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How do you pronounce your nick?

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Death Rabbit, Apr 29, 2004.

  1. Djieff Gems: 7/31
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    Djee-EF (soft "j")

    Eh, close enough...

    Chevalier, didn't you used to be called "Chevalier-des-Trois-Tours"? If yes, why did you change? That name was awesome...
     
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    Farahgohn, with the G sounding like the G in "got".
     
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    Fuh-RAA-Zzz

    That's my real first name by the way... :spin:
     
  4. 8people

    8people 8 is just another way of looking at infinite ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    [​IMG] Eightpeople :p

    not eight-people, there is no space. Capital 8 as it's a proper name as well :p
     
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    Uytuun=uytoon

    u as in understand
    y as in yellow
    t as in trash
    oo as in platoon
    n as in nOOb


    Mystery solved. :D

    I've always pronounced chevalier de manière française...just doesn't seem like there is any other way..

    [ October 10, 2005, 18:21: Message edited by: Uytuun ]
     
  6. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    It's supposed to be pronounced Tal-un-ten iirc.
     
  7. Master of Nuhn

    Master of Nuhn Wear it like a crown Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    MUH-ster (Not MESS-ter) :p
    of
    NUHN (not noon, but with the U like in UNbelievable and UNdone)
     
  8. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Hmmm...Well Kit-Tracks works, but if you can't seem to get it right, "Kit" does just fine. :rolling:
     
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    Ape as in monkey or primate
    Man as in human or homo sapien

    Can't get more easy ;)
     
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    JAG-WAR - A war like cat or stupid human who likes a certain car too much
     
  11. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    More like "shevalyeh", all vowels pronounced. Not like you can render French pronunciation using English sounds.

    It was "chevalier des Trois-Tours". I changed the publicly displayed name because it was too long and because hardly anyone wrote it right (understandable - it's close to impossible to remember if you don't know any French). Well, and many people called me chevalier or chev, anyway.

    I did have a long highschool nickname ;)

    @Uytuun: I have always pronounced it like you say, but one never knows. Like that admiral de Ruyter guy... I avoid pronouncing anything Dutch or Flemish aloud at all costs unless I can blame someone else for it :grin: ;)
     
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    why-graff fall-uz(short u, like in un-)
     
  13. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    chevalier de maniére français

    Well, it is actualy de manière française
    as manière is feminine so français is accorded with it, and you replaced the è with an é. But Beside that it was right.

    BTW I'm not blaming you I'm just making you learn more.

    I also though Chevalier des trois tours was beter than just Chevalier...

    In english it will be ¨Knight of the three Tower¨

    It took me a while to underdstand why people end up calling me ¨Offy¨ and then I just remembered the english sound of ¨e¨ :doh:
     
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    Tom-ah-to.
     
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    Awz.
     
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    "Ma'am" will do just fine, thank you very much.
     
  17. Falstaff

    Falstaff Sleep is for the Weak of Will Veteran

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    "Oh Wise One" works for me.
     
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    Wow, you guys read stuff. i remember people by their look (avatar and gems). Yes, changing gems do confuses me sometime. What is even worse, i remembered a green tree guy and suddenly he became a shady dark elf guy.
    Even in real life i don't remember any person's name (sometime i even forget about myself). Near the end of every semester there is a lecturer evalutation sheet for every course, i always leave the "instructer" blank.
     
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    Ben-an-tha-lin

    Or just Ben if you will.
     
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    Well, as we are in the teaching department, it's "Knight of the Three Towers", as since there are three, you need to use the plural, Offy. :D And besides, the y in your short nick has nothing to do with the e in your nick, it's just the most used termination of a shortened nick.
     
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