# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/41 "2006-01-23T07:53:31Z")
I’d actually read her name for years as TunaDiva, and ‘heard’ it as Tuna Diver. (Well, you would, wouldn’t you? It’s not like TunaDiva makes any sense.) This went on for a couple of years, until my attention was brought to it in a similar thread to this one. Until then, I’d assumed ‘he’ was a commerical fisherman. :smack: I’ve got the Tuba bit down pat now, but I still ‘hear’ the second bit as ‘diver’… ---
**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 23, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/42 "2006-01-23T11:35:40Z")
i still miss those sharks Can you imagine diving down through the crystal waters complete with brass section? Can’t you just see the bubbles? le sigh ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/43 "2006-01-23T14:33:16Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > Might I guess that it’s something like “sow\*EERsay”? > > \*Like “cow” with an S, not like the word “sow”. Yes, only it’s two syllables and the first rhymes with “beer.” The second sounds like “shuh.” You very very very close. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/44 "2006-01-23T15:01:56Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Yes, only it’s two syllables and the first rhymes with “beer.” The second sounds like “shuh.” You very very very close. That’s too hard for me. Is “soo-zee” OK? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/45 "2006-01-23T15:09:44Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > That’s too hard for me. Is “soo-zee” OK? 🙂 You know I won’t be able to hear you anyway, right? ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/46 "2006-01-23T15:25:03Z")
I swear I remember reading that your humble **TubaDiva** does indeed play the tuba. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/47 "2006-01-23T15:43:34Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > And as for **koeeoaddi** , everytime I see it, I say it aloud - though I don’t know if it’s correct: ko-ee-oh-ADD-ee. It rolls off the tongue nicely, if not easily. 😉 [genuine awe] Man, you’re good.[/awe] ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/48 "2006-01-23T16:15:47Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > Obscure??!! in what thionite dream is Doc Smith obscure?? > > By Klono’s brazen guts, you should be freeze-dried on Palain XI! > > “Obscure”, the man says…sheesh! I posted this earlier but it must have disappeared in the Ether. **Obscure** is \*\*Rigellian \*\* for **Great** , didn’t you know that? Jim the Tellurian ---
**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 23, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/49 "2006-01-23T16:16:22Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > 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. i apologise from the bottom of my heart but i mentally pronounce your nick as ‘Sair Arse’. I really need to get out of the BDSM mindset 😉 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/50 "2006-01-23T16:48:23Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Want to give it a shot? You get it right, I might let you have an e. 🙂 I think your name was the Campfire Girls Motto. No, that was [WoHeLo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fire_USA). I was surprised that people misinterpret my name._P_ediatric _I_ntensive _C_are Nurse ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/51 "2006-01-23T17:02:13Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > That’s too hard for me. Is “soo-zee” OK? 🙂 You can say mine that way, if you want. And I’m glad that my username makes you smile, **What Exit**! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/52 "2006-01-23T17:08:13Z")
> [@Susie Derkins](#): > > You can say mine that way, if you want. > > And I’m glad that my username makes you smile, **What Exit**! I noticed a \*\*Nivlac \*\* running around also, same affect. 🙂 [Comic Book Guy Voice] Best Comic strip Ever!! [/CBGV] Jim ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/53 "2006-01-23T17:33:35Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > i apologise from the bottom of my heart but i mentally pronounce your nick as ‘Sair Arse’. > > I really need to get out of the BDSM mindset 😉 Of all the ways I could come by a sair arse, I guess that’s the best. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/54 "2006-01-23T18:01:02Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > You know I won’t be able to hear you anyway, right? Hello? Is this thing on? Hello? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/55 "2006-01-23T18:11:18Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > Wait, he isn’t a Star Trek TOS fan? > I need a cite on that one, it just wouldn’t be right. [**Der Trihs**](http://www.mercenarystripsearch.com//char_bio?char_id=8) is a character in a webcomic called [Schlock Mercenary](http://www.schlockmercenary.com/), but I never noticed until _just now_ that it’s “Red Shirt” spelled backwards. :putz: ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/56 "2006-01-23T19:05:39Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I was surprised that people misinterpret my name._P_ediatric _I_ntensive _C_are Nurse I gues you could count me as one of those. My daughter is a nurse in a Neurological ICU (NICU) and she sometimes talks about things that happened in the Pediatric ICU (PICU) so I assumed that your username referred to that. What does it mean? Back to the OP, In the intellectual part of my brain I know that the last part of dear Tuba’s name is pronounced dee-va, but my eyes always see it the other way. I think that I have heard the term “scuba diver” often enough that I try to make TubaDiva fit with ScubaDiver. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/57 "2006-01-23T19:18:15Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > [**Der Trihs**](http://www.mercenarystripsearch.com//char_bio?char_id=8) is a character in a webcomic called [Schlock Mercenary](http://www.schlockmercenary.com/), but I never noticed until _just now_ that it’s “Red Shirt” spelled backwards. :putz: You mean I have been giving him the benefit of the Doubt for being a trekkie when he is only the fan of a trekkie? I might have to reread his posts and take retroactive offense. 😉 Next \*\*eleanorigby \*\* will tell me she isn’t even a \*\*Beatles \*\* Fan. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/58 "2006-01-23T19:34:35Z")
> [@Bites When Provoked](#): > > I’d actually read her name for years as TunaDiva, and ‘heard’ it as Tuna Diver. (Well, you would, wouldn’t you? It’s not like TunaDiva makes any sense.) > > This went on for a couple of years, until my attention was brought to it in a similar thread to this one. Until then, I’d assumed ‘he’ was a commerical fisherman. :smack: If I saw someone with the handle **TunaDiver** , I would _not_ think it was a he or a fisherman. But I applaud your innocence; it’s not always easy being this sick. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/59 "2006-01-23T19:52:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If I saw someone with the handle **TunaDiver** , I would _not_ think it was a he or a fisherman. But I applaud your innocence; it’s not always easy being this sick. Thank you for taking the sick trip with me. That’s exactly what I thought. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/60 "2006-01-23T23:24:59Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Bwah! > > Thanks for the laugh. > I kinda feel more “igby-ish” than “rigby-ish” at times… I figured out **Eleanor Rigby** right off, but sometimes it reminds me I never saw the movie _Igby Goes Down._ :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105.md?page=4)