# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/21 "2008-05-27T19:04:49Z")
Flan (rhymes with “man”) - der (rhymes with “her”). _Where’s **Throatwarbler…** _ ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/22 "2008-05-27T19:07:03Z")
truh-bull ah-gan (or uh-gin, if you’re Southern) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/23 "2008-05-27T19:09:27Z")
Carried, like the verb. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/24 "2008-05-27T19:13:40Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] “On gaudy” [/QUOTE] on Dasher, on Prancer and Vixen! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/25 "2008-05-27T19:14:09Z")
Lewd-uhh-vick. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/26 "2008-05-27T19:14:12Z")
an-nee ecks-mas. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/27 "2008-05-27T19:15:57Z")
ZIP-ur Jay Jay ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/28 "2008-05-27T19:17:37Z")
Gwen-a-staze-a. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/29 "2008-05-27T19:18:21Z")
Blow a raspberry (by which I mean actually go through the act of sticking out your tongue and blowing to create a raspberry or zrbt kind of sound.) That is the pronounciation of **pbbth**. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/30 "2008-05-27T19:22:43Z")
Dud-lee Gah-ret ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/31 "2008-05-27T19:23:00Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] Blow a raspberry (by which I mean actually go through the act of sticking out your tongue and blowing to create a raspberry or zrbt kind of sound.) That is the pronounciation of **pbbth**. [/QUOTE] And I wonder how many of you will actually make that noise every time you see **pbbth’s** screen name from now on 😃 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/32 "2008-05-27T19:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] or \*\* Eonwe\*\*. For the latter I pronounce it **EE-ON-WAY**. [/QUOTE] I don’t think I need to do mine, but \*\*Eonwe \*\* would technically be \*\*Eönwë \*\* and we should be able to get the exact pronunciation out of the Redbook of Westmarch. The Eö is not a standard diphthong, so I would expect this to be three syllables in all. There are also six diphthongs: ai, oi, ui, ae, eu, iu Hiatus, a vowel following one without making a diphthong, are fully pronounced and sometimes indicated with diaeresis (double dot above the vowel.) The appearance of Hiatus (ä, ë, ï, ö, ü) in words is to show that the vowel isn’t silent, but fully pronounced. The ö & ë would normally be long. So I get “ **E’ on we** ” all vowels being roughly long. Stress on the first syllable. Jim (EE “Doc” Smith never included a pronunciation guide, so I leave \*\*QtM \*\* to him) ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/33 "2008-05-27T19:27:35Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] “On gaudy” [/QUOTE] I’m glad you showed up in here, because I have often wondered. BEE-duh-lin. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/34 "2008-05-27T19:32:11Z")
Rhythm Devil (Probably already known by most Deadheads and a few percussionists) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/35 "2008-05-27T19:33:55Z")
aNAAmika, with the two a’s representing a long a. Some people say it "AnaMIKa, making the a’s short…which is cool by me, but not correct, since you ask. Think of it as two words, really "AnAAM’ which means "without a name, and “ika”, which basically comes out to be “she”. (Not 100% true, but close enough.) She without a name. Anonymous. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/36 "2008-05-27T19:44:47Z")
Throatwarbler Mangrove you knew _somebody_ was going to do it ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/37 "2008-05-27T19:47:52Z")
Shah-guh-nas-tay ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/38 "2008-05-27T19:51:42Z")
Sole’-fee ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/39 "2008-05-27T19:55:53Z")
Just like you’d see it in the dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/40 "2008-05-27T20:06:01Z")
Ah-TAH-La-cuss/(kiss is acceptable also) Everyone says Auto-Lie-kiss, but they would be el-wrongo! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789.md?page=3)