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Pronunciation is the Fixation
I Am The 1337 Master at 8:38AM, Feb. 25, 2011
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How do you pronounce your alias properly.

People with obvious ones like “I am the ‘leet’ master” can come here too but I thought this could be fun for the people who don't have as obvious ones.

My mistakes so far:
Jean-joke
(possibly Niccea, Rokulily, and Hark)…
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Genejoke at 9:16AM, Feb. 25, 2011
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1337 is supposed to mean leet? wtf?

:)
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Ozoneocean at 9:24AM, Feb. 25, 2011
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I Am The 1337 Master
People with obvious ones like “I am the ‘leet’ master” can come here too but I thought this could be fun for the people who don't have as obvious ones.
Every time I see your nick it reminds me off the Evite Master!



God I love that theme tune. I wish it was a full song :(
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Hunchdebunch at 12:58PM, Feb. 25, 2011
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I don't know if mine's obvious or not lol

It's hunch dee bunch. although I have had people in the past wrongly say hunch deh bunch.
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Chernobog at 4:47PM, Feb. 25, 2011
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Either Churn-oh-bog or Shern-a-bog, but I'm not hung up on the pronunciation in any event. In my book, if it sounds guttural you're doing it right.


“You tell yourself to just
enjoy the process,” he added. “That whether you succeed or fail, win or
lose, it will be fine. You pretend to be Zen. You adopt detachment, and
ironic humor, while secretly praying for a miracle.”
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elektro at 7:49PM, Feb. 25, 2011
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My handle is easy to pronounce. However, it seems to get misspelled a lot. I am not the Spider-Man villain.
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Dodger at 8:07PM, Feb. 25, 2011
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I think mine's pretty easy to pronounce, ha ha ha~

But I'd like to know how many people know how to pronounce my character “Tadhg”'s name without looking it up. I've had some interesting guesses over the years. : B

Koji Takahashi Stops the World, full color, updating Mondays
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HippieVan at 8:10PM, Feb. 25, 2011
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I think mine is pretty easy.

The only ones I've ever really had trouble with were lba(which I thought was Iba for a really long time) and Niccea, which I thought I had right until I saw her sig.
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DAJB at 1:12AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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I was amused to hear Skoolmunkee and Ozone stumbling over mine on the QuackCast recently. For future reference, I pronounce it “Daj” with a silent “b”.

You know … like “lamb” or “comb”!
;-)
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Genejoke at 1:23AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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I always thought of it a D.A.J.B. as in dee-ay-jay-bee
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DAJB at 1:37AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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Genejoke
I always thought of it a D.A.J.B. as in dee-ay-jay-bee
You're not alone. But as SM and OZ found in the QuackCast, you can then trip yourself up trying to remember which order the initials are supposed to be in!

When you don't have it in front of you, “Daj” is a lot easier to remember. And shorter. Monosyllables are cool!
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Abt_Nihil at 4:36AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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Upped Knee Heel. :p

I Am The 1337 Master
My mistakes so far:
Jean-joke…
Where's the mistake?? ^^;
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I Am The 1337 Master at 6:08AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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My mistakes so far:
Jean-joke…
Where's the mistake?? ^^;
I thought it was Jen-ay-joke.

And I never would have guessed the silent b DAJB. 0_0
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ramlama at 6:14AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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Rom Lom-ma. Nowadays I base my handle on my given name, which can commonly be lengthened to Rama Lama, or Ramachandra Lama. I'm told the name is very popular in India. Which doesn't explain why a pasty white lady from a Protestant backround chose it for her son. But whatchagonna do, right? I've discovered that almost everyone that I meet remembers it, so its pretty good for marketing.

The bane of my middle school existence? When choir had to learn that song from Grease with the lyrics “rama lama ding dong.”
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ayesinback at 6:21AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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My name derived from “a yes in back”, which was my response to a particular situation

When I say it, I mash it together “ah yez-iback”

But since the name's been frequently abbreviated to ayes (which I find to be an improvement — plural positive) I'm guessing everyone thinks eyes-in-back, which is fine
You TOO can be (multiple choice)
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BffSatan at 7:44AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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Gosh, turns out I've been pronouncing a lot of names wrong.
DAJB, I had wrong.
Abt_NiHil, I was pronouncing About Nil.
And Hunchdebunch… you don't even want to know how badly I messed up Hunchdebunch.
I'm actually surprised though that I got ayesinback right.

I suppose I don't need to explain BffSatan to anyone. Right?
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Abt_Nihil at 7:50AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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ramlama
The bane of my middle school existence? When choir had to learn that song from Grease with the lyrics “rama lama ding dong.”
I'm embarrassed to say that's exactly what I was thinking of all the time ^^;
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I Am The 1337 Master at 8:08AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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Abt_Nihil
ramlama
The bane of my middle school existence? When choir had to learn that song from Grease with the lyrics “rama lama ding dong.”
I'm embarrassed to say that's exactly what I was thinking of all the time ^^;
We go together like dip da dip da dip doo wap a doobie doo
chang chang changity ship shoo bop we'll always be like one
wah wah wah wah wah



Hey…it had a flying car in it…(technically)
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Genejoke at 8:21AM, Feb. 26, 2011
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DAJB
Genejoke
I always thought of it a D.A.J.B. as in dee-ay-jay-bee
You're not alone. But as SM and OZ found in the QuackCast, you can then trip yourself up trying to remember which order the initials are supposed to be in!

When you don't have it in front of you, “Daj” is a lot easier to remember. And shorter. Monosyllables are cool!

It's four letters how hard can it be? ;P
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Abt_Nihil at 4:05PM, Feb. 26, 2011
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Abt_Nihil
ramlama
The bane of my middle school existence? When choir had to learn that song from Grease with the lyrics “rama lama ding dong.”
I'm embarrassed to say that's exactly what I was thinking of all the time ^^;
We go together like dip da dip da dip doo wap a doobie doo
chang chang changity ship shoo bop we'll always be like one
wah wah wah wah wah



Hey…it had a flying car in it…(technically)
That made me look it up on youtube… and I realized, the song I had in mind was actually this one:
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ayesinback at 6:31PM, Feb. 26, 2011
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@ Abt_Nihil - thanks, I thought it was something like “about” also

@ BffSatan, er—not sure. “Biff” Satan?

@ ramlama. Yours I got right, but rama lama ding dong helps me remember how to say
m.night shyamalan
You TOO can be (multiple choice)
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skoolmunkee at 2:52AM, Feb. 27, 2011
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Haha, I've said all your names wrong. Sorry folks. :]
IT'S OLD BATMAN
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blindsk at 10:09AM, Feb. 27, 2011
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I thought it was Jen-ay-joke.

Haha, anyone else picturing Forrest Gump now?

I don't believe my username warrants help pronouncing it. ;)
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therealtj at 12:18PM, Feb. 27, 2011
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A lot people think I'm the location of an alternative “J.” It's supposed to be “The Real TJ.” WHICH I AM AND ANYONE ELSE CLAIMING THE SAME IS A LIAR.

“The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the letter Q into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable.”
-Douglas Adams, The Restaurant At the End of the Universe
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I Am The 1337 Master at 1:15PM, Feb. 27, 2011
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I thought it was Jen-ay-joke.
Haha, anyone else picturing Forrest Gump now?
Oh god…yes…now I am…

If I could only find that picture…



To tj: I don't see how they could do that…
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KomradeDave at 1:37PM, Feb. 27, 2011
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'Ko' ‘mra’ ‘deDa’ ‘ve’

It's Alcortian for ‘Rock you like a hurricane.’
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: The Anti Sprite Coalition on fire off the shoulder of Cut and Paste. I watched Top Drawer glitter in the dark near the Forumhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, likeā€¦ tears in the rain.
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therealtj at 2:12PM, Feb. 27, 2011
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To tj: I don't see how they could do that…
Neither do I! But I've frequently been asked how the words were supposed to be separated.

“The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the letter Q into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable.”
-Douglas Adams, The Restaurant At the End of the Universe
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Niccea at 4:08PM, Feb. 27, 2011
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Neh-sea-ah

I made up the name, so I reserve the right to pronounce it as I see fit regardless of the proper sounds the letters make.
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I Am The 1337 Master at 5:10PM, Feb. 27, 2011
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Niccea
Neh-sea-ah
That isn't even close to my guess…
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Ozoneocean at 3:53AM, Feb. 28, 2011
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Niccea
Neh-sea-ah

I made up the name, so I reserve the right to pronounce it as I see fit regardless of the proper sounds the letters make.
In Italian i think you'd pronounce that “Ni-CHee-a”

People often just call me “Oz”, or “ozone”, both of which are great :)
“Ocean” is a little weirder, and “OceanOzone” has me scratching my head a little, but neither is bad.
“OO” however takes me a while to grasp the meaning. Two “O”s look like eyes or boobs something rather than two letters so it's not always an obvious initial.

Peoeple all pronounce my nick right, but due to region accents it can sound unexpected and entertaining. I used to love the way Black-Kitty would say it 'OH-sone“, and Creepy-Carly says ”OH-Zone“
The Australian way to say ”Oz“ is ”oZ“ whereas the American way seems to be more emphasis on the ”O“ to make it almost ”Orrz“ or ”AWz".

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