I use this screen name on other boards, and I've had people IRL refer to me as 'Work Rant.' I then refer to them as 'Illiterate.' posted by workerant at 7:37 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
cuh-NAP-ah? I guess? I don't tend to pronounce it unless I'm at a meetup, in normal reality it's just my username, a non-pronounced quasi-transliterated version of the cyrillic of my first name...
K=C, N=I (if you mirror the N anyway), A=A, P=R, A=A, H=N...
I went to Russia in 2002, just before I became a member, couldn't think of a name, so knapah it was... posted by knapah at 7:39 PM on July 29
I always shout it, take a shot of whiskey, punch a mime, and then fire a large caliber handgun into the air widly. Every single time. posted by Science! at 8:01 PM on July 29 [31 favorites]
y6, that is, hwahy six. posted by y6y6y6 at 8:06 PM on July 29
(The P sounds like an S, the o like an m, the e like an i, the G like a th, and the rest are all silent.) posted by Pope Guilty at 8:06 PM on July 29
It's spelt "mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey" , but it's pronounced "mister crash davis mark two jazz odyssey". The underscores and colon are silent.
Either KATT-ull-us or ka-TULL-us, depending on nothing in particular. posted by Kattullus at 8:25 PM on July 29
I remember at a meetup years ago some dorkbag insisting mathowie's username being pronounced 'math owie'.
That dorkbag was Afroblanco. posted by Item at 8:27 PM on July 29
Ha! My name is hard-to-pronounceable in English, despite looking reassuringly easy. The v is kinda like a w, but not. And the o is simple like pot, not diphthong like oh. rhymes with nova. posted by Sova at 8:27 PM on July 29 [2 favorites]
Gah, I wish we could change out usernames, I'm sure I'd be less of a lurker if I could retain my number and not have this goofy name (five minute between 12:00 and 12:05 to decide). posted by ugf at 8:33 PM on July 29
loquacious is pronounced FUCK YES I'LL HAVE ANOTHER SLICE OF PIE PLEASE THANK YOU. posted by loquacious at 8:39 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
So I recently realized my username could--and probably would--be read by most people as Library LIS (as in, hat tip to the degree). And then I was annoyed. Because it's Library Leees (like the car loan, and hat tip to my first name). posted by librarylis at 8:58 PM on July 29
Uh.. I'm not sure how it should be pronounced, but I say it "NAHS-ray-DIN." posted by nasreddin at 9:00 PM on July 29
Frum buk-lyn.
God I love Brooklyn but damn is it fucked in a cocked hat these days. Which gives rise to the alternate pronounciation, "back when I was young and had good hair whiskey was not a one way ticket to big, life changing regret." posted by From Bklyn at 9:02 PM on July 29
item: I remember at a meetup years ago some dorkbag insisting mathowie's username being pronounced 'math owie'.
Yeah, man, everybody knows it's pronounced ma-THOW-ee. posted by Kattullus at 9:12 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
It's spelled Heretic, but it's pronounced Raymond Luxury Yatcht. posted by Heretic at 9:13 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
To be honest, I have no idea, so usually just stick with oo-boo. posted by UbuRoivas at 9:13 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
Rump to the Izzle posted by Rumple at 9:15 PM on July 29
(whisper, as if you were introducing a spy for one dynasty, to that of another, opposing power):
paul.....ess....cee posted by paulsc at 9:17 PM on July 29
koeselitz is an alternate spelling of (Johann) Heinrich Köselitz' last name.
The German ‘ö’ sound, which has no English equivalent, is roughly produced by shaping one's mouth to pronounce a long ‘o’ sound, as in the English ‘boot’ or ‘stool,’ and then pronouncing through that unspoken ‘oooo’ mouth-shape instead a long ‘e’ as in ‘steel’ or ‘feet.’ If you wish, you may consult this handy guide to the pronunciation of the German ‘ö;’ it does tend to be difficult for non-Germans. (This is what it sounds like.) Also, given that Heinrich Köselitz was born and raised in Annaberg and educated at Leipzig, both of which are in Saxony, he would have spoken with the tone of the Saxon dialect, or Mitteldeutsch, with its slightly softer consonants somewhat akin to the gentle Austrian lilt, rather than the harsh gutturals of Hochdeutsch; this means that the syllable-initial s was unvoiced, and therefore his name would not have been pronounced ‘kuuh-ZEL-its’ but rather ‘kuuh-SEL-its.’
Now that I've explained that, I trust we won't have this problem at meetups anymore. posted by koeselitz at 9:17 PM on July 29 [4 favorites]
Joe thirteen double oh seven posted by JoeXIII007 at 9:39 PM on July 29
p jern. _NOT_ like bjorn... posted by pjern at 9:39 PM on July 29
arr-tee-aitch-ay
jessamyn says eartha. Other people say artha. It's all good. posted by rtha at 9:41 PM on July 29
Dictionary.com says em-puh-ree-uhn, but I'd say it more like em-peer-ee-uhn, with the stress on the second syllable. posted by empyrean at 9:44 PM on July 29
I'm just here until XQUZYPHYR checks in.
Easy. ex-CUSE-ifer. Rhymes with Lucifer. (Changed my whole Mefi experience when I realized it was pronounceable.)
(My username's too easy, so I had to pronounce someone else's.) posted by Zed at 9:48 PM on July 29 [7 favorites]
My last name is pronounced show as in showboat followed by berg as in iceberg. Unless you're Swedish, in which case it's pronounced in this weird way I can't replicate. posted by lore at 10:03 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
Interestingly (probably just to me) Metafilter actually changed the way I pronounced my username. In my head it's always (since I first started using it on the internet in 1994) been pronounced "dur-SINZ." Lo and behold I went to my first meetup and discovered that everyone-- and I mean everyone else pronounced it "DUR-sinz."
So I just sucked it up and went with what everyone else said, because what kind of jackass argues about how his fake internet name should be pronounced? posted by dersins at 10:09 PM on July 29 [3 favorites]
dersins: Interestingly (probably just to me) Metafilter actually changed the way I pronounced my username.
I've had a similar experience. I thought that my username should be pronounced the way I describe it above; but since everybody insists on saying it wrong every single time, I've finally given in. Now I just say it like everybody else and pronounce it “holy crap, is that guy ever going to shut the fuck up?” posted by koeselitz at 10:24 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
Kay-dihn
(The "2048" is silent. It's a little-known grammatical rule.) posted by Kadin2048 at 10:25 PM on July 29
I answer to any grunt, groan, or gutteral gurgle. posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:27 PM on July 29
It doesn't really matter how I pronounce my username, what matters is how I say yours. There are some people's usernames that I misread the first time I saw them and now I mispronounce them in my head every time I see them.
Examples:
dersins = deserins
I have to stop and think through pronouncing "Blazecock Pileon" correctly every time I see it because the alternative my brain initially gave me is waaaay off.
it used to be "russ em" but has now shortened to pretty much a single syllable... "ruzm"... posted by russm at 10:36 PM on July 29
Personally, I'd love some pronunciation tips from ~ and =^^=. 'Tilde and Kitty'? 'Swungdash and the Cat'? 'Mr. Squiggle and Pussyface'? posted by eatyourcellphone at 10:38 PM on July 29 [6 favorites]
Three short i's, and the accent on the rid. posted by Iridic at 10:40 PM on July 29
(the name Amy and the letters M and S)
posted by amyms
Oh, man. I've been saying "A Mimz" forever. This is going to take some serious retraining. posted by Pater Aletheias at 10:43 PM on July 29 [7 favorites]
That's okay, Pater Aletheias, whenever I see/say your name, the Pater reminds me of Potter and I picture you as a Beatrix Potter character. posted by amyms at 10:48 PM on July 29
Daniel Charms. The underscore is silent. posted by daniel_charms at 10:53 PM on July 29
I have to stop and think through pronouncing "Blazecock Pileon" correctly every time I see it because the alternative my brain initially gave me is waaaay off.
I always read it as "Blazecock Pigeon," because I have the reading comprehension of a two-year-old and who actually stops to think about usernames, you know? I couldn't figure out what it meant. Then I realized it is, indeed, "Pileon" but it still makes no sense and I still pronounce it "Pigeon." Which is better.
The joke's not as funny when you have to explain it. posted by Smart Dalek at 1:57 AM on July 30
김치
kimchee
As for mine, well, it's the only time I ever exhibited a modicum of foresight: posted by like_neon at 1:58 AM on July 30
Joe Fuss.
I heard a story that when an elderly and distant relative of mine moved to London from Poland in the twenties, he walked up and down the East-end asking everyone where he could find Vuh-hitty-cappal as it's the phonetic Polish pronunciation of Whitechapel.
It's the sound you make when you get your sexual organs trapped in something.
But I usually go with Juh-ZIX-kik, if forced to say it out loud. posted by jozxyqk at 2:34 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]
ハッカー is just "hacker" in Japanese.
My username is just my first initial and last name. Boring. At meetups I just say my real name. I wish I'd thought more about my username before joining, and sort of wish there was a way to change it. Oh well. posted by misozaki at 2:37 AM on July 30
"Fellini" like the director. "Blank" as in Grosse Pointe Blank. Sound it out, lazybones.
The only reason I read this entire fucking thread was in hopes that everichon would show up. I always imagine that sounding like how someone from Luxembourg would say "everyone." posted by FelliniBlank at 3:59 AM on July 30
"So where's Fafhrd?" (rimshot) posted by graymouser at 4:00 AM on July 30
"Milquetoast" -- but say it like you're calling me to dinner. Think "air-ball," only milquetoastier. posted by milquetoast at 4:13 AM on July 30
I usually just impersonate a group of bored teenagers, a soccer mom or a lawnmover or something. posted by soundofsuburbia at 4:23 AM on July 30 [3 favorites]
Mine's a bit obvious, isn't it? posted by aldurtregi at 4:23 AM on July 30
20 bucks, same as in town. posted by kalessin at 4:43 AM on July 30
Alder-tray-i
the "I" at the end sounds like the one in Tim.
It's an old norse word meaning death. I got it from a medieval Icelandic runic poem. posted by aldurtregi at 4:47 AM on July 30
I've always thought of XQUZYPHYR as a kind of cross between "Ex-CUSE me!??" and "Lucifer". So in my head the name means something like "What the fuck you saying, Satan?". posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:02 AM on July 30
most people say tommy lee. Definitely, definitely, not tommy lee.
Formed ages ago in some MMO or another, meant to denote any random melee based character. "There's Tom Melee and Susan Spellbinder". Etc. Carry on. posted by TomMelee at 5:24 AM on July 30 [2 favorites]
My username is unpronounceable, unfathomable, mysterious, enigmatic... but is at least correctly spelled. posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:30 AM on July 30
Oh, shit. I just noticed armage already did that upthread. Uh... something about babbies... and all your base. posted by Greg Nog at 5:42 AM on July 30 [2 favorites]
If you could pronounce it, I'd have to kill you because you're obviously a robot.
I answer to "Hey, you!" (hā yoo) posted by 1f2frfbf at 6:21 AM on July 30
Weirdly on-topic but OS X's speech synthesizer pronounces "mathowie" as "matt haughey", but if you alter it slightly, like add an extra "w" and it goes back to pronouncing it as "math owie". So someone inside Apple might be a secret MeFite. posted by Space Coyote at 6:31 AM on July 30 [3 favorites]
NAY-vuhl-GAY-zuhr, exactly like how you think. It was a name I chose for something else way back in film school, when I guess I was reading up on some Woody ALlen criticism or something and decided I just liked the word. posted by Navelgazer at 7:03 AM on July 30
None of this Balmer/Philly/NYC "gawd" crap, alright people? posted by god hates math at 7:28 AM on July 30
EE-vuh, not AY-vuh. (In Wall-E's voice when I want an extra helping of adorable/annoying.) The rest should be obvious. posted by EvaDestruction at 7:28 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]
lunit, for some reason I always want to pronounce yours "loon-unit" like Moon Unit Zappa
Even though that doesn't make a ton of sense, it's certainly cooler. Let's go with that, then. posted by lunit at 7:29 AM on July 30
spee (like speed) rose (like the flower, not the wine) posted by sperose at 7:30 AM on July 30
Some people thinks it's some sort of kinky sex thing, but it's not.
I wish I would have thought of "Bell, Book and Candle" before I came up with this one. That would have been a better handle. posted by double block and bleed at 7:35 AM on July 30 [2 favorites]
Pronounced the way it looks, but ALWAYS to the tune of Passion Pit's Sleepyhead. (At the end, when he actually says "Sleepyhead.")
Spif-fy Rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhb! posted by SpiffyRob at 7:41 AM on July 30
Mine is pronounced just like it looks, but to properly say my name, it should be screamed at the top of one's lungs, ideally in such a way that causes the vein in their forehead to stand out a bit. Both fists should be raised up and shaken, and the "in" should be held for at least five seconds.
Ideally, one should also drop to their knees, and there should be some tears on the sides of their cheek as well, but that is really only expected of people who know me personally. posted by quin at 7:47 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]
I've had the pronunciation of my name in my profile for a while now, since about half of the time I hear PLUH-ter instead of the proper PLOO-tore. posted by Plutor at 7:50 AM on July 30
Which, unfortunately, sounds just like misspelling number one "EatTheWeek" posted by EatTheWeak at 7:53 AM on July 30
Mine's, well, easy. At least I think it is. I've been using it as a handle for so long I pretty much answer to "Joan" although it isn't my name.
I've always heard "Afroblanco" in my head as if it's being read by a smooth jazz late night DJ. I'm not sure why. posted by JoanArkham at 8:00 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]
Kattullus: I say it "if to furf buff."
Quickly now, what rhymes with orange? *raises EMP gun, eyebrow* posted by 1f2frfbf at 8:05 AM on July 30
Pixel Boy. As in the sentence, "Who the hell is Pixel Boy?" posted by pixlboi at 8:12 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]
As I've said before, it's Europanto for "and and the" posted by yeti at 8:25 AM on July 30 [2 favorites]
I tend to not rely on internally echoed phonemes when reading text--it's more of a straight visual scan of data. posted by Burhanistan at 8:26 AM on July 30
It begins with subtle, slow-rolling notes of deep resentment against our loss in a the War of Northern Aggression, gradually meanders toward tones of forlorn wistfulness for antebellum glory then moves to a sharp, clean finish containing percolations of East Coast cosmopolitan presumptions and Yankee directness. posted by MasonDixon at 8:54 AM on July 30 [2 favorites]
I just assumed it was "one fish two fish," but I never progressed literarily beyond Dr. Seuss. posted by kittyprecious at 9:13 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]
Mine is pronounced the same as that of whoever I'm impersonating at the meetup. posted by little e at 9:13 AM on July 30 [2 favorites]
I thought you were impersonating Leanne Marshall. posted by kittyprecious at 9:14 AM on July 30
"Ma Pyaw-Pyaw" posted by zennie at 9:19 AM on July 30
>Ha! My name is hard-to-pronounceable in English, despite looking reassuringly easy. The v is kinda like a w, but not. And the o is simple like pot, not diphthong like oh. rhymes with nova.
Sorry, but I pronounce it suh-VAH like сова, and I can do no other.
prah-tso-VEE-tih
/praʦɔ'vitɨ/
posted by pracowity
Which, if anyone is curious, is Polish for 'hard-working.'
For mine, you have your choice between "languagehate" and "languagefat," amirite? posted by languagehat at 9:23 AM on July 30 [3 favorites]
Kind of a trumpeting fart into the first ten seconds of D.'S Car Jam/Anxious Mofo and then the sound of some one throwing half full plastic jugs of pee down an airshaft at four in the morning. posted by Divine_Wino at 9:59 AM on July 30
(this name is the result of jamming the keyboard in frustration after the first five names I wanted were already taken) posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 10:04 AM on July 30 [3 favorites]
[zɑrk]
Some people mistake the "Q" for a "G". Others see it and think "zerg," which is a little weird. posted by zarq at 10:07 AM on July 30
It's pronounced twenty-four.
Actually, it's OUT EE-trof, frequently shortened to OUT-EE. posted by owtytrof at 10:08 AM on July 30
soopur muhdoosuh
that said, I would be much more interested to know what some of these names mean. posted by supermedusa at 10:14 AM on July 30
-... .-.. ..- . ..--.- -... . . - .-.. . posted by blue_beetle at 10:24 AM on July 30
If you could pronounce it, I'd have to kill you because you're obviously a robot.
I am not able to pronounce it, because I am dead. posted by A dead Quaker at 10:33 AM on July 30
Dang. I'd been saying /pɹəkɑwɨti/. I guess this thread is working. posted by nebulawindphone at 10:36 AM on July 30
that said, I would be much more interested to know what some of these names mean.
Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series has a much-referenced almost-deity known as The Great Prophet Zarquon. His name is used as an epithet or exclamation ("Oh, Zarquon!" or "That's Zarquing Fabulous" or "Zarqing Shut the Zarq Up," etc., etc.) throughout the series and is abbreviated “zarq”.
I found it amusing, then. Now I just like it ‘cos it’s easy to remember. posted by zarq at 10:38 AM on July 30
"devil's advocate." Please do not make the mistake of pronouncing it "devils' advocate." I am an advocate for only one devil (at a time, at least). Back when I signed up, either spaces and punctuation were not allowed in usernames, or it might just have been that I was under the mistaken impression that they were not.
the littlest brussels sprout
posted by the littlest brussels sprout
Yes, but do you run the two s's together ("brusselsprout") or enunciate each separately ("brussels. sprout")? Because the latter would just be annoying. posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:55 AM on July 30
tedious injoke.
Wait, no, that's not it. Well, I might as well catch up.
I'm not the GuyZero on Twitter.
Also, Zed, I am a big fan of your new Canadian band, Zed-Zed Top.
And my username is pronounced "meh." posted by GuyZero at 11:15 AM on July 30
Fine fine, I'll give you a hint:
It's not GRIE-thur. posted by Grither at 11:17 AM on July 30
My name comes from Cronenberg's remake of "The Fly." It's the name Jeff Goldblum's character gives himself when he's halfway between being Seth Brundle and being the titular insect. posted by brundlefly at 11:21 AM on July 30
ELL-muhr BEHN-sun.
24th Governor of Minnesota, and the last to be elected from the Farmer-Labor party. posted by elmer benson at 11:24 AM on July 30
It's the sound you make when you get your sexual organs trapped in something.
Is it in the dictionary?
It could be if you're reading in the nude and you close the book too quick. posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 11:26 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]
Xoebe rhymes with Phoebe :P
Ok, ok, ok, sorry. Zee-bee.
It actually took me awhile to figure out how to pronounce it myself. I dropped the X in place of Ph, I had a dog named Phoebe. Didn't know if I should go with Zee-bee or Zhee-bee. I guess I could have gone Kee-bee, FWIW.
But, I go by Zeebee. posted by Xoebe at 11:30 AM on July 30
>It's an old norse word meaning death. I got it from a medieval Icelandic runic poem.
posted by aldurtregi
OK, in the first place, it's aldrtregi in Old Norse and thus in that runic poem; in the second place, as you can see by the interlinear literal translation in that link, it doesn't mean 'death' but 'deadly sorrow,' or more accurately 'lifelong sorrow': aldr is 'age, lifetime; old age; long period' and tregi is 'difficulty; grief, woe' (svá fellr mér þetta nær um trega, at 'this grieves me so much that'). Now you will be forced to choose another username! Bwahahaha! posted by languagehat at 11:36 AM on July 30 [3 favorites]
that said, I would be much more interested to know what some of these names mean.
My best friend and I were meeting up for coffee (incidentally it was the first time we've met in person; we were friends online for a year and a bit. Long story) and I had given her I Am Diva! as a belated birthday present - I read the book and thought it was great fun.
At the meetup she mentioned her hosting gig the next day, and said that she wanted to go as a bat; she had a poofy black dress and just needed wings. We walked around for a hardware store to get wire but none were open.
The next day I texted her suggesting she goes as a black widow spider instead. She replies saying that it's a great idea - spiders are her favourite creature. I said OK, I'll be the bat then.
When I get the photos from our first meeting developed, I put them online and named ourselves Divabat and Divaspider. It's been 6 years and the name's stuck, though now we just go "batty" and "spidey" at each other. Even her kid calls me Auntie Batty. posted by divabat at 11:43 AM on July 30 [2 favorites]
Go-fargo-go. NOT go-far-gogo posted by gofargogo at 11:43 AM on July 30
For you to pronounce it properly, I would have to cut out your tongue. posted by milarepa at 11:56 AM on July 30
GRAV (as in gravity) - ent (like the tree people) - ee
the "onastick" is the only tricky part.
...
Mr. Lover lover, Mr. Lover lover, girl, Mr. Lover lover
She call me crush-onastick say me fantastic, touch me in me back posted by graventy at 11:59 AM on July 30
the sound of a 1974 Lotus Europa colliding with 3 (three) tea chests filled with assorted Spode. posted by scruss at 11:59 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]
carbide: i do not recognize you from around here, but I fell in love at the Carbide & Carbon building (which was awkward, given that neither of us were single at the time).
graventy: i don't get it, but then, I'm a square. posted by crush-onastick at 12:21 PM on July 30
Yes, but do you run the two s's together ("brusselsprout") or enunciate each separately ("brussels. sprout")? Because the latter would just be annoying.
Most people run the s's together, no? I myself would not pronounce them separately. posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 12:43 PM on July 30
"Papa Oom Mow Mow" posted by Dr. Wu at 12:45 PM on July 30
For mine, you have your choice between "languagehate" and "languagefat," amirite?
My daughter's name is Aletheia. Pater Aletheias means Aletheia's dad.
Aletheia means truth.
I AM THE FATHER OF TRUTH. TO DISPUTE MY WORD IS TO IMPERIL YOUR IMMORTAL SOUL. posted by Pater Aletheias at 12:56 PM on July 30 [5 favorites]
Most people run the s's together, no? I myself would not pronounce them separately.
No, I've never heard anyone pronounce them separately (which is why it would be annoying if you did). But because of that, I was surprised at one point in my life to learn that they were "brussels sprouts" and not "brussel sprouts" as I had assumed from the pronunciation. I still have to consciously remind myself of the city in Belgium to get it right. (Indeed, Google confirms that "brussel sprouts" is a very common misspelling.) posted by DevilsAdvocate at 12:57 PM on July 30
It is pronounced like a gerund. The e is silent.
I was going to go kathrineg but I forgot my ice skates. posted by kathrineg at 12:57 PM on July 30
Not lime-ON-air or lime-O-nair. (Though I did like the lime-on-air drawing at stlmefi10.)
As in "Who Wants to Be a Limeonaire?"—the quiz bowl held at the 2000 Missouri Scholars Academy. My house's team made it to the finals.
The MSA 2000 colors were lime and teal, and the program coordinator had just been on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" so naturally, that became the name of the competition.
The week after arriving home from MSA, I took the name as my own, and I've used it ever since.
It's a) a plum preserve originating in Eastern Europe and/or b) a running joke from a short-lived comic book called Instant Piano.
I like it because it sounds crude but is quite innocent. posted by lekvar at 2:00 PM on July 30
lick her dawn life
lick herd awn life
LOL works too, given that we've come to that mutual context. Otherwise I'd think you're one of those people who pronounce internet acronyms out loud (PWPIAOL, pwip ee awl).
I can't find the comment that explains it, but that is a pictogram of two turntables and a crossfader if I recall correctly. posted by Rhomboid at 2:15 PM on July 30 [1 favorite]
scruss: That's funny. I was just looking up Spode online yesterday. Who knew that they don't like being baked at 180°C for half an hour? My wife certainly didn't. posted by Miss Otis' Egrets at 2:25 PM on July 30
Me, I like battle-style. posted by box at 2:28 PM on July 30
ha. you know, I've recently discovered that more people that I would have thought have wondered how to pronounce my username, which, now that I think about it, is understandable.
anyway, this is a neat thread, huh? posted by shmegegge at 3:20 PM on July 30
Say oh-bee but think of a wonderful magic land replete with rainbows, wizards, little people made of tickles and magical talking horses that can leap higher than the moon. posted by ob at 3:42 PM on July 30 [1 favorite]
Cobalt...nine. Like the number. It is the number. I don't know why I have the number anymore, except that that's what handles had back in the day, numbers in 'em. I've been here longer than Cobalt up above, fwiw.
It isn't cobalt-ine, which is the same as cobaltite, which is a combination of cobalt, arsenic, and sulphur, although I do have a tattoo of one of those elements. posted by cobaltnine at 3:47 PM on July 30 [1 favorite]
Say oh-bee but think of a wonderful magic land replete with rainbows, wizards, little people made of tickles and magical talking horses that can leap higher than the moon.
Is it okay if I instead continue to think of tampons? posted by Sys Rq at 3:50 PM on July 30 [1 favorite]
"Spin-e-fecks twenty three". posted by spinifex23 at 3:52 PM on July 30
candlejack
mill-krate or milk-rate, but not milk-crate posted by milkrate at 3:55 PM on July 30
This is a long thread. Can somebody tell me if peacheater has finally weighed in on the "peach eater" vs. "pea cheater" controversy? posted by yhbc at 8:44 PM on July 30 [1 favorite]
Dispassionately. posted by oddman at 8:55 PM on July 30
I thought it was pretty well established that she's neither an eater of peaches nor a cheater of peas, but instead a heater of PEAC. posted by dersins at 8:55 PM on July 30
Not like a Hobbit. posted by Biblio at 9:10 PM on July 30
Funny, I'd always read it as a tweet-like message that she was at her local emergency room after sustaining some serious aches during a phys. ed. class. posted by Rhaomi at 9:14 PM on July 30
Even though it's a really long name that made everybody at the meetup recoil, it's pretty much said like it looks. posted by Schlimmbesserung at 10:31 AM on July 31
Does anybody else think it's weird that George Lucas spells out droid names? You know, Artoo Detoo and See Threepio. That always kind of screwed with me when I was a kid. posted by jabberjaw at 11:53 AM on July 31
I don't really know why I chose this as my username, as it was a few years out of date in joke with some friends I never saw again.
Anyway, contrary to any logic, the binder is pronounced like cinder, not like finder (or, you know, binder). posted by yellowbinder at 9:54 PM on July 31
ah forget it.
posted by kuujjuarapik
I always mentally pronounce your name as Koo Joo Arr Ah Pick, and I picture you as a fantastical and futuristic version of a Water Pik. posted by amyms at 11:51 PM on July 31
I'm flattered by your image, but in reality I am only a mundane and antiquated toothbrush, slightly frayed from overuse. The pronunciation is pretty good though. Thank you, Ay Mee Em Ess. posted by kuujjuarapik at 3:45 PM on August 1
KKKrib chhhhom. Accent on the second syllable. Spit mandatory. posted by QIbHom at 7:24 AM on August 5
Like Timothy, but with a K at the start.
Kim-o-thee.
(Not like "thee," really, but an "e" sound with a "th" sound in front. Well... psh, you know how to say it...right?) posted by Kimothy at 10:49 PM on August 5
ah forget it.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 4:22 AM on August 1
I'm sorry to say, but I always read that as "Gawd, you're a prick". posted by pompomtom at 10:13 PM on August 6
Me, I kinda read it as, like, kujupik. That's probably a shame, because it's probably some kind of elaborate rebus or creation myth or Icelandic toast or recursive acronym or some goddamn thing. posted by box at 8:38 PM on August 7
And 'pompomtom,' of course, reads as 'Tom.' posted by box at 8:39 PM on August 7
hat's probably a shame, because it's probably some kind of elaborate rebus or creation myth or Icelandic toast or recursive acronym or some goddamn thing.
It's some oddly leggy mythic polar bear, IIRC (which makes me feel even sillier with my interpretation...) posted by pompomtom at 4:22 PM on August 8
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