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Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:01 pm
by KeemZ
KeemZ is pretty self explanatory and so is my psuto-main Dreamsliver, LoL.

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:09 am
by Anyia
Araela wrote:Araela = Uh-ray-lah
Araena = Uh-ray-nah
Anikah= Ah-nick-ah

I like A names for my hunters, apparently.
Anyia approves!

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:56 am
by Nubhorns
My names are pretty obvious. I don't like having to explain how to pronounce them again and again because people tend to add extra syllables when they do that. :P

Regardless, here you go:

Nubhorns is obvious. I'm not even going to go there.
Veeka is 'vee-cuh'.
Naggi is 'nah-gee'.

See a simple name pattern here?

Loya is kinda like a heavily accented 'lawyer'. 'Loyuh'.
Psychologist is just like the word. 'Sy-col-o-jist'.
If you don't know how to say Sigh... /sigh @ you.

And for kicks, pet names.
Veeka's bomb-sniffing boar is Torque - pronounced like 'pork' with a t. 'Tork'.
Her vicious eye-clawing hippogryph is Killinger - 'kill-in-jur' rather than 'kill-ing-er'.
Naggi's familiar, a tiny kitten with a huge ego, is Segretor. 'Sea-gra-tore'.

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:02 am
by Tudyk
Royi wrote: Heh, you ever get "Hey Tard!"?
My BF's brother does it ON PURPOSE. Invisatard, Zombietard, I've forgotten most of them ... but we get a LOT of snarky responses in randoms when I say "hey, tard! interrupt this, k?" until the PuG realizes I'm not talking about him XD

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:32 am
by Felidire
The original pronounciation was something along the lines of: "Fel 'n Dire" - But the very small number of friends that I had would always go: "FELIIII!! :3" when they missed me or hadn't seen me in a while. So that kind of put a little more emphasis on the "I".

Also, at first I noticed that guys would always call me: "Fel" and that girls would mostly say: "Feli" But nowadays I mostly get called "feli" both in chat and on vent. (Just out of couriousity, do you guys think "feli" or "fel" when you first look at this name? '.`

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So yeah.. "Feliiii" and "Dire" .. seems fairly straight forward. X3

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:36 am
by Royi
Felidire wrote:The original pronounciation was something along the lines of: "Fel 'n Dire" - But the very small number of friends that I had would always go: "FELIIII!! :3" when they missed me or hadn't seen me in a while. So that kind of put a little more emphasis on the "I".

Also, at first I noticed that guys would always call me: "Fel" and that girls would mostly say: "Feli" But nowadays I mostly get called "feli" both in chat and on vent. (Just out of couriousity, do you guys think "feli" or "fel" when you first look at this name? '.`

So yeah.. "Feliiii" and "Dire" .. seems fairly straight forward. X3
I think Fel personally. Like you were some sort of creature called Idire before, but then you joined the Burning Legion and added Fel in front of it.

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:13 pm
by Vephriel
I've always shortened it to 'Feli' in my mind, heh.

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:43 pm
by Azunara
Same as Veph. I always thought Feli.

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:22 pm
by Anyia
Felidire wrote:Just out of couriousity, do you guys think "feli" or "fel" when you first look at this name?
Definitely Feli.

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:35 pm
by Cialbi
Felidire wrote:(Just out of couriousity, do you guys think "feli" or "fel" when you first look at this name? '.`
Honestly, I just think "<Fweee~^^"

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:25 pm
by Aumecia
Aumecia: ow-MEE-chee-ah or Ah-Mee-chee-ah (Completely made-up name...actually got it from taking the first letter of various browser tabs I had open)

Lavanya: LAH-vah-nyah (My mage main... I get a lot of Lav/Love puns thrown at me, so I just gave up and her full name and title are, now and forever, "Lavanya the Love Fool")
Nekane: ne-KAH-ne (Rogue)
Josefina: ho-se-FEE-nah (Though I don't mind people shortening it to Jo/Joe) (Druid)
Melsine: ...I usually pronounce it MEL-seen or Mel-seen-e, but as long as Mel is pronounced correctly, I don't really care how people say the second syllable (Paladin)
Sakina: not sure if the emphasis is where it's supposed to be, but I say SAH-kee-nah. This is my hunter :-)
Pratfall the DeathGnome: self-explanatory. Bank alt.
Katrynne: ke-TRIN or kah-TRIN (Shaman)
Noriko: NO-ri-ko or NO-ree-ko (Warrior)
Elixabete: el-ik-za-bey-tey (Priest)
Kalisse: Kah-lis (Druid #2)

...Why yes, I DO have alt-itis, why do you ask? :-D

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:56 pm
by Miraga
Miraga: Meer-ahg-ah. :D
Esarosa: Es-ah-roh-sah.
Nakimera: Nah-kee-mehr-ah.
Amaranthe: Am-uh-ranth.
Cyleine: Sigh-lean. (lulz).

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:05 am
by Felidire
Royi wrote:Like you were some sort of creature called Idire before, but then you joined the Burning Legion and added Fel in front of it.
rofl, Idire sounds kinda cool. xD

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:27 pm
by Krysannis
Ooooh people say my name SO wrong sometimes!


Krysannis.

Chris-an-is.

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:19 pm
by Furiku
I personally pronounce my names like this:

Furiku = Fur-e-ku
Catalea = Cat-tah-le-a
Kourai = Kor-ai
Rinari = Rin-ar-e
Kaiuna = Kai-un-a

However in the case of Furiku, there is one person who just can't get it. My GM, Az. Every once in a great while he'll get it right, but other then that he just calls me Fu. That or tries not to refer to me by name. Which usually works. XD

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:22 am
by Cialbi
Felidire wrote:
Royi wrote:Like you were some sort of creature called Idire before, but then you joined the Burning Legion and added Fel in front of it.
rofl, Idire sounds kinda cool. xD
You really should make a Blood Elf alt somewhere named Idire. Maybe a Blood Knight that later follows too closely in the footsteps of Kael'thas, and somehow winds up becoming what Felidire is today?

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:25 am
by Azunara
Furiku wrote:I personally pronounce my names like this:

Furiku = Fur-e-ku
Catalea = Cat-tah-le-a
Kourai = Kor-ai
Rinari = Rin-ar-e
Kaiuna = Kai-un-a

However in the case of Furiku, there is one person who just can't get it. My GM, Az. Every once in a great while he'll get it right, but other then that he just calls me Fu. That or tries not to refer to me by name. Which usually works. XD
"Oi! You! No, not you. To the left! No, not you. Other left. No, no, no! With the spiky armor! That's a priest, idiot! No, THAT one. I give up."

Also. Eh. As a frequent RPer on these forums, here are my char names if you're every curious:

Azunara: (See first post.)
Kozridormu (Kozri): "Kaw (Like a bird. Caw, caw! Ryhmes with Aw.)-zree(Like tree, but with a z.)-door-moo"
Solara: Soul-air-ah
Ivika: Aye-vee-kuh
Shadwyn: Shad (Ryhmes with Had)-win
Speck: Pretty self explanatory.

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:35 pm
by Furiku
Azunara wrote:
"Oi! You! No, not you. To the left! No, not you. Other left. No, no, no! With the spiky armor! That's a priest, idiot! No, THAT one. I give up."
Typically when he gets to that point someone else over vent is like "Furi, he's talking to you." and I'm just like, "Yeah I know. But it's really amusing to listen to." and Az is all "You suck. You all suck."

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:48 pm
by Cozzene
Anyia wrote:
Cozzene wrote:But I will give you an irl spirit beast if you can PROPERLY pronounce Vertigineux. (Hint; the G is a J.)
I'm not sure what I'd do with an irl spirit beast, but I'd have thought it'd be pronounced something like "VER-ti-ji-NUH" (i.e. a typical French -eux).
I had totally forgotten my promise =( Which is good because I ate the spirit beast I was going to give off as a prize.

Vertigineux (which even I frequently try to spell with a)
ver-TIJ-ih-no (though I may be American-izing it)

People try to call her Vert, I am baffled as to why no one calls her Tig (tij), and one lone guildie calls her Tig (as in, the first syllable of Tigger).

Re: How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:01 pm
by Tyuriwen
Everyone had trouble with my name...it's even led to a nickname! First night raiding in my brand new guild 2 years ago, I got a 'Hey hunter...Torven..Tyorven...oh screw it, you're Bob.' from the raid leader :P It's changed to Bobette now, but that's essentially how I'm known to my guild :P

My character's name (Tyuriwen) is actually a melange of two Elven words, Tyuri is Cheese, and Wen is Maiden :P I do love me my cheese!

Anyway, it's pronounced Tee-yur (like you're)-eee (or iii if you're European!)-when.


My druid, Taurënil, is another Elven name, for Forest Maiden. And yes, the accent is vital to the pronunciation. Unfortunately, not many people pick up on this =(

It's T-ow!- (harsh rolling (R))EH - nil =)