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Author Topic: How do you pronounce your name? Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2003 09:42 AM                     My turn, I guess... My surname rhymes with "Yankee". (STANG-key) My grandfather was Polish. His name was originally Stankiewicz. (stan-KEV-itch) He anglicized his name early on. I think I would rather have had people mispronounce my name than have to put up with the crap I took in grade school!  |  IP: Logged Lionel Fouillen Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Belgium Registered: Nov 2002 posted 06-11-2003 09:51 AM                     Speaking of hot potato, I always found very difficult to understand spoken UK English. On the contrary, I never have to ask an American to repeat what he said. Accents, I presume. And, no, I don't have a hot potato in the ears  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-11-2003 10:13 AM                        Maar German Like the Planet without the "s" Mar. Marr Engilsh Same as above Maher Irish Same as above Most people pronounce the name Maaaaaaa  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2003 10:25 AM                     Funny you say that Lionel! When I graduated High School I spent a summer in Belgium. (1984) The family that I stayed with used to say the same thing! However, I would modify that statemet a bit because there are some accents in the USA that even other AMERICANS have a hard time understanding! I would say that Americans from the Great Lakes states on through the Upper Midwest would be the easiest for Europeans to understand. I would say that people from the West Coast would be the next easiest to understand, followed by the New England states. The hardest to understand woud be the Deep South, in my estimation. I knew a strappin' big Texan who once said to me, "Boy, hand me that there toobba hard-all!" It took five minutes and a whole lot of yelling before I figured out that he wanted some GEAR GREASE! (Translation: "Tube of hard OIL", spoken with a heavy Texas accent.)  |  IP: Logged Aaron Mehocic Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 804 From: New Castle, PA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2003 11:18 AM                     There are two ways to pronounce my last name: The Slavic pronunciation is Me - HO - Sick, while the Italian way is Me - Ho - Chick. Why two ways from two different nationalities? Before my great grandfather came to America in 1910 he lived in a Croatian village inside what was then Austria-Hungary, but within sight of Italy. He spoke Croat, Italian, and German. After arriving here, depending on which language he was speaking depended on how he pronounced our last name.  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2003 11:36 AM                        Like a cat would say... Mew-ler  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-11-2003 12:18 PM                        The family name is German, but we anglicized the pronunciation of Mayer to rhyme with "Mayor" or 'Metro Goldwyn "Mayer"'. Most people pronounce it like the famous US frankfurter company name with the same spelling i.e. "MY er", which is probably closer to the way the name was originally pronounced. Soon I will take on my Japanese family name which is Kawasumi (lit. river bend), a very rare name even in Japan. It's pronounced with short vowel sounds almost like Spanish and without accent on any syllable.  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-11-2003 01:12 PM                        My name is pronounced just like it is spelled, but people still butcher it. Some people insist on "Evan" instead of "Evans" even though they see the "s" and even write the "s" when they write my name. I tell many people to pronounce my first name "CHRIS" if it's easier for them to remember (a nickname since 1974). Criswell is CHRIS-well (preferred over chris-WELL). Some people say CHRIZ-well which I don't mind. The worst is chriz-WELL. And of course, my middle name, "A", gets confusing, too. People want to insist on putting a period after it, which isn't technically wrong, just unnecessary. Three different English teachers (one in 8th grade, one in 11th grade, one in college) have marked it on essays or compositions I've turned in, when I'd have my name typed as "Evans A Criswell" without the unnecessary period, and had to explain it to them. You'd think they'd give me credit for knowing how to properly write my name, especially since I made nearly all A's.  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2003 03:00 PM                     There are two ways to spell my name Ian (Scottish or Welsh) or Iain (Celtic), either way there is only one way to pronounce it: Ean I met an Ian who pronounced his name I-an, he was wrong. So are all the telimarketers who call me and miss-pronounce my name. Price they don't seem to get wrong. Ian God is gracious. The Scottish form of John. Ranked #80 of 2001 and #69 of the last decade Origin: Hebrew Gender: Boy  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-11-2003 03:49 PM                        quote: Would someone be so kind to teach me what to do, when i'm writing as long an answer as this one (the answer from You now should not be "shorten up"), and would like to use the SpellCheck. I don't know how to scroll down the Check window, and therefore, i can't check the last lines, nor can i release the trigger at the buttom. I am trying to learn Your language through this Forum, and the SpellCheck is a very welcome help, but...??? My bad. When I wrote the spell checker I disabled window controls for the pop-up window, so it currently isn't possible to scroll down. I've added it to my list of things to do. I believe it still has a limit of 500 words too... so if you don't see all of your text in the spell check box, don't click the button to replace your text with the corrected text as you will lose anything past the 500 word mark.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2003 04:13 PM                        Mine's BLAKES-lee, (BLAKES rhymes with "takes") but when salespeople from out-of-state call me, they often try to pronounce it "Blacks-lee" or "Blah-KES-lee." My official nickname is usually Blakes, or "Hey you."  |  IP: Logged William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-11-2003 04:21 PM                        My last name is easier to sound than spell. Like England, with Le instead of the eng. When my ancestors came over it was spelt Leayland (i think could be wrong),which Bobby Henderson spelt one time. It was changed in the 1700's. My ancestors came for England and mom's family came from Welch, Jenkins. Randy, i bet you have a hard time understanding when Jeff Foxworthy does his redneck talk. . In Charleston we have accents called " A Charlestonion accent" a mix of up north and southern drawl, some times people think i'm up north. Once you get near Columbia you can start to hear a twing accent.  |  IP: Logged Chris Markiewicz Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Glenaviegh, County Tipperary, Ireland Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-11-2003 05:25 PM                     I can't resist this... Markiewicz - usually we say "MARkowitz" but correctly is "MarKEVitch", from SE Poland originally.(Hi Randy!) Also Erickson from Sweden, Barrett from Ireland (Eire), and Jenkins from Wales.  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 06-11-2003 07:31 PM                     Lehrke (Lur-key) Pretty much Turkey with a 'L' Well, it is suppose to be "Le-ar-key" but that is just not a name I wanted. I want to to be able to start my "Turkey Lehrke Beef Jerky Company"  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-11-2003 07:55 PM                        quote: so if you don't see all of your text in the spell check box, don't click the button to replace your text Hehe - that's about the whole problem. If I can't se the end of my text line, I can't se the button, either... But i'm sure, it's in the best of hands. p.  |  IP: Logged

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