see “Fretful Porpentine” I have to think “Forgetful Porcupine”. Ouch! Me, too! brachyrynchos…I see a dinosaur, Brachyosaurus (sp?) THespos…The Spooz iampunha…I Am Poon Ha…whatever that is supposed to mean. racinchickki…reminds me of that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi story with the mongoose and the snake. Racing Chicky, oh, ok. sk8rixtx…another one who saw “Skater Tricks” Ok, that’s enough. I’ll quit before I insult any more Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406/74 "2000-10-21T14:45:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > \*\ ***sk8rixtx** = skate-riks-tex \*\* sk8rixtx= skate tricks tx. That only took me a week to pronounce correctly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-names-you-got-wrong/37406.md?page=3)