# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/61 "2006-01-23T23:35:39Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > b) That most likely this means that TubaDiva is in fact female. Since several of **TubaDiva** ’s posts are signed “Jenny”, your assumption is virtually certain to be correct. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/62 "2006-01-24T05:35:24Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > 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? 😕 However, TubaDiva refuses to confirm or deny ever diving with tubas. :rolleyes: ---
**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 24, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/63 "2006-01-24T11:48:34Z")
So i actually could be right on this after all? ---
**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 24, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/64 "2006-01-24T22:25:42Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I’ve had a few people try to pronounce my username - kinda scary. I’ve always said it in my head as An-na-stay-zhee-on. Like Anastasia, correctly pronounced (I knew one in middle school), but with “on” instead of “a”. > [@Bites When Provoked](#): > > I’ve got the Tuba bit down pat now, but I still ‘hear’ the second bit as ‘diver’… “Tuna Diver” and all you could think of was fishing? OK, looks like a couple other people commented on this already. Carry on. > [@saoirse](#): > > Yes, only it’s two syllables and the first rhymes with “beer.” The second sounds like “shuh.” You very very very close. Sweer-shuh? Am I right? I originally just pronounced it like one would in Spanish. To me, it looks like a fictional Spanish verb meaning “to accidentally kill oneself with a daring Capoeira move”. > [@picunurse](#): > > I was surprised that people misinterpret my name.Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse I pictured it as having something to do with Tex-Mex food…and hospital-type nursery. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/65 "2006-01-24T22:51:18Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > Sweer-shuh? Am I right? > > I originally just pronounced it like one would in Spanish. To me, it looks like a fictional Spanish verb meaning “to accidentally kill oneself with a daring Capoeira move”. Umm… That would be Portuguese Just “SEER” Actually, I should say “SEAR,” so you don’t get that little extra half-syllable reserved for the clairvoyant. Again, though, I can’t hear you, so I won’t mind if you call me Sore Ass or Suzy or Swisher Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/66 "2006-01-24T23:26:06Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > I’ve always said it in my head as An-na-stay-zhee-on. Like Anastasia, correctly pronounced (I knew one in middle school), but with “on” instead of “a”. Bingo. Easy peasy. 😉 Will also accept the slightest _hint_ of “zhay” instead of “zhee”, since that was how my husband originally said it, though it is technically incorrect. 😉 I get to say! I made it up! Well, okay, Mr. Stasaeon made it up, but I kept it and perpetuated it. Somewhat fortunately, a movie came out around 1997 bearing my name, so it’s kept the real life mispronunciations to a minimum, but now and then I answer the phone and am asked, “Is there an Ahn-ay-stay-SEE-ah there?” Or once in a while, “Is there a… uh… um… there’s a big, funny name here, starts with A-N-A…?” Yes, thank you, I have a “big funny name”. 😛 Only thing with the movie is that sometimes, I get people who ask if I was named after it (specifically the animated one, not the Ingrid Bergman one. They show their hand the moment they say, “I liked that bat character. He was funny.” or similar). Since it’s fairly obvious I’m older than nine years old, I’m not sure why this is as common a question as it is. ---
**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 25, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/67 "2006-01-25T01:37:04Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Umm… That would be Portuguese No, that would be Spanish. I am talking about what’s going on in _my_ head. I’m well aware that Capoeira is a Portuguese-language type of event. However, not knowing half jack about the Portuguese language, the imaginary verb in my head is Spanish. (They live next to each other, fercrissakes! Any American or Brit will understand what it means to be “gored by bulls” even if they never set foot in Mexico or Spain.) > [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Since it’s fairly obvious I’m older than nine years old, I’m not sure why this is as common a question as it is. Because humans instinctively respond to learning someone’s name by completely shutting off all cognitive faculties and reverting to ape-in-tree mode. That’s the only explanation I can find for all the monkeybrained ways people screw up my first name; it’s not anything as common as Joshua or James or Timothy or Brett, but it’s a common, traditional male name, spelled the common, traditional way. An important character in the world’s most popular book, as well as a famous movie soundtrack composer and a household-name record-holding Hall of Fame baseball player, all share my name, spelled _exactly the same way_. You wouldn’t believe the different varieties people can come up with, though. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/68 "2006-01-25T13:02:38Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Only thing with the movie is that sometimes, I get people who ask if I was named after it (specifically the animated one, not the Ingrid Bergman one. They show their hand the moment they say, “I liked that bat character. He was funny.” or similar). Since it’s fairly obvious I’m older than nine years old, I’m not sure why this is as common a question as it is. I _do_ like the bat, but I knew how to pronounce it before that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/69 "2006-01-25T14:39:40Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > b) That most likely this means that TubaDiva is in fact female. You forgot: c) Since it is likely she plays the Tuba this means that she blows like a… What? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/70 "2006-01-25T16:39:34Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > …addi (like Ado Addi in Oklahoma–ending is ee, not long i)… Do you mean “Ado Annie”? I’m sure you must, as there are no characters in “Oklahoma!” named Addi. ---
**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 25, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/71 "2006-01-25T17:12:49Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > You forgot: > c) Since it is likely she plays the Tuba this means that she blows like a… What? i hesitate to answer for fear of immediate banning. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/72 "2006-01-26T00:10:35Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Umm… That would be Portuguese > > Just “SEER” Actually, I should say “SEAR,” so you don’t get that little extra half-syllable reserved for the clairvoyant. Again, though, I can’t hear you, so I won’t mind if you call me Sore Ass or Suzy or Swisher Sweet. I just always heard it in my head as rhyming with “horse.” Please don’t hate me. Mine, btw, is pronounced fay-dough. (It’s _French_.) Slight accent on the second syllable, barely. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/73 "2006-01-26T00:38:44Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > No, that would be Spanish. I am talking about what’s going on in _my_ head. I’m well aware that Capoeira is a Portuguese-language type of event. However, not knowing half jack about the Portuguese language, the imaginary verb in my head is Spanish. (They live next to each other, fercrissakes! Any American or Brit will understand what it means to be “gored by bulls” even if they never set foot in Mexico or Spain.) I think that’s “Corneado por toros” or “Enesgado por touros. ¡Hey Macarena\*!” …And that is precisely half jack about the Portuguese language > [@feydeau](#): > > I just always heard it in my head as rhyming with “horse.” > > Please don’t hate me. > Mine, btw, is pronounced fay-dough. (It’s French.) Slight accent on the second syllable, barely. I don’t hate you, but reserve the right to pronounce yours “fuzzy pumper.” \*which actually has nothing to do with Portuguese or Brazilian culture, contrary to popular belief. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/74 "2006-01-26T02:43:11Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > \*\*Qadgop the Mercotan \*\* is another, I saw his name early on and loved the obscure reference to some very obscure books by a famous only to Golden Age Sci-Fi fans author. > > Jim Hey Jim, ever see this thread? It’s rather famous hereabouts. [If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=138905) Post #15 (out of 2041) gives a sample of what LOTR would have read like if it had been written by that Golden Age SF author! And thanks for keeping the faith, **Northern Piper**! Clear ether! ---
**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 26, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/75 "2006-01-26T02:48:55Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > That’s the only explanation I can find for all the monkeybrained ways people screw up my first name; it’s not anything as common as Joshua or James or Timothy or Brett, but it’s a common, traditional male name, spelled the common, traditional way. An important character in the world’s most popular book … Your name is Jesus? :eek: ---
**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 26, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/76 "2006-01-26T02:49:54Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Hey Jim, ever see this thread? It’s rather famous hereabouts. > [If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=138905) > > Post #15 (out of 2041) gives a sample of what LOTR would have read like if it had been written by that Golden Age SF author! > > And thanks for keeping the faith, **Northern Piper**! Clear ether! OMG: 2041 post of Tolkien, I might not sleep tonight. 😃 Thank you, I think. 😉 I think you captured EEs writing style in your post very well. I will end up reading the rest now. Jim ---
**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 26, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/77 "2006-01-26T02:52:53Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > Your name is Jesus? No, the other part. Although I do speak fairly decent Spanish. ---
**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 26, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/78 "2006-01-26T02:55:40Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > No, the other part. Although I do speak fairly decent Spanish. Your name is Moses? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/79 "2006-01-26T03:16:03Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > Your name is Moses? :eek: Don’t be silly. HIs name is Abimalech. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105/80 "2006-01-26T04:38:54Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Want to give it a shot? You get it right, I might let you have an e. 🙂 OK, your name always made me think of a song from the “Incredible String Band”. That might be pretty far off, I know, but at least it involves no brass instrument and fish or eating of trout, so you get off easily.🙂 [Koeeoadi There](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Koeeoaddi-There-lyrics-The-Incredible-String-Band/862BB257C46A2B1048256DD7000A91A7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-or-i-cant-believe-i-was-that-dim/341105.md?page=5)