# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/241 "2008-05-30T00:44:52Z")
[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] But that list ignores the “No Gnews is Good Gnews with Gary … Gnu” from [The Great Space Coaster](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Space_Coaster). Which sure seems to be what Gary was referencing. I don’t believe I remembered enough about that show to find the reference. Back to the Otaku cave. ---
**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 30, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/242 "2008-05-30T00:55:32Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] But that list ignores the “No Gnews is Good Gnews with Gary … Gnu” from [The Great Space Coaster](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Space_Coaster). Which sure seems to be what Gary was referencing… [/QUOTE] Indeed. [Here’s](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/garygnu.jpg) what my avatar would be. I even experimented with adding a “g” in front of words starting with “n” in my posts but it was too cumbersome. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/243 "2008-05-30T00:56:49Z")
Merci a la bon dieu! ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/244 "2008-05-30T01:39:43Z")
Juh-PAN Dood ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/245 "2008-05-30T03:22:45Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888] “Cog” The eights are silent. 🙂 [/QUOTE] 🙂 [QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] But which syllables are accented? I mentally pronounce it NA-ja niv-AE-uh. Is that right? [/QUOTE] Yaar, that be it. 😉 Just don’t call me “NIV-ee-uh”, that makes me kinda stabby. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/246 "2008-05-30T03:48:24Z")
“Di-Fool”, with a short i, not “Die-Fool”. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/247 "2008-05-30T04:02:17Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] See 'em? Why… ¿Qué? [/QUOTE] Darn, I’ve been mispronouncing yours as “Are Gee Bee”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/248 "2008-05-30T05:49:39Z")
Lahk-Eye ---
**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:** [May 30, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/249 "2008-05-30T19:49:10Z")
Like “Kadgop the Mercotan”. You know, like someone from Mercota. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/250 "2008-05-30T20:28:09Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] Your link won’t work for me - is it like the Eddie Murphy skit on SNL - “Wookin Pa Nub in all the wrong places, wookin pa nub…?” Joe [/QUOTE] :eek: :eek: I finally GET IT! Up until this moment I couldn’t conceive of anything other than ‘‘Wook in a Pub.’’ I KNEW it wasn’t ‘‘Wook in a Pub’’ but I couldn’t stop myself from the mental picture of some hairy creature downing some lager at the bar. Wookin pa nub! Of course! :smack: Mine’s obvious enough, right? OLIVES MARCH FORTH The pronunciation is the same, but I’m sure some of you are thinking, ‘‘March fourth’’ right? No. You have to think of a great army of olives, marching toward their destiny. The fact that my birthday is on March 4th has no bearing on this whatsoever. Mere coincidence. I’m happy to report that I’ve always been mentally pronouncing **Phlosphr** correctly. The rest of you, though, forget it! I like **beebs** but I always just run the letters together for **bbs2k**. Sounds like ‘‘bbstk.’’ Yeah I totally thought you were a chick before. ---
**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 30, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/251 "2008-05-30T21:20:52Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] You have to think of a great army of olives, marching toward their destiny. [/QUOTE] I always thought of a great army of olives marching toward a giant martini. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/252 "2008-05-30T21:24:05Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I always thought of a great army of olives marching toward a giant martini. [/QUOTE] How do you know that giant martini _isn’t_ their destiny? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/253 "2008-05-30T21:44:57Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I always thought of a great army of olives marching toward a giant martini. [/QUOTE] Well, that would just be silly. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/254 "2008-05-30T22:46:02Z")
Moe-bo eighty-five ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/255 "2008-05-31T00:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Gay Ree Guh New [/QUOTE] [Like this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgo6s1lBbw) ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/256 "2008-05-31T00:16:49Z")
Bich. I hope no one has used this already. I just couldn’t make it through six pages of pronunciations in today’s frame of mind. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/257 "2008-05-31T13:23:03Z")
Damn, I have neither an unexpected pronunciation nor an amusing witticism to share. I fail at this thread. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/258 "2008-05-31T13:25:29Z")
I’ve always wondered if an “One” was something like a “pony”. You’ve kept me up at nights with this. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/259 "2008-05-31T13:30:41Z")
I think mine’s self evident, but for some reason, several different Dopers have stuck a “g” in the middle of my user name. 😕 I-VEE-LASS. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/260 "2008-05-31T15:48:32Z")
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