Will you pronounce your screen name please?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I say “matt em see ell” as well. :slight_smile:
[QUOTE=mlerose]
Emily Rose
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Not “M. LeRose”?

162

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.

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[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?
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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.

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[QUOTE=Justin Credible]
Just…incredible.

I’m not, really
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Are you named for the wrestler?

165

[QUOTE=trupa]
Oh man, I’ve been calling you Kie - thee - reeah, rhyming with cafeteria, all this time. Does it have a meaning?
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Well, the ancients had a device that was supposed to protect them from her. Almost.

don’t hit me

166

Shahn-TOOZ.

167

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

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[QUOTE=wasson]
Rhymes with “sauce in”.
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But how do you pronounce “sauce”? Midwest, I’m thinking, like “hot”?

169

[QUOTE=Justin Credible]
I’m not leaving without my 15 quatloos!
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quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo quatloo

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[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.
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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.

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

Oh, and just pronounce mine however you like.

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

173

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

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

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
Are you named for the wrestler?
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I’m afraid I don’t know who you mean. But my username must be changed now.

175

SAT-va

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

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[QUOTE=Justin Credible]
I’m afraid I don’t know who you mean. But my username must be changed now.
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Peter Polaco (aka Justin Credible)

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]
Peter Polaco (aka Justin Credible)
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Well, I’ll be…

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

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[QUOTE=Sattua]
SAT-va
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I’ve been saying Sat-TO-ah

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[QUOTE=dactylic hexameter]
dack-TILL-ick hex-A-meter (emphasis on the capitals)
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It’s amusing that “dactylic hexameter” is neither dactylic nor hexameter.