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Author Topic: How do you pronounce your name? Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-13-2003 03:38 AM                        I always thought it was "Gray-see-uh". I'm sure you get that a lot. Thing is, I have known some Gray-see-uh's that spell the name the same way. I wish there was something so that you would automatically know before you attempted to pronounce the name. I always feel like a fool if I mispronounce someone's name. Everyone should have tattoos with the correct pronunciation of first and last names clearly visable at all times.  |  IP: Logged Don E. Nelson Expert Film Handler Posts: 138 From: Brentwood, CA, USA Registered: Nov 2001 posted 06-13-2003 02:29 PM                     Nel -son in Swedish is Nilsson, meaning Son of Nils. My grandfather's name was was Sven Magnus Nilsson and emmigrated to America via Quebec and slipped into the US through Montana in 1893. His dads name was Nils Gustaf Petersson, hence my Grandfather became Sven Magnus Nils-son (son of Nils) and his dads, dads first name was Peter. and so that is where the name Petersson came from His Americanized name was converted to: Swan Nelson. His Mothers name was Catharina Jonsdotter, the daughter of Jon (something). They had 3 daughters and their last name each became Nilsdotter. Interesting way to name people, but after doing some ancestral research, this is what I found out to be true. My other side of the family is Italian/French . Near the Matterhorn in Northern Italy a place called Valle Aosta, not far from Nus and Bartelemaya (sp?) Arlian is the name pronounced R - Lee - Un When I was little I pronounced it R-Lean. My uncles name is Vinance Favre, like the Green Bay Quarter back, but pronounces it Fav-or, like Mr. Favre on the old Rawhide TV series in the 60's. Clint Eastwood was Rowdy Yates on that show. Bret Favre pronounces it Bret Far.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-13-2003 02:51 PM                        My full name is Claude Shigeaki Ayakawa and I am one of many grand children of my two sets of grandparents who emigrated to Hawaii from Japan at the beginning of the 20th century and settled in Waipahu where I was born and raised. The pronounciation of my family name is rather simple. This is the correct way-- AH Ya Ka Wa My middle name is pronounced SHE GAY AH KEY and is made up of part of one of my uncle's name (Kazuaki) and My father's mother's (Shige). Although I am a Roman Catholic, I was born into a Buddhist family but converted to my new faith when I was young. Both my brother ans sister do not have names of any saints and did not convert but I was given the name Cloud, (Claude) a 14th century French saint at birth. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 06-13-2003 04:10 PM                     My family name is pronounced like the english word "upheld". The first name (in german) would be "kris-dee-uhn". A question to Jonathan Worthing: I knew your name was SPELLED "stote wobbler mangrove" but I thought it had to be PRONOUNCED "Raymond Luxury Yacht" ? (another Monty Python...)  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-13-2003 05:09 PM                        My (sur)name is pronounced phonetically exactly as it is spelt, emphasising the first syllable. I'm always surprised at how many people instinctively emphasise the second syllable and/or spell it with two Ps (the latter usually if I've given my name over the 'phone which the recipient then writes down in some context or other). Believe it or not, the name is actually English (most people don't). It comes from the Surrey/Hampshire border - a village called Chiddingfold, near which there is an Enticknap's Copse. My father, who is an avid genaeology nut, believes that it might be derived from a French knight called Antignappa who is mentioned in the Domesday Book (again, in Surrey), but that is really speculation.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-14-2003 12:41 AM                     If someone cannot pronounce my name then I'm afraid they have some problems. By this time tomorrow night there may be a special pronounciation: "Bob-is Far-from-sober." What's with the Hendersons in Sweden and Norway that spell it "Hendersson"?  |  IP: Logged Daniel Fuentz Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Fresno, CA, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 06-14-2003 03:01 AM                     My last name is prnounced the same way as the more common spelling "Fuentez": f-win-TEZ. Most people insist on sticking that "E" at the end if they just hear the name, and if they read it they promounce it "f-wentz" or something like that. I am a junior, so the reason for the deleted "E" at the end of my name is something only my grandfather knows, since all my aunts and uncles have the name spelt the "regular" way. Perhaps it was a typo on my dad's birth certificate?? I don't talk with my dad very often so I don't know the story.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-14-2003 09:59 AM                     I guess it's my turn! Thomas - Just like it is. Don't exaggerate anything like "TOE-maas" or "ThomAAs"... better yet, just refer to me as Tom. Procyk - It's Ukranian, just like my father! Pronounced, "Pro-Sick" like I'm really good at being ill. If you REALLY want to try hard, the Ukranian pronnunciation is, "Prrro-tsick" (roll the R and make a click when you say "sick") Here's a list of the mispronounciations (sp?) my last name has endured: Prozak, Procky, Prozick, Protschick, Proick, Prosync, Protick, Proseek, Precock, Precook, Prosy, Prock. I think that's all. My mother is Polish, and I've been exposed to a little more Polish culture than Ukranian. I can speak both languages fluently, and can immitate both accents to perfection. You givink me Film-Tech? I be show you Film-Tech! =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-14-2003 02:30 PM                     I think that I have it worse than any of you to date.... My name is Will; not Willis, Wilbur, Wilburforce, Willie, William, Bill or whatever....in the Jewish tradition, my first and middle name are after loved-ones who had passed away. Anyhow, thruout my life people have continually disrespected me and have insisted upon arguing with me about my name. Many a person insist that no such name exists and that Will MUST AND HAS to be short for something. It has finally gotten to the point where I tell people my name is Will...like "Your last WILL and Testemant", "Thy WILL be done"...etc, etc. And when I tell them this, I try to be intimidating so that they get the message. Then I continue to ignore them until they get it right! One person I know at work continues to call me Willis for some reason and insists on doing so even though I have politely spoken to him about it. So, I just refer to him as "Q Ball" or "Papa Smurf"...which he definately does not like. When I was formally enlisting into the USAF, a Marine was formalizing my paperwork. First, he mispelled my name, and then he tried to pull a fast one on some technalicities that could have screwed me over...but I came prepared and new what to look for. Livid, I tore up the enlistment paperwork in the Marine's face, cursed him out, and told him to get it right! He then tried to counter with a Drill Sergeant attitude. I told him to put a lid on it, as I had yet to complete the formal paperwork or take the oath. I went on to say that he had no power over me as I was still a civilian, and that I could march right out of there without him being able to do anything about it! The end result was that he retyped all the paperwork...correctly...and I enlisted...only to never see him again! As for my last name...it is KUTLER...NOT...CUTLER...I guess that it is a true German spelling...but a rare way to spell my name. Wherever I go, people always assume that it is with a "C", and I am constantly correcting people. How difficult is it to prononce my name? You be supriosed how many people do..."COO" instead of "CUT"...sounds like "CUT" but spelled with a "K". Ironically, one of the only places where I have seen my last name spelled with a "K" the nazi war criminal in Leon Uris' book..."Mila 18". At least I am not the "Boy Named Sue" in the Johnny Cash song...or having a lat name like "LIPFSCHITZ"!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-14-2003 03:19 PM                     I prefer mine backwards.....kraM nesdnarbluG...... So now I wonder what that means in Norwegian.... Thomas, I thought your real spelling was Prozac.... Mark  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 06-14-2003 03:50 PM                     Michael (My-Cull) Brown (rhymes with frown) I have noticed that some Yorkshire people pronounce 'Michael' incorrectlt adding a 'T' sound. Something like MY-TULL.  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 06-14-2003 08:29 PM                     I pronounce Cohen as two equally stressed syllables, CO-HEN, to make it easier for people to know how to spell it, after having drill sergeants and other monosyllabic Texans pronounce it CONE. The name comes from my great-grandfather, Avraham Baer Nudembursky of Suwalki, Poland (formerly the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.) When he came through New York Immigration at Ellis Island in 1895, he probably answered "Ich bin a Kohain." The Kohanim descended from the children of Aaron, brother of Moses, who were appointed high priests in the Temple at Jerusalem. (People named "Levy" are from the Levites, the lesser priesthood.) It was with these names that introductions were made since special portions of the liturgy were assigned by custom to such persons during group worship. So Avraham Baer Nudembursky became Abraham Cohen in America. Gerard is prononced Je-ROD, but in France people pronounced it Zhe-RAHRRD, and made some arcane "Step into the elevator" joke that seems to have been the motto of a comedian of old, the way "Wanna buy a duck?" was the property of Joe E. Lewis and "Come up and see me some time", of Mae West. I never understood the joke, but the French roared with laughter, though I suppose few alive today remember that comedian.  |  IP: Logged Lionel Fouillen Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Belgium Registered: Nov 2002 posted 06-15-2003 03:17 PM                     Randy said quote: 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! In which city exactly were you, Randy?  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 06-15-2003 03:25 PM                     quote: Lionel Fouillen wrote: I always wondered what is the pronunciation difference between Steven and Stephen? Please somebody tell me. There isn't.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-15-2003 10:11 PM                     Lionel, I was in Brussels. Also spent some time travelling around. I went to Paris, some cities in Germany and Switzerland. I also spent a fair amount of time in Italy. The Tuscany region, mostly... In and around the city of Lucca. It was the summer when I figured out what beer was really all about. Trappist ales rule! It just seems ironic that the best beers would be made by monks!  |  IP: Logged

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