How Do You Pronounce Your Name?

Derek Pierce · Post by **Derek Pierce** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:30 am

"Derek Pierce"

Derek = pronounced the same as "Derick"

sounds like "tear" and "ick"

Pierce = Just like the actor "Pierce Brosnan" from the newer James bond movies

Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:57 pm

Alright, good and simple!

A - Uh
llann - lawn or like a dipthong l ua wn
a - uh

Bran - Like OH NO! NOT MY BRAN MUFFIN!
wen - win or when (I prefer when)

Cul - Rhymes with Hull (as in the hull of a boat)
wich - Witch!

Post by **Tains Kendris** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:52 pm

Thought I dig up one of this kind of posts that are informational about... ME! /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Tains- Proununced like the word Rains but without the R and a T
Rains-R=ains+t=Tains

Kendris- Ken-Dris ;p

-Tains

Post by **Jacord Brieremere** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:51 am

Jacord Brieremere

This is going to date me, but I used to use this name when I played D&D in college (ack so so long ago)

Ja= short a like in about
cord= pronounced with a hard C like in car

Briere= like briar as in briar patch
mere= rhymes with 'here'

But I mostly go by the shortened Jac, pronounced just like 'Jack'.

I get mistaken for a guy by using Jac, but I don't mind. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Peter Shechem** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:12 pm

Mine is pretty simple:

Pe as in P
ter ter

And my last name

She sha
chem cem

So it's P-ter Sha-cem

So, for anyone interested.

Alanna Pendragon · Post by **Alanna Pendragon** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:59 pm

Even though my name is very straight forward I just couldn't resist:

Alanna - Al, like Al Gore or Weird Al, then Anna, "ah-na"

Pendragon - Pen (the thing you write with), then dragon (huge scary monster)

That was simple

Post by **Luthien Black** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:49 am

I think mine's fairly straightforward, but I'll join in anyway!

Lu - as in loop
thi - as in theatre
en - as in end

Black - if you don't know how to pronounce that, i'm seriously worried!

Post by **Pixa Jaderhys** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:01 am

Alas, I am new and widely unknown, but I suppose I shall venture forth with this post anyways. /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

Pixa

PICKS - uh

Jaderhys

JAY - deh - reese

Post by **Brittany Halbrook** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:56 pm

alright I think I was pronouncing almost everyones name wrong. *nods*/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

Halbrook

H -like in hippo

al - like in Allen or oowww when you get hurt

then brook like a stream thingi.

note theres no hall like a corridor in my name.

Post by **Elestel Teletari** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:19 pm

My name is (Quenya). Plain 'Elvish' to the majority.. It's meaning is umm.. somewhat like- Elestel (star of hope) TeletÃƒÂ¡ri (Last princess/queen).
Pronounciation:

El as in 'elderly'.
est as in 'vest'.
el again as in 'elderly' or 'elm'

stress is on the 'est'.

Tele as in the 'tel' of 'telephone' and the final 'e' as in the 'e' of end.

TÃƒÂ¡ri as in the 'tar' of 'tar' but the 'a' is pronounced fully and longer. Reason being that the 'a' is accentuated. (ÃƒÂ¡). It's called a 'long a' and is pronounced like the'a' in 'father' the final 'i' is pronounced like the 'i' of 'pit'.

The 'r' must be trilled like in Spanish.

stress is on the tÃƒÂ¡r.

Confused? I hope not!

I teach Quenya. Anyone interested to learn, its melanatar@hotmail.com /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" />

Post by **Athena Paulus** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:55 pm

Mine is pretty easy too, but here it is anyways.....

Athena is just like it's spelled
A---well sounds like Ah
the--like thee
na--kinda like nah.

Paulus is even easier!!

Paul---just like the name Paul
us--like as in two of us.

Post by **Avi Cohen** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:46 pm

My name isn't too complicated to pronounce... I'm sure you've met someone with at least one of my names in your life.

Avi Cohen

Ah- vee (first syllable gets emphasis)
ko- in (first syllable gets emphasis)

a-vi co-hen is how it's broken up.

Make sense? No? PM me. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> If I get a lot of responses, I'll edit this post. In fact, I might do that anyway. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Post by **Maggi Arceneaux** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:06 pm

Well the first names pretty easy:

Mag (like the beginning of the word "magazine")

gi (pronounced "Gee", like the happy noise some people make.)

My last name is more complicated:

Arc (Pronounced "arse", yes, like the thing you sit on)

en (pronounced "in")

eaux (Pronounced "O" or "Oh")

Put it all together, and it sounds like "MagGee ArseInO"

Post by **Garnet Stardock** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 8:54 am

Mine's pretty simple:

Gar (rhymes with "Aaarr!")
net (what you use to catch something)

Star (what you see in the sky at night)
dock (where a ship loads)

Juniper Raynbrown · Post by **Juniper Raynbrown** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:37 pm

My first name isn't hard, but my last name is spelled a bit awkwardly...

Juniper Raynbrown
(JOON-ih-pur RAIN-brown)

Easy enough?

Yi-Ling Zhang · Post by **Yi-Ling Zhang** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:15 pm

Here we go~
Yi-Ling Zhang
Yi - Pronounce it the way you would say the letter "E"
Ling - Rhymes with Bing or Ding~ o_O
Zhang - Z-ahng

/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />;

Aiko Yamamura · Post by **Aiko Yamamura** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:37 pm

Ooh, my turn! Let's see if I can do this without confusing myself...

Aiko~ "Eye" like in "Eyeball" and "ko" like the co in "coach"
Yamamura- pronounced "Yah-mah-moo-rah"

Yay, I think I made it easier to say my name! /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Nero Nuri** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 12:30 am

Ok, let's see. . .

Nero as in Nee-row

Nuri as in n-you-rye

N. Nuri

Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:26 am

Mor - ee - han* MaQuill /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

the gh has a difficult pronounciation. Even myself sometimes pronounce the gh like the g in gator, but in fact it has a palatal sound (like just "pretending" to say the g)

And the Quill is just a bit more centred in the u. heh.

I'm odd. /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

Post by **Narcia Bellamy** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:05 am

Bandwagon! Woo! /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> I'm Narcia (NAR-see-a) Bellamy (BELL-a-mee). My parents almost named me Narcissa, but they felt that this was more original. /sleep.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="-_-" border="0" alt="sleep.gif" /> /wub.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wub:" border="0" alt="wub.gif" />