How are your forum names pronounced correctly?

[GuessingEveryDay]

Mine's straight forward. However, for some reason they either misspell my real name with a J, not G. Or end with ery instead of rey.

Edited March 11, 2021 by GuessingEveryDay
Please don't figure out my real name.

[Vanamonde]

3 hours ago, razark said:

Rather surprised to not see a "Raymond Luxury Yacht (pronounced ‘Throatwobbler Mangrove’)" reference yet.

I already used that joke the last time this subject came up.

[StrandedonEarth]

6 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

_straightf_orward

Allow me to introduce you to my friend Gktmglnt 

Edited March 11, 2021 by StrandedonEarth

[cubinator]

It's pronounced r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2

[Cydonian Monk]

12 hours ago, Geonovast said:

With a 'G', like in 'Gif'.

I don't know if there's a forum rules violation in your post, but there's definitely a war crime of some sort.

[YNM]

3 hours ago, Cydonian Monk said:

I don't know if there's a forum rules violation in your post, but there's definitely a war crime of some sort.

You'd be surprised that the guy who came up with the standard agrees with the less popular opinion.

[Felsmak]

The E in the "fel" part is pronounced like the E in "beer". The A in the "smak" part is pronounced like the A in "Martin". The stress goes on the last syllable.

"FELL-smack" is also fine.

[SOXBLOX]

[sax,' blax]

Origin: My head!

[HansonKerman]

straightforward. However feel free to call me any nickname, derogatory or otherwise

[Starhelperdude]

4 minutes ago, HansonKerman said:

straightforward. However feel free to call me any nickname, derogatory or otherwise

I alway read HansomKerban for some reason xD

[AlamoVampire]

On 3/11/2021 at 7:32 AM, YNM said:

You'd be surprised that the guy who came up with the standard agrees with the less popular opinion.

Way i see it gif =\= jiff. That may be what the creator wanted but when the majority of people say that using a J sound is wrong and to use a guh sound (think tigger from winnie the pooh saying how to spell his name) then the creator becomes wrong. But thats just my .02.

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[kerbiloid]

Graphics Interchange Format

If "gif" is /jiff/, then the first word is /dzhrafiks/

Jrafix Interchange Phormat.

[Moach]

No sane person would ever call a .gif a "jiff" - Doesn't matter that this was the original notion of the inventor, it will be "Ghiff" forever, the way normal ppl say it!

Back on topic,

The name is Moach, it rhymes with "Coach" or "Roach",  or "Poach". 

 

For english speakers it's hard to get it wrong.

For Latin language natives, on the other hand, it's almost guaranteed they'll mess it up from reading without having heard it out loud beforehand.  - Unless they're well familiar with english, and correctly assume that a random person on the internet expects his name to be pronounced with english-based phonemes.

 

And yes, I've had people outside the internet (IRL) address me by that name.  I suppose they found it catchy...

[Cydonian Monk]

7 hours ago, Moach said:

For english speakers it's hard to get it wrong.

For Latin language natives, on the other hand, it's almost guaranteed they'll mess it up from reading without having heard it out loud beforehand.

Amusingly the same can be said for gif...... Folks keep writing that it might be pronounced "jiff" with a "J" sound, which to my ears sounds like the typical Spanish/Mexican J, ala Jacinto or Joaquín or Jefe or etc., more of an equally confused gurgley hy sound. So... hiff? Except ghiff? Not to be confused with ghiff, of course, or hgiff, which itself sounds like gif but doesn't because it's not and shouldn't. 

Personally I'll just keep pronouncing it like a t-less gift.....

[Souptime]

Soup-time

Its ancient latin for "Time for soup mmm mmm yummy yummy"

[Guest]

Spayce-ecks boy

[TheKosanianMethod]

The Ko-Sa-Ni-An Meth-od

Ko (as in cocoa) Sa (the a as in "say ahhh") Ni (as in the knights of Ni) An (like the English word "an")

This is what I get for using old Czech words as a basis for a username...

[Stormpilot]

Storm-Pie-Lot

[Kernel Kraken]

"Kernel" like Colonel or a popcorn kernel or that nerdy linux thing I keep hearing about.

"Kraken" like Crack-inn, just the Norse sea monster. Believe it or not, I didn't name myself after the KSP Kraken.

On 3/11/2021 at 4:14 AM, Cydonian Monk said:

I don't know if there's a forum rules violation in your post, but there's definitely a war crime of some sort.

Unless you pronounce "Graphic" like "Giraffe", it should be pronounced Geonovast with a hard G. I've always read it with a soft G/ J sound, though. If it's a J sound, I'm fighting @Geonovast for saying Gif with a soft G sound like some kind of egg-nor-ray-mousse.

[Geonovast]

On 4/29/2021 at 8:17 AM, Kernel Kraken said:

nerdy linux thing I keep hearing about.

All operating systems have one, you just don't hear about people running around compiling their own Windows or Mac kernels.

On 4/29/2021 at 8:17 AM, Kernel Kraken said:

I'm fighting @Geonovast for saying Gif with a soft G sound like some kind of egg-nor-ray-mousse.

I pronounce Gif with a hard 'G' and Geonovast with a soft 'G'.  I just wanted see what kind of reactions I would get. 

[Venusian Explorer]

Blac-ne-za-zhur-vail-bor

[OrdinaryKerman]

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[Ben J. Kerman]

Mine is simple. But, in my signature, Kiebherr is pronounced "Keeb-Hair" and Liebherr is pronounced "Leeb-Hair". Kiebherr is the Kerbal version of the German construction equipment/crane/fridge/gear cutting machine manufacturer Liebherr.

[Dr. Kerbal]

Mine is simple.

Doc-tor Ker-bal . 

[Pthigrivi]