# Will you pronounce your screen name please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789 "2008-05-27T17:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/221 "2008-05-29T13:19:38Z")
[QUOTE=NajaNivea] Mine is na-ja niv-ae-uh [/QUOTE] But which syllables are accented? I mentally pronounce it NA-ja niv-AE-uh. Is that right? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/222 "2008-05-29T13:26:08Z")
fish-a. Short “a” sound. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/223 "2008-05-29T13:58:31Z")
Mine is pronounced “El Hombre de Las Palabras” 😉 (or “Guitar Geek” if you speak with a Gibson or Fender dialect) ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/224 "2008-05-29T14:20:27Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] See 'em? Why… ¿Qué? [/QUOTE] After 15 some odd years in the printing / paperboard business I have always found your username the easiest to pronounce. Although I’m afraid my mental image of you is a graduated color match indicator in all four shades. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/225 "2008-05-29T14:21:18Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] Although I’m afraid my mental image of you is a graduated color match indicator in all four shades. [/QUOTE] Close. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/226 "2008-05-29T14:51:58Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] I’m afraid I don’t know who you mean. But my username must be changed now. [/QUOTE] Google _everything_. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/227 "2008-05-29T14:56:57Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Google _everything_. [/QUOTE] Ok. 847,000,000 hits for _everything_. Now what? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/228 "2008-05-29T15:12:25Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Ok. 847,000,000 hits for _everything_. Now what? [/QUOTE] Profit! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/229 "2008-05-29T16:11:51Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] I was about to say, give that girl a prize… when I realized that I don’t know your gender. Oops! [/QUOTE] I am a female of the species! ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/230 "2008-05-29T16:42:20Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Ok. 847,000,000 hits for _everything_. Now what? [/QUOTE] Really? 847 million and that’s everything? Huh, I’d have thought there’d have been more. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/231 "2008-05-29T22:04:41Z")
[QUOTE=trupa] Oh man, I’ve been calling ( **Kythereia** ) Kie - thee - reeah, rhyming with cafeteria, all this time. Does it have a meaning? [/QUOTE] It’s an alternate name of the goddess Aphrodite, derived from the island of [Kythira](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kythira), which was considered to be “her” island (think rough analogy to a saint being the patron of a particular town or land). ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/232 "2008-05-29T22:21:00Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] As such (second song). [/QUOTE] With all due respect, I cannot see your screen name without seeing “Wookie In A Pub”. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/233 "2008-05-29T23:13:15Z")
irish girl…because I am. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/234 "2008-05-29T23:24:45Z")
Gay Ree Guh New ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/235 "2008-05-29T23:45:41Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Gay Ree Guh New [/QUOTE] Really? I always thought it was a play on “Gary knew.” What’s a guh new? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/236 "2008-05-30T00:05:29Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] Really? I always thought it was a play on “Gary knew.” What’s a guh new? [/QUOTE] Hmm, “Gary knee”? [Genu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genu) ---
**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:** [May 30, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/237 "2008-05-30T00:09:52Z")
Ore Ree Ell 😃 Short for Ore Ree Ellen ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/238 "2008-05-30T00:31:59Z")
“Cog” The eights are silent. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/239 "2008-05-30T00:40:48Z")
Everything you ever wanted to know about [gnu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_%28disambiguation%29)\* [sub]\*but were afraid to ask[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/240 "2008-05-30T00:41:27Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] Everything you ever wanted to know about [gnu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_%28disambiguation%29)\* [sub]\*but were afraid to ask[/sub] [/QUOTE] I already gnu. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789.md?page=13)