# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/261 "2008-05-31T16:10:53Z")
Shkaw-eie-luuuu-air-rrk šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/262 "2008-05-31T16:35:58Z")
I use the standard English pronunciation of Siam. The Thais say it ā€œsa-yahm.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/263 "2008-05-31T19:36:29Z")
The only thing that might trip people up in my name is the Z ā€“ itā€™s pronounced separately. var-los-zee, not var-losz. It comes from a real name my friends and I stumbled across in high school (Varlos Z. Brathwaite) that became something of an inside joke. I think some people here do get it wrong because about one in ten posters, when writing my screen name here, types **Varloz**. [QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Doh-lorā€™-us Reeā€™-born (not Dee-lor-us!) [/QUOTE] I briefly dated a Dolores. She, too, was very insistent that people not substitute an ā€˜Eā€™ for that first ā€˜Oā€™. What is it with you gals? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/264 "2008-06-01T14:44:28Z")
ess - ul Not ess- el ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/265 "2008-06-01T21:22:30Z")
ne-maw-sin-ay Though a lot of people say nem-oh-seen. I often use mnems or mnemos as a short form (ā€œnemsā€ or ā€œnem-ohsā€). Either way, the m is silent šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/266 "2008-06-01T23:02:47Z")
I would never have guessed. Iā€™ve been mentally calling you ā€œnem-o-signā€ (or maybe nem-uh-zign?) for years. ---
**Author:** ![jaydotbeedot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jaydotbeedot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaydotbeedot)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/267 "2008-06-02T01:55:42Z")
Probably doesnā€™t need explanation, but: J.B. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/268 "2008-06-02T03:25:11Z")
I guess you would have to prounounce mine as ā€œShe-Is-A-Dorkā€ because a great many of the pronounciations in this thread are news to me. Signed, ROO-bee ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/269 "2008-06-02T03:37:39Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] Either way, the m is silent šŸ™‚ [/QUOTE] Which one? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/270 "2008-06-02T04:12:11Z")
[QUOTE=Ruby] Signed, ROO-bee [/QUOTE] Yay! Another Roo! Roosā€™ of the world unite! ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/271 "2008-06-02T11:43:20Z")
RAY-jā€™l in about 2.1 syllables. Sometimes pronounced with three (Ray-jee-el) which isnā€™t wrong, just more than I generally want to bother with. The angel and/or the medieval Arab poet might have other favored pronunciations, but theyā€™ve never contacted me to grumble about it. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/272 "2008-06-02T22:09:17Z")
Mine is: Kap-tcha. Why?..because thatā€™s how i sounded once when i sneezed. I can tell you, it is weird to see someone on the bus sneeze, then have this thoughtful look on their face! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/273 "2008-06-03T00:50:04Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Which one? šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] Either one, but itā€™s easier to drop the first šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/274 "2008-06-03T02:34:45Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Like ā€œKadgop the Mercotanā€. You know, like someone from Mercota. [/QUOTE] So, Kwag-dog the Mercaptan. Thanks, I totally get it now. Sorry man, Iā€™ve been looking at your name crosseyed for years. Itā€™s totally hardwired now. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/275 "2008-06-03T07:13:41Z")
QtMā€™s name is pronounced how itā€™s spelled, itā€™s just that those sounds are very awkward to non-Mercotians. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/276 "2008-06-04T03:24:57Z")
The clever names here were what caused me to not join right away. Czarcasm? Shirley Ujest? Great names. I lurked for about a year before joining and simply couldnā€™t come up with a clever name. It finally got to the point that I couldnā€™t keep my mouth shut any longer so I registered as Ruby and that was that. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/277 "2008-06-04T03:42:44Z")
Kane Zinth? Kane Ex Inth? Seriously I donā€™t even know anymore. I made it when I was 12 and thought I was a hacker on AOL 3.0. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/278 "2008-06-04T07:40:04Z")
I just found this thread. Fascinating! Hereā€™s mine, in case anyone ever wonderedā€¦ Eck (like tech) wua (like what) poise (like boys) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/279 "2008-06-04T10:26:37Z")
[QUOTE=cainxinth] I made it when I was 12 and thought I was a hacker on AOL 3.0. [/QUOTE] Ah, youth. What fools we were. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/280 "2008-06-04T12:24:45Z")
> [@](#): > > QtMā€™s name is pronounced how itā€™s spelled The problem is that itā€™s _mis_pronounced the way itā€™s spelled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789.md?page=15)