I keep seeing tradesilicon as “Triskellion” as in “Gamesters of …”
And lolagranola I keep pronouncing in my head as Iolagranola, with a capital “I” instead of an “l.”
But I “got” Sue Duhnym from the very beginning.
I keep seeing tradesilicon as “Triskellion” as in “Gamesters of …”
And lolagranola I keep pronouncing in my head as Iolagranola, with a capital “I” instead of an “l.”
But I “got” Sue Duhnym from the very beginning.
“I am pun-ha, hear me roar” (sorry)
Firstly, my home computer has a tiny monitor so I plead cheapness as a contributing factor. I saw RealityChuck as RealityChick for the longest time. I was quite surprised to see he was, in reality, a guy. And what a guy too! That dark hair and bowl cut…mmmmmm!
[sub]SERIOUSLY, THAT GRAY HAIR AND BEARD ARE TO DIE FOR![/SUB]
For the record, you pronounce my SDMB name “Tee Hess Pose” and not “The Spoze.”
It’s just my first initial and last name. No funny plays on words or anything.
Yes, I did make the “Sea Lemon” mistake. Still fuzzy on iampunha. Sometimes I see “CrankyAsAnOldMan” as “CrankyAssAnOldMan” and very nearly abbreviated it as “CrankyAss.” Fortunately, I caught it when I hit preview and no one need be the wiser.
I don’t suppose anyone’s ever thought of my name being pronounced and why girl?
Sigh. Woe is me, the uncreative. <walks away slowly>
Most of mine have already been said. Some I “hear” wrong (even when I know how it’s really supposed to sound), others make me think of something else every time I see them and it always takes me a sec to get it right in my head:
Sealemon = Sea Lemon
Canthearya = Cant the RHEA
Sue Dunhym - thought that was her real name until recently
Arnold Winkleried - ditto
rundogrun = RUN-doe-grun
iampunha = I am POON-Ha
THespos = THESS-pose
brachyrynchos - makes me think rhinoceros
mblackwell - makes me think Mr. Blackwell
sdimbert - makes me think It’s Dilbert
dietrologia = Diet-ro-lo-GEE-a
Poysyn - Po-ee-SIGH-in
Obfusciatrist = Ob-FOOS-cree-it
I know there’s others in there but I can’t think of them right now.
Just for the record, in my name, the H is silent. As is the G and D. And the A and E’s. Also the S. Oh, and the M, too.
It’s pronounced “Larry.”
Why? Well, the L, A, R, R, and Y are invisible.
Mine’s pronounced exactly like you’d expect.
Yours,
Gua Nola D
In my mind iampunha rhymes with tuna…
Sealemon is seelamon… i never got the “silly man” or the “sea lemon”… kind of like a seal, but not. I don’t really know what I was thinking.
For the record, mine’s pronounced “Beth”
I keep thinking of iampunha as I Am Pa-Huna, like he’s a Hawaiin God. Of course, if ya’ve ever sen him without his shirt on…
racinchickki. When I see that I think of an old commercial for a doll.
Ronchichi,ronchichi
Oh so soft and cuddly.
I know, I know racin’ chick. Just can’t help that song popping into my head.
Yes Patrick is rather cute although just a tad young.
sigh
I have no clue who’s what sex. The first day I got startled by someone named grumpyoldman who was a woman. Since then I don’t even try to figure it out.
My dyslexic mind was reading it as Santa, until I looked closer and it read Satan.
My user name is spelled imthjckaz, but it is pronounced boB.
In a thread asking for the origins of our various names, he said that on some other online service, his name was “punha.” Naturally, when he came here, he declares “i am punha”…
well that’s what he said…
RealityCHUCK not chick! dah! ;;slaps head with hand;;
imapunha = I read imapunha but hear My Sharonnah
I mentally pronounced Brachy with a high Boston Brahmin accent until she told me that it sounded like rats. Then I found out that she, my only sister, missed pronounced my name.
It’s Keeeeeef aaahh - like that resin from that special plant that makes you go ah after smoking it.
I miss Chrome Toaster
I just want to say that had it not been for this thread, I would have never figured out rundogrun. Every time I see it I think of “Bang the Drum All Day” and Todd Rundgren! See evilbeth. See evilbeth kick herself for not reading properly. Kick, evilbeth, kick!
Also, I can never remember how to spell iampunha.
I didn’t think there was a problem, till I read this list and the names of you folks who are posting on it! I have no idea how to pronounce:
brachyrhynchos
imthjckaz
ignoscop
THespos (thought maybe it was a play on “thespian”)
Suo Na
Makes my head spin. As for gender, well, a few of us have obvious gender-specific names, but the rest of you I just try to take in context of what you say.
Makes my head hurt sometimes.
iampunha once explained how to pronounce his handle, but I’ve forgotten. It’ll always be “ee-am-puña” to me. The nh=ñ in Portuguese, and I took this Ethnographies of Brazil class a while ago, a side effect of which was learning how to pronounce Portuguese words. I can’t quite explain why my brain decided to pronounce his name in Portuguese, which I don’t speak at ALL, but that’s how I see it.
It took me a while to get Sue Duhnym, too.
Oh, and I once called Fretful Porpentine Fretful Porcupine.
::: blushes :::