# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/141 "2008-05-28T19:26:10Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] Well actually, I’m not sure either. I stole it from a book. But if I had to pronounce it I would say: Ka-da-gee [/QUOTE] I had a student with your name and she pronounced it Kah-DEE-zuh with the z sound almost a cross between a j sound and a z sound. Don’t know if that is an authentic pronunciation, but that’s how she said it. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/142 "2008-05-28T19:30:12Z")
sigh - cat with or without the ninety, though I think most people leave it off when actually speaking it. ---
**Author:** ![Aithele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Aithele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aithele)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/143 "2008-05-28T19:38:26Z")
Ah-THEAL (rhymes with deal) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/144 "2008-05-28T19:39:05Z")
My name is pronounced “Busta Chee Chee Trike Whore.” Or, “sur VY ə see.” You choose. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/145 "2008-05-28T19:41:06Z")
knee-koh knee-koh sue-rue. ---
**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 28, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/146 "2008-05-28T19:46:37Z")
[QUOTE=psycat90] sigh - cat with or without the ninety, though I think most people leave it off when actually speaking it. [/QUOTE] Wow, many have surprised me, but for some reason, I have been reading your name as PussyCat not Psi Cat. **Loach** , just to verify, I always assumed your name rhymes with coach. Is that correct? I think that is what you meant in your post. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/147 "2008-05-28T19:56:07Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] **Loach** , just to verify, I always assumed your name rhymes with coach. Is that correct? I think that is what you meant in your post. [/QUOTE] yes ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/148 "2008-05-28T19:57:56Z")
Mine rhymes with Atari. At least in my head - a lot of folks say AY-vuh-ree, like the name Avery. I got it from a book when I was 16, and have been meaning to change it for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/149 "2008-05-28T19:58:46Z")
“OR-zuh-ball”. I mentally distinguish my handle from the real Roland, who pronounces his name with the last syllable matching the first syllable of “balance”. Feel free to use either; I promise I won’t be offended. Now if I can just get people to spell it right, we’ll be all set. – Roland Orbazal/Orzal/Orzobal/Orzabol/take yer pick… ---
**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 28, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/150 "2008-05-28T20:12:51Z")
[QUOTE=Roland Orzabal] “OR-zuh-ball”. I mentally distinguish my handle from the real Roland, who pronounces his name with the last syllable matching the first syllable of “balance”. Feel free to use either; I promise I won’t be offended. [/QUOTE] I thought the real Roland pronounced it “Orthabl”. > [@](#): > > Mine rhymes with Atari. At least in my head - a lot of folks say AY-vuh-ree, like the name Avery. I got it from a book when I was 16, and have been meaning to change it for a while. _A Darkness At Sethanon_? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/151 "2008-05-28T20:20:01Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Matt mick-ELL. [/QUOTE] Heh, I never would have thought to say the MCL part as a word. In my mind it’s always been Matt Ehm-See-Ell. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/152 "2008-05-28T20:20:22Z")
Oh good god, I’ve heard every pronunciation physically possible and a couple of that make my head spin. I pronounce it Kai mare uh most of the time, sometimes Chih mare uh, which is how I pronounced it years ago. I’ve heard Shimmer uh, Chime Raw and CHIME -er-Ah. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/153 "2008-05-28T20:28:03Z")
Emily Rose ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/154 "2008-05-28T20:35:51Z")
liss-la liss-ar. **mlerose** , I would never have even tried to pronounce yours, or guessed the pronounciation. That’s a neat spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/155 "2008-05-28T20:37:06Z")
Spellbound. 15 quatloos the the frood who can guess why. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/156 "2008-05-28T20:38:01Z")
Just…incredible. I’m not, really ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/157 "2008-05-28T20:39:06Z")
[QUOTE=Punoqllads] Spellbound. 15 quatloos the the frood who can guess why. [/QUOTE] I get it! _It’s upside down and backwards_ OH! Now I get it! I’m not leaving without my 15 quatloos! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/158 "2008-05-28T20:42:32Z")
[QUOTE=Punoqllads] Spellbound. 15 quatloos the the frood who can guess why. [/QUOTE] Curse you, Justin! I be Too-pŭg Ann-ah-chī ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/159 "2008-05-28T20:44:14Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Kie (rhymes with ‘pie’) - thur - ay - ah. [/QUOTE] Oh man, I’ve been calling you Kie - thee - reeah, rhyming with cafeteria, all this time. Does it have a meaning? This is almost like having to re-arrange your mental picture of people when you meet them for the first time. Great idea for a thread, though… -trupa, pronounced, true - pah ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/160 "2008-05-28T20:44:46Z")
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