# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/161 "2008-05-28T20:46:38Z")
I say “matt em see ell” as well. 🙂 [QUOTE=mlerose] Emily Rose [/QUOTE] Not “M. LeRose”? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/162 "2008-05-28T20:48:36Z")
Ann-a-STAY-zhay-on. Real name is Stasia. Pronounced STAY-zsa. Not Sta-SEE-a, not Stacey-a, not Stahzhia. STAY-zsa. Zsa, like Zsa Zsa Gabor. Sounds like a soft J, but not quite. How do you write that sound out in the english language? I don’t know if it would make it easier or more complicated. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/163 "2008-05-28T20:52:48Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Or should we just call you clobhair-ceann and hide the booze? Remember that great Spider Robinson story about the cluricaun in Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon? [/QUOTE] First, I thought about spelling my username that way a long time ago, but apart from maybe 3 or 4 Dopers I didn’t think anyone would ever get it. As it is I think that only maybe 5 or 6 usually do anyway. Secondly, I have no idea about said story, but I’m going to look it up. ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/164 "2008-05-28T20:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] Just…incredible. I’m not, really [/QUOTE] Are you named for the wrestler? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/165 "2008-05-28T20:54:42Z")
[QUOTE=trupa] Oh man, I’ve been calling you Kie - thee - reeah, rhyming with cafeteria, all this time. Does it have a meaning? [/QUOTE] Well, the ancients had a [device](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism) that was supposed to protect them from her. Almost. don’t hit me ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/166 "2008-05-28T20:55:22Z")
Shahn-TOOZ. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/167 "2008-05-28T20:59:19Z")
G G like my initials, NOT zhee-zhee like the character. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/168 "2008-05-28T21:00:50Z")
[QUOTE=wasson] Rhymes with “sauce in”. [/QUOTE] But how do you pronounce “sauce”? Midwest, I’m thinking, like “hot”? ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/169 "2008-05-28T21:01:37Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] I’m not leaving without my 15 quatloos! [/QUOTE] quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/170 "2008-05-28T21:03:16Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] How do you write that sound out in the english language? I don’t know if it would make it easier or more complicated. [/QUOTE] Usually, “zh,” as in “Dr. Zhivago.” It’s not a normal digraph in the English language, but it makes sense as “zh” is a voiced “sh” (postalveolar fricative) just like “z” is a voiced “s.” Some dictionaries also use “zh” to denote this sound in words like: vi **si** on, trea **s** ure, bei **g** e, a **z** ure. ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/171 "2008-05-28T21:03:19Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] First, I thought about spelling my username that way a long time ago, but apart from maybe 3 or 4 Dopers I didn’t think anyone would ever get it. As it is I think that only maybe 5 or 6 usually do anyway. Secondly, I have no idea about said story, but I’m going to look it up. [/QUOTE] I just assumed it was from [this book](http://www.amazon.com/Callahan-Touch-Spider-Robinson/dp/0441001335/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt?ie=UTF8) by Spider Robinson. Oh, and just pronounce mine however you like. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/172 "2008-05-28T21:03:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cub Mistress] 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. [/QUOTE] Thanks for letting me know - I’m sure she knew better than I ---
**Author:** ![dactylic\_hexameter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@dactylic\_hexameter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dactylic_hexameter)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/173 "2008-05-28T21:07:17Z")
I think mine is straight-forward, but just to join the fun… dack-TILL-ick hex-A-meter (emphasis on the capitals) ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/174 "2008-05-28T21:16:10Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Are you named for the wrestler? [/QUOTE] I’m afraid I don’t know who you mean. But my username must be changed now. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/175 "2008-05-28T21:16:52Z")
SAT-va ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/176 "2008-05-28T21:17:16Z")
Man, I’ve been wrong about \*so many \* of you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/177 "2008-05-28T21:18:30Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] I’m afraid I don’t know who you mean. But my username must be changed now. [/QUOTE] [Peter Polaco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Polaco) (aka Justin Credible) ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/178 "2008-05-28T21:21:15Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] [Peter Polaco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Polaco) (aka Justin Credible) [/QUOTE] Well, I’ll be… I should’ve just gone with Super King, as I originally intended. ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/179 "2008-05-28T21:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] SAT-va [/QUOTE] I’ve been saying Sat-TO-ah ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789/180 "2008-05-28T21:22:26Z")
[QUOTE=dactylic hexameter] dack-TILL-ick hex-A-meter (emphasis on the capitals) [/QUOTE] It’s amusing that “dactylic hexameter” is neither dactylic nor hexameter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789.md?page=10)