Will you pronounce your screen name please?

[Sunspace]

I say “matt em see ell” as well.

@mlerose

Emily Rose

Not “M. LeRose”?

[Anastasaeon]

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.

[Cluricaun]

@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?

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.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Justin Credible

Just…incredible.

I’m not, really

Are you named for the wrestler?

[OtakuLoki]

@trupa

Oh man, I’ve been calling you Kie - thee - reeah, rhyming with cafeteria, all this time. Does it have a meaning?

Well, the ancients had a device that was supposed to protect them from her. Almost.

don’t hit me

[Chanteuse]

Shahn-TOOZ.

[gigi]

G G like my initials, NOT zhee-zhee like the character.

[gigi]

@wasson

Rhymes with “sauce in”.

But how do you pronounce “sauce”? Midwest, I’m thinking, like “hot”?

[Punoqllads]

@Justin Credible

I’m not leaving without my 15 quatloos!

quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo

[pulykamell]

@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.

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: vision, treasure, beige, azure.

[Wallflower]

@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.

I just assumed it was from this book by Spider Robinson.

Oh, and just pronounce mine however you like.

[Khadaji]

@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.

Thanks for letting me know - I’m sure she knew better than I

[dactylic_hexameter]

I think mine is straight-forward, but just to join the fun…

dack-TILL-ick hex-A-meter (emphasis on the capitals)

[Justin_Credible]

@Really Not All That Bright

Are you named for the wrestler?

I’m afraid I don’t know who you mean. But my username must be changed now.

[Sattua]

SAT-va

[Beadalin]

Man, I’ve been wrong about *so many * of you guys.

[Cluricaun]

@Justin Credible

I’m afraid I don’t know who you mean. But my username must be changed now.

Peter Polaco (aka Justin Credible)

[Justin_Credible]

@Cluricaun

Peter Polaco (aka Justin Credible)

Well, I’ll be…

I should’ve just gone with Super King, as I originally intended.

[Justin_Credible]

@Sattua

SAT-va

I’ve been saying Sat-TO-ah

[Punoqllads]

@dactylic hexameter

dack-TILL-ick hex-A-meter (emphasis on the capitals)

It’s amusing that “dactylic hexameter” is neither dactylic nor hexameter.