# Yes, but how do you say it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 25, 1999, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027 "1999-11-25T15:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/21 "1999-11-26T02:37:00Z")
I’m the artist formerly known as Ñ%@\*&#. My enemies call me Wally. ## My friends call me klutz. This space for rent. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/22 "1999-11-26T03:21:00Z")
Well, call me klutz too – I have no idea why that posted three times! I think it’s AOL… * * * Best! Byz ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/23 "1999-11-26T03:31:00Z")
Soft C. Suh-sandra. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/24 "1999-11-26T05:02:00Z")
[/quote] Jophiel, ``` is that FYE as in Fee fye foe fum ?[/unquote] ``` Yes. FYE as in “rhymes with ‘eye’” * * * “I guess it is possible for one person to make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/25 "1999-11-26T05:08:00Z")
for me: Doo-bee-us. Like it was hard to pronounce in the first place 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/26 "1999-11-26T11:02:00Z")
Say Tan. Not like that hockey geek… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/27 "1999-11-26T11:26:00Z")
Do I really have to tell you? ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/28 "1999-11-26T11:28:00Z")
:o nevermind what I said above It’s pronounced like Huey or Dewey, only with an L at the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/29 "1999-11-26T12:05:00Z")
Mine’s pronounced: “Paul” Confuses a lot of people, as I guess on first glance it’s easily misread. * * * -PIGEONMAN- Hero For A New Millennium! [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - updates every Wed & Sat. If I can be bothered. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/30 "1999-11-26T15:48:00Z")
Luxury-Yacht, thank you. _ahem_ . . . actually, it’s POOH-ka. The spelling is some variant of old English. * * * Will work for sig line. ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/31 "1999-11-26T19:50:00Z")
Babar Seven-Fourteen NOT Seven One Four or Seventy-One Four or Seven Hundred Fourteen. Just Seven Fourteen. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/32 "1999-11-26T20:26:00Z")
Matt McLuh. Or Matt Mickle. Or Matt McLauchlin. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/33 "1999-11-26T20:47:00Z")
Ay - Dub - Bull - You - Bee ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/34 "1999-11-26T21:54:00Z")
“kween” and “god-dess” but you can call me Blue. * * * The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. –Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/35 "1999-11-26T23:27:00Z")
Ril-chee-am. I have a friend who says he always reads it as Ril-kime, as in the Yiddish _chaim_, but it’s not even spelled that way. * * * Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together. —Red Green ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/36 "1999-11-26T23:36:00Z")
She Who Rules the Universe with Iron Fists 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/37 "1999-11-27T02:44:00Z")
Markxxx is any one’s guess. I go for Triple X Mark. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/38 "1999-11-27T03:18:00Z")
It never occurred to me that someone could have trouble with mine, but I know at least one poster did so here it is: SIGH-co-racks. ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/39 "1999-11-27T08:05:00Z")
NAR-RYE-EL ## It can also be be pronounced Raymond Luxury Yatched, or Mangrove Throatwarbler. And yes, that is my real nose. \>\>Being Chaotic Evil means never having to say your sorry…unless the other guy is bigger than you.\<\< —The dragon observes ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027/40 "1999-11-29T17:18:00Z")
(Despite the fact that I was specifically told notto in the OP) You-way Han. Originally Eye You-way Han. –John * * * Miskch’s Law- It’s better to have a horrible ending than horrors without end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-but-how-do-you-say-it/15027.md?page=3)