# TubaDiva (or, i can't believe i was that dim) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105 "2006-01-22T14:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/1 "2006-01-22T14:27:12Z")
Gah!!! I have literally just worked out that TubaDiva is not in fact pronounced Tuba-dyva but Tuba-deeva. This has led to the crashing realisation that a) TubaDiva has nothing to do with the manly pursuit of diving to the bottom of shark-infested lakes whilst bravely assisting the brass section \*or \* with the equally manly pursuit of sticking one’s head inside the gaping mouth of a tuba in order to see if that thing i dropped in there five minutes ago is still retrievable. and b) That most likely this means that TubaDiva is in fact female. How could i have been so clueless? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/2 "2006-01-22T14:32:52Z")
Don’t think you’re alone in this brand of cluelessness. I don’t recall how long it took me to “get it,” but it was a pathetically long time. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/3 "2006-01-22T14:46:22Z")
It’s not just me? Thank Gord! i shall miss the idea of tuba diving though. It sounded so romantic and otherworldly. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/4 "2006-01-22T16:25:50Z")
I confess that I’ve been pronouncing the OP’s name as “zeh-lee zeh-lurr-ton”. Am I horribly, horribly wrong? ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/5 "2006-01-22T17:05:55Z")
heheh - not entirely but then mine is admittedly obscure. AFAIK the second name is indeed pronounced as you did. I don’t know for sure as it was bestowed upon me on another forum - it’s certainly how i pronounce it though 😉 Zelie is pronounced ‘zee lee’ i hope this clears up any confusion Kytheer…Kither-eeeya…Ky-the-reeayeah 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/6 "2006-01-22T17:30:58Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > heheh - not entirely but then mine is admittedly obscure. > > AFAIK the second name is indeed pronounced as you did. I don’t know for sure as it was bestowed upon me on another forum - it’s certainly how i pronounce it though 😉 > > Zelie is pronounced ‘zee lee’ > > i hope this clears up any confusion Kytheer…Kither-eeeya…Ky-the-reeayeah 🙂 Got it, and “Ky-thur-ay-ah”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/7 "2006-01-22T17:32:49Z")
Y’all have _weird_ names. Unlike mine, which is composed of actual words in the English language. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/8 "2006-01-22T17:39:16Z")
and makes total sense 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/9 "2006-01-22T17:42:45Z")
It does too make sense! Just a little spacetime anomaly, how hard is that? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/10 "2006-01-22T18:34:22Z")
**Mangetout** is and always been **mange trout** in my mind. Don’t know where the R came from, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/11 "2006-01-22T18:45:13Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > It does too make sense! Just a little spacetime anomaly, how hard is that? 😛 I believe your homework is to fix that lil rift, no? Better get busy–it’s due on Monday. I have always wondered about Tuba Diva–does she indeed play the tuba? Can one play the tuba so well as to achieve diva stature? And if one could, would one want to? It’s a big world–room for a tuba diva, I suppose. (no offense meant-don’t ban me, please Ms Diva… :eek: ) 🙂 I never hoid of “diva-ing” as in involving water etc. My name is easy, but surprisingly, alot of people (ok, 2) get it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/12 "2006-01-22T18:47:14Z")
**zelie** , [you’re not alone.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316120) In fact, you’re a little late. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/13 "2006-01-22T18:54:32Z")
Don’t worry, it took me a while to figure it out, too. In fact, I think you’re quicker (in relation to your join date) about it than I was. I still prefer the brass-vs-Jaws imagery, though. > [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Mangetout is and always been mange trout in my mind. Don’t know where the R came from, but there it is. Same here. And don’t call me Shirley! > [@eleanorigby](#): > > My name is easy, but surprisingly, alot of people (ok, 2) get it wrong. All those people must be very lonely. Where _do_ they come from, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/14 "2006-01-22T19:24:09Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > All those people must be very lonely. Where _do_ they come from, anyway? I don’t know, but I hear they pick up rice from weddings and wear faces out of jars. Sounds pretty sketchy if you ask me. Speaking of which, **rigs** , my friends and I did most of our general relativity homework yesterday evening. So there. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/15 "2006-01-22T21:36:10Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **Mangetout** is and always been **mange trout** in my mind. Don’t know where the R came from, but there it is. Same here. Funny. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/16 "2006-01-22T21:44:06Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > Same here. Funny. I always think, “Man, get out.” My handle, by the way, is pronounced just the way it’s spelled. Not in this language, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/17 "2006-01-22T22:01:13Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > My handle, by the way, is pronounced just the way it’s spelled. > > Not in this language, of course. Might I guess that it’s something like “sow\*EERsay”? \*Like “cow” with an S, not like the word “sow”. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/18 "2006-01-22T22:02:35Z")
BTW, my username is pronounced feht-twa. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/19 "2006-01-22T22:08:51Z")
**Shirley** - for a while I was saying oooh-jest, before the light went on one day. :smack: Oh, and I have decided that I like the french-canadian “guy”. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/20 "2006-01-22T22:24:40Z")
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