# Where are you Cecil?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-cecil/227090>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 1, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-cecil/227090 "2004-02-01T21:13:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Paradoxical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Paradoxical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paradoxical)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-cecil/227090/1 "2004-02-01T21:13:32Z")

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Has Cecil ever posted on the Straight Dope Message Board? I usually only go to General Questions, Great Debates, and The Pit, so maybe I’ve just missed him. Anyway, CECIL! Do you pronounce your name “seecil” or “saicil,” as in SAID? 😕

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**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-cecil/227090/2 "2004-02-01T22:10:47Z")

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Yes he posts from time to time, [here’s a search.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=28369) He commented just over a week ago on a thread about 2-letter Scrabble words.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-cecil/227090/3 "2004-02-02T04:02:31Z")

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He doesn’t tend to read much at random, and most of his posts are in the forum “Comments on Cecil’s Columns” – he browses there every so often, expecting to see worshipful praise.

And it’s “see-sil”.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-cecil/227090/4 "2004-02-02T08:10:59Z")

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Moved to ATMB.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-cecil/227090/5 "2004-02-05T03:57:41Z")

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> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
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> And it’s “see-sil”.

Huh, I could’a swore it was “ses-il”