What screen names leave you perplexed

[yvr girl]

with regards to pronunciation?

I ask, because many people have asked me how I say my name.

[SofaKingLiberal]

1. Well, how do you say it?

:shrug:

[yvr girl]

4. Y-V-R Girl

Pretty simple really.

[SofaKingLiberal]

8. What does YVR it stand for?

[no name no slogan]

9. That's the Int'l airport code for Vancouver, BC

IIRC...

[DS1]

12. biting lip regarding FAA and mandating a light for the nearby airport

:D

[no name no slogan]

13. o/t, but

did you see they updated snakesonaplanemovie.com? I don't care how bad it is, I'm going to be at the midnight showing on Aug 18. NO WAY am I missing this.

[DS1]

15. yep

:-)

[LSK]

16. SO THATS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW I CAN SLEEP AGAIN AT NIGHT!!!

:D

[yvr girl]

11. It's Vancouver's airport identifier

If you fly here (to visit me), your luggage will have YVR on the tag.

[eyepaddle]

10. I always liked to pronounce your name as

"why-ver" girl.

I know it's for Vancouver airport an' all, but I'm gonna stick with whyver. :P

[RevolutionaryActs]

40. No it's not.

It's Yivver Gurl, and you know it. :P

[billyskank]

41. I bet you thought it was a really good idea

to put the year in your username when you signed up in 2004. :P

;)

:hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

42. Honestly, I didn't know I would become so addicted to DU

I thought I would come and post some after the election, and then move on.

:shrug:

[billyskank]

44. Well

we're glad you didn't! :yourock:

And I agree with you, I think it's pronounced "yivvergurl." :)

[RevolutionaryActs]

46. Awww billy.

:blush: :hug: :loveya:

[yvr girl]

50. Only for you and Will Pitt

:hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

52. It was hilarious

He sounded like a pirate. :7



Maybe he IS a pirate! :o

[yvr girl]

53. I bet he is

But would a pirate lock himself out of his own apartment?

[RevolutionaryActs]

54. Probably.

If the priate had had enough ale. ;)

[djeseru]

2. So, how do you pronounce it?

:7

Edit - Awww, I type too slow! :rofl:

[yvr girl]

5. How do you say yours?

[djeseru]

24. I don't really know.

It just looked kinda good on the monitor when I needed a screen name. I kind of try to run the 'd' and the 'j' together, or sometimes it's a silent 'd', depending upon the amount of trouble I want to go through.

[LSK]

3. yours

[flvegan]

6. CaliforniaPeggy.

I understand the "Peggy" part, but what is this "California" anyway? Never heard of it, and a Google search turns up nothing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Uh-huh! You've never heard of the glorious golden state

of California?

Where does LeftyMom live? Well???????

You are too funny, my dear flvegan!

:loveya: :hug:

[Jara sang]

7. Call me Wesley

Exactly what does he want to be called? "Wesley" or "Call me Wesley" it's kind of a paradox.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Maybe it's a message to some one named Wesley to call him.

In that case, he needs a comma after the "me."

[Ramsey]

21. Isn't it

A reference to The Princess Bride?

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

27. i thought that but it think its spelled differently

[billyskank]

31. I'm sorry to say

I think it's a reference to Ensign Wesley Crusher off Star Trek: TNG! :rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. I think that's it, billy.

CMW mentioned that once....

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

51. I apologize

for any confusion. :P

[billyskank]

56. Those of us who pay attention

were forewarned. Heidi told us long ago (when to us you were known simply as Mr. Heidi) that you have on occasion, praised her with words like "well done, Ensign Crusher."

:rofl:

This made your screen name quite easy to work out. :)

[Call Me Wesley]

58. Exactly.

Unfortunately, plain 'Wesley' was taken. That one was the first choice. ;)

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Thtwudbeme used to have me totally confused, until I was talking

with another DUer on the phone, and she kept referring to the DUer, "That would be me"...and then it clicked and I realized what an idiot I was. I would see her name before and think all kinds of goofy pronounciations...

[blondeatlast]

22. That one took me forever! One day I just got it for some reason. nt

[Gormy Cuss]

26. Well, yours puzzled me for a bit

because I kept seeing it as Blond Eat Last, and that made no sense what so ever.:D

Mine's pronounced the way it looks, provided you're from Boston or points north. The 'R' is silent.

[Midlodemocrat]

19. Rabrrrrrr - sounds like you are hacking up a lung.

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. Actually, it's the sound of a geriatric bison coughing up a baby harp seal

But you're close. :P

[Crazy Dave]

20. Dave The...

WAVE!

[texas1928]

23. That texas1928

What the hell is that all about?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

25. BillySkank...

He's not skanky at all!
Duckie

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. Hi Duckie!! I only know this one because somebody asked him.

http://groovetown.co.uk/songs/displaysong.php?id=459&cid=32

How are things with you? :hug: :loveya:

[LynzM]

30. Omphalaskepsis?

Not even sure I'm spelling it right, and no idea what it means...

[billyskank]

32. Oeditpus Rex

Although I'm willing to bet it has something to do with Monty Python. :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

34. Yes! Me too!

:P :P

[libodem]

33. There are a couple that I habitually read wrong and

pronounce wrong: one is asmatic ice dog and then: exema scab

[eyepaddle]

39. For the longest time I thought it was tj mawson, as opposed

to tjw mason (split up to show where my mistake was, if you're reading this tj!)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. That WritingIsMyReligion....

Her name's so perplexing!

:P :P :P

:hi:

[eyepaddle]

38. I doubt anybody had trouble pronouncing my username

but boy, did it cause speculation--usually of the lascivious sort! ;)

Many people thought it might be an S&M thing :o

With my sig pic in place, that's all cleared up now! B-)

[billyskank]

60. That was all southlandshari's fault

Maybe SeattleGirl too. :)

[eyepaddle]

61. I think Heidi was the first one to bring it to my attention

I had no idea I was causing such a stir! Kinda funny in retrospect. :)

I haven't seen much of Southlandshari in a few weeks--do you know if she's really busy or somesuch?

[billyskank]

62. Yes I think she's busy

She's been away for a couple of months. She stuck her head in a couple of times recently, but just flying visits.

[Solon]

37. If I had a nickle for everytime someone calls me Salon on this board...

I would be a brazillionare! :evilgrin:

[eyepaddle]

63. That's kind of a sad fact when people on DU

are unaware of Solon....

Have you considered going by the username Draco? :evilgrin:

[Solon]

69. Hell NO!!! Who the hell would want to have that name?

That guy was downright Draconian. :evilgrin:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

43. flvegan did for a bit ....

[WritingIsMyReligion]

45. OMG...

I literally JUST figured that one out. Finally.

:blush:

[RandomKoolzip]

47. "hfojvt" had me puzzled, then I figured it was the word "genius..."

With each letter transposed to the next one in alphabetical sequence.

I also used to think "XemaSab" was "BasaMex" spelled backwards....what "BasaMex" means I have no idea.

Others that make me go "huh?":

serryjw
TwoSparkles
xultar
mb7588a
Dufaeth

[billyskank]

48. I would never have worked that out

even if I had a million years.

BTW, "XemaSab" means Xema Sabini, the name of a type of gull.

[LynzM]

49. Yeah, me neither.

Wow. You learn something every day...

[NJCher]

55. Mine's a no-brainer

Especially with the garden state as my avatar:

New Jersey Cher

Some people think, though, that NJCher is my first two initials and last name.


In my sig, the sort of abstract cat has caused maybe three or four PMs asking what it is. It's a long skinny cat, just like my dear little cat Bitsey who at this moment is stretched out in the sun, looking for all the world like the Queen of Sheba.

Hey eyepaddle, my friend and I are buying kayaks so I told my friend to look up your posts to see the cute little kayaker!




Cher

[billyskank]

57. You are one of the senior DUers!

You have been around even since I started lurking. :hi:

[eyepaddle]

59. I don't know about cute, but I sure

ain't little! (240 pounds)

Oh, wait, you mean the sig pic! D'oh!! :slaps forehead:

Good job on the kayaks! What do you two plan on getting? :hi:

[qnr]

64. None.

My first post in a month, whoopie.

[billyskank]

65. It was a good one

:thumbsup:

[qnr]

67. Thanks. I feel fulfilled. Now I'll go lurk for another couple of months.

:hi: & bye.

[eyepaddle]

66. Hey, calm down Quebec November Romeo

If you can't control yourself you'll have a heart attack! ;)

[qnr]

68. It's all the sugar-substitutes in my blood

:)