How Do You Pronounce Your Name?

Post by **Rianna Greevey** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:58 pm

Okay well my name is very easy to prounouce if you know how to:

First name...

Ri is pronounced like Rye Bread

And then Anna is prounced just like the name

So my first name is basically Rye Anna.

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Last Name.

Gree

Vee (v)

See? Wasn't that easy?

Post by **Maggie Gaskin** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:17 pm

Mine isn't hard

Maggie Gaskin

Mag-rymes with bag
gie-rymes with glee

Gas-...self explanitory
kin-purnonched like the begging part of the word "kin"dle

Post by **Mariela Domingo** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:48 pm

My name isn't too tough to pronounce. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Mari (like Mah-ree)

Ella (kind of - more of an aylla, or a cross between the two- aella?)

so that is Mariela

Domingo is Doh Mean go

Post by **Aksana Qenya** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:45 am

Aksana Qenya
Ak-sa-na Qen-ya

Aksana: a Scandinavian (spelling?) name I've heard somewhere:
Ak as in "Ah!!" you just got a brilliant idea with a smashing "k!" sound at the end.
Sa as in "sand"
Na as in "nap"

Qenya: Mind you is one of the several elvish languages...so Q can be without a u!
Qen as in "ken"
Ya as in "yam"

Post by **Lillian Wotters** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:24 pm

I don't think my name is very hard to pronounce, but all the same...

Lillian Kirston Wotters:

Lil-E-un

Curse-ton

Waters

And there you go! As easy as that!

Post by **Sam-Thomas Woodbark** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:01 pm

My name is easy, but still hard to explain /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Sam is like um... Ma'am /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Thomas is like Thomas. Like Thomas Sawyer. Tho-Mas

Woodbark - Like it is. Just Woodbark /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Post by **Madolyn Moriarty** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:15 pm

Mine's pretty easy to pronounce:

Madolyn: Mad - oh - lin

Moriarty: Moh - ree - are - ti

Post by **Katrianna Clover** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:46 am

Mine's easy too:

Katrianna: Cat-tree-ah-nuh

Audra: Odd-Dra

Miles: My-uls

Clover: Cuh-low-ver

Post by **Imogen Wasse** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:36 pm

Okay, Imogen!

Im - as in "Kim" cept without the k
o- as in "oh!"
gen- like "jen" or "gin" I don't know if it's ever really been clarified.....

and Wasse

Wa- like "Wah"
sse- like ssssss y'know?

so wahs

yay! adios!
Imo

Post by **Elavial Mirkwood** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:23 am

Mine's kinda easy!

Elavial is pronounced lie this

Ela- like Ella or Bella

Vi- it rhymes with 'we'

Al- like the name 'Al'

And Mirkwood is just pronounced like

Mirk- rhymes with Perk or Jerk

Wood- like Wood....

Post by **Cara Dasari** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:20 am

I think mine is just about as easy as the next one...

...Cara...

'Car' as in what you drive; just add an 'a' at the end

Dasari

'Da' as in the sound 'Duh'; and 'sari' as in 'sorry'

There, plain and simple /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Cara Dasari

Post by **Lydia Ellis** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:27 pm

My name is quite simple, but some people say it WRONG! /mad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

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First name, Lydia (which some people pronouns 'Lie-dee-ah', or even worse, 'uh-lid-ee-aah'!) is prounounsed 'Lid-ee-er'
and my last name, very easy, Ellis. 'Ell-iss.'
(Not TOO much emphisis on the 'S', it's just the last part isn't said like 'is'.)
SEE! Everyone's HAPPY! ! ! /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Post by **Maja Winwood** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:26 pm

Mine is a bit complicated. Maja, but the prounounce would be like the one from the singer Mia.

Post by **Massie Carrington** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:14 pm

Okay my first name is pronounced like Mass-e.

Mass as in the beginning of MASSachusetts. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> or MASSive.

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My last name is Car. Like the thing you drive. /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

Ring...what you wear around your finger.

ton...like weights /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

So it is Car...Ring...Ton...

I am Mass-E Car-Ring-Ton /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

Post by **Noora Novel** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:50 pm

So mine is Noora, like Noh-ra (never ever nuh-ra) and Novel like, well, just like novel, the written thing.

Post by **Fiona Freedom** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:23 pm

Fiona Freedom is:

Fee-own-ah
Free-dumb

Although unless your native language isn't english, this post was entirely unneccisary!!
*this topic makes me think of Hermione trying to tell Krum how to say her name and him callign her Herme-own-ninny and such...he he! /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Nettie Dumbledore** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 5:16 pm

Well here goes:

Net- as in fishing net
Tie- as in tea or eeee

Dumble - as in tumble but with a D instead of T
dore - as in door the one that you open

Post by **Lyza Zhen Haliwell** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:19 pm

Ly as in lie
za -sound the z as is and the a as Huh

Zhen as in Zen

Hal as in hall
li as in lee
well as well

/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> nice meeting you

Post by **Ellie Lovegood** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:33 pm

Mine should be easy to pronounce, I hope.

Ellie. Just say the letter L and then the letter E.
Lovegood. Just say the word love and then the word good.

/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Cherie Ashraf** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:43 am

Cherie
cher as in sherry
rie as in sherry
/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Ashraf
ash as in usher
raf as in rough