I recall in the days a similar topic but since many new faces came up I think it's high time to set the phonotical right for nickname!

Why do you ask? Many people came from non english countries and thus may have a foreing pronouciation to their nicks, so many Sp-er says it uncorrectly!

And call me strange but I just *love* linguistic and writing system, if I could I'd might my job.

I'll start with mine in IPA

Ofelix,[ ɔfeliks ]

I am not so sure about the IPA though I'm still pretty green to it... Let's just say the only letter that might cause problème is ''e'' as it is an french ''é'' not a english ''e''. ''é'' in English would be more or less a high pitch ''ay''.

[ October 10, 2005, 12:24: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

Felinoid has a long e (like "feel") and a short i (like "in").

EDIT: And if you're in just the right mood, you can pronounce it Feel Annoyed; it's close enough, and it accurately depicts my effect on people. :shake:

[ October 10, 2005, 06:39: Message edited by: Felinoid ]

As stated in this thread:

Old thread (http://www.sorcerers.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/18/548.html)


Errrrr..... Dee-Em-See

Cel-eS-tri-al Raven :) . Wait a minute... holy crap! I spelt it wrong on my login! My nick here is Celesialraven :( . Alright, well, the abomination that is my nickname is pronounced:
Celestrial raven...
Thats right, even though its spelt wrong, everyone is to imagine that there somehow exists a 'T' in there.

Rotku... pronouced Rot as in rot, then ku as in... something.

Well, my nick is pronounced sortof like this

Olimikrig
[ooo-lí-mick-rric]

okay, the reason for so many o's is because you need to get a deep rolling sound on it.
The lí is sorta "cut off", and you need to lay preasure on the 'i' (one of the reason why I hate people refering to me as "olim", which sounds wrong compared to the way it's supposed to be pronounced).
Mick is straight forward, but the last "rig" you need to pronounce the 'g' as a 'c', but you need a special 'c', more like the 'c' in Mc-something.
This is why Kitrax calls me McRib (as the 'g' really is a typo, and was supposed to be a 'b' when I first created this account) I guess :p

Alavin
[A-la-vin]

Stress the initial A, and the rest is soft.

Most people here would have great trouble with 'Anglacized' Irish names, so I won't even bother trying to explain the correct pronounciation for my traditional nickname.

[Dru-ger]

Simple, isn't it :D

@ Cuchulainn
isn't it Cul - hul - lin?

Death. Mage. :p

Also dee-emm, which is my current name in many places, including MSN.

Much as I like the idea of people scratching their heads, might as well try to explain it: Sooh-see-pice-tee, except all the vowels are supposed to be short and snappy.

Gladly this thread isn't about what the nicks actually mean...

[ærifiR], or Arriffeer.

And kudos to Ofelix for using the IPA :thumb:

Yours would be [ofeIliks] I think, from what you wrote in the last thread.

(one of the reason why I hate people refering to me as "olim", which sounds wrong compared to the way it's supposed to be pronounced).:o /me apologizes and offers very shiny gems

I'll use your full nick from now on!

kuemper - kem(as in chemicals)-purr, though I will answer to: hey you; demon lady; eek!; and bugger, she found us again! :p

/me accepts Kuempers shinny gems.

You may refer to me as "oli" :p . The way I put up the lot, wasn't really that good either. but the "i" sounds special, so when pronouncing "olim" it sounds like I say "o-lime" :shake:

actualy I've been wondering. Does Kuemper mean anything (sorta sound like it does).

heh on a similar note it looks kinda weird when people shorten mine to enag, doesn't quite have a ring to it :p

Eh-nah-gohn-yos

if you can't be bothered to type the whole word a simple capital "E" will be sufficient ;) :D actually been thinking of changing it since there seems to be a trend..

the 'y' is it a [jos] or [y-os] :hmm:

I can see your point here. when speaking it out without the 'h' it could go with that shortening, however when first the 'h' has been applied, then it would sound rather odd :p

@olimikrig:
:doh: Sorry. Your nick sounds better with the correct pronunciation, though.

On the same note, Fel sounds like "fell" instead of "feel", but I don't mind it at all, so y'all can keep using it. :)

:doh: Sorry. Your nick sounds better with the correct pronunciation, though.yeah :heh: but my nick is a combination of the names of my two cousins combined with their surname.

Oliver + Mikkel + Riber

They were born a couple days before I first used this nick in Diablo2 (twins). And the pronunciation comes from how their names are ponounced in Danish ;)

Yours would be [ofeIliks] I think Isn't the french ''é'' Spelled 'e'' in IPA? No the first one is defenitively an open-mid ''o''. If not it'll be the french ''ô'' or close to the greek omega.

*runs off screaming* No!! Too much IPA!

Heh, sorry. Had a few nightmares when I was doing my phonetics course.

Okay, so, Laiwethel...

[Lie-we-th-el], with the main stress on "Lai".

kuemper doesn't mean anything...now that is very bad! No wonder I have low self-esteem! :lol: I mentioned elsewhere that I stole the name from a rival school.

It looks as though I'm pronouncing people's nicks correctly, with the exception of olimikrig.

Eight People.

Guess any version of 8 could work though :roll:

As long as it has a little p!

Guess any version of 8 could work though [whee!]

As long as it has a little p! Fair enough Lady 8 People with a little p.

It looks as though I'm pronouncing people's nicks correctly, with the exception of olimikrig.:lol: I'll give you an excessive course one o' the days :p

Guess any version of 8 could work though

As long as it has a little p!But.. but, but I prefer Occylicious :cry:

Mine is El-with-rawl.

Elwithrawl basically, except the correct spelling is minus the 'w'.

Irenicus is I-ren-i-cus.

The French way.

@ 8people:
I always assumed (because of your tagline) that it was said "Infinite people". Oh well, just me over-complicating as usual. :lol:

Incidentally, the pronunciation of my nickname is not as straightforward as it may first appear. Let me explain:

The basis of the phonetics is a rare Westcountry dialect called Tubs' hill. Only known to local people, the spelling is completely disconnected from the traditional pronunciation. Thus, "The Magpie" is actually pronounced utterly differently, and carries many hidden meanings. I'll break down the phrase, for simplicity.

"The" is actually said "Awl-m" (like "orl-m", but softer).

"Mag" is said "Ay-TEE" (like IT). The "m" is operative, and thus silent. The "ag" represents "ite" normally, but the "m" changes this. Finally, the "pie" is very simply pronounced "wun" (or "ou-un", for Francophones). If you're having trouble, just say it quickly out loud. It'll soon come.

Please feel free to refer to me by the traditional, English equivalent of these phonetics. :p

Bahir: luxury yacht [╩►Þ♀ÐÇþ┌☼↨ ¶ƒ♦◙█┬]

As stated in the old thread:

Uytuun=uytoon

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


Mystery solved.

The French way. I assume you mean ʃəvaʎie

*Ehm*, is it just *me* or are you all writing the pronouncation with weird boxes and such :hmm: :rolleyes:

[ October 10, 2005, 20:56: Message edited by: olimikrig ]

Occylicious? :mommy:

just stick to 8 if you'd be so kind :thumb:

and 8people is one word... funny how often a space appears :rolling:

Capital 8 and little p :p

Mine's pronounced A-ra-buell... or something like that usuaölly it's just Ara to everyone and that is just A-ra, with A like in Amazing :p

*Ehm*, is it just *me* or are you all writing the pronouncation with weird boxes and such [pondering] [Roll Eyes]
Oh it's because your browser isn't set with IPA or Unicode or whatever the bloddy thing is to show IPA character.

:doh: thank you for pointing out the obvious :shake:

thank you for pointing out the obvious No problem, So do you see the thing now?

Mine is pretty simple:

Say-ber (short e, as in her)-the-(self explanitory)
Ar(sounds like the letter 'r')-sawn-ist

@Ofelix: It's meant to be pronounced whatever way you pronounce your French. :p

@Ofelix: It's meant to be pronounced whatever way you pronounce your French That'll be it yeah.

So is Uytuun, the same as iTune?

Lant, as in Lantern *giggle*
Ern, as in urn... Ahem...
Us, as in, us!

That'll be it yeah.People from other parts of the world Frenchies have conquered will probably pronounce it differently. :shake: :evil: Seriously, I try to speak the good old non-throaty moderate French and that's how *I* pronounce it. ;)

Just under-taker :p

HB, I'm not sure whether you're joking or not, but in case you're being serious:

No.

No i's or a's or oo's!!

If you must know, dl the soundclips here (http://static.unilang.org/resources/articles/art_dutchpronunciation.html) , open diphtongues and listen closely to to the third word from the end: "huis". Now forget about the h and the s and add "toon" as in cartoon and you'll be there. :shake:

The last but one and last word "buiten" and "ruit" have the same sound.

I guess mine's pretty obvious,
Thor like in, well, Thor!

Na-KEY-ah or NA-key-ah or however you want to pronounce it since it is a typed name and not a voiced name. Has no meaning as far as I know. I just liked the way it looked.

Tee-to-brew-no

Like the letters G and F in English (gee-EF)

Hmmm...

Mine is: Ki-Tra-K-s

The I is prounced like "pig"

And the rest is pronounced like the word "tracks"...as in train tracks.
All in all, you get Kitrax. :thumb: :rolling:

Mine's a Welsh & pretentious-fantasy mouthful, so an Anglicized Ril-ee-un (the Rhyll can sound like hill) will do nicely. Less glottal, and less spit-producing. :yum:

I dropped the de'Adjerah 'cause it's getting a mite long to type when I login. Vive la paresse! :sleep:

Ah, considering I changed my name, slightly, it is now: Saber. Pronounced: Say ber. Pretty easy, no?

It is like the sword, although that's not where i got the name from.

@Cúchulainn

After this morning's class on the Ulster Cycle, I'm pretty sure I can pronounce it correctly. (Professor with a lovely Irish accent.) :D

Mine's pretty obvious. The New Order = De-Noo-Horrder. :D