Not sure what your ethnic background would have to do with your parents choice for your name. My brother's named for Jeffery Hunter, my sister for Doris Day and my name was just one they liked. Do others in your family have German first names?
Spell my name correctly, dammit!
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I was just talking about my last name.
So you were. My brian..er brain screwed up.
.Maybe your family originated in a part of Germany with other ethnic influences?
“Randy” has the same slang meaning in America, though we Yanks don’t use it as often.
I knew a woman named Randi once. Never knew if she lived up to her name, though.
Gabriella and Gabrielle are pretty names. But they’re often shortened to Gabby, which makes me think of Gabby Hayes.
WTH I thought your name was Kestra.
My last name, Houle, doesn't get misspelled very often, but a lot of people mispronounce it. A lot of people pronounce it like 'Howl,' some say 'Hooley,' some say 'Howley.' Usually the only people who pronounce it correctly ('Hool') are the ones with French names, too.
I would actually assume it was pronounced "ool", as "h" is usually silent in French at the start of a word. (There was also a hockey player in the 1960s and 70s named Rejean Houle, so the name was already familiar to me.)
I know a Randy - I think it's short for Randolph, but I'm not 100% sure. He certainly appears to live up to it.
That's the same reason I know how to pronounce it.
Now, if I heard the name and was asked to spell it, I might very well spell it "Huff", but I've been friends with the science fiction/fantasy author Tanya Huff since I was in high school, and she worked in a bookstore I frequented. (I'm actually a character in one of her books, The Better Part Of Valor. She made me a fighter pilot, which is ironic, since I don't even have a driver's license. )As for my name, most people - at least those who are fluent in English - seem to be able to spell the first one, though I'm occasionally asked if it's short for "Lancelot". (No, it isn't. It's just Lance. And my middle name is really Arthur. You'd think my parents had a Camelot fixation, but using the name Arthur is actually a family tradition on my father's side.)
I've long given up on expecting people to be able to spell my last name, though - it's only six letters, and it's spelled exactly how it sounds, but it's uncommon enough that most people have never encountered it. So generally I just immediately spell it when I'm asked for it.
There's probably only one moderately well-known person with the name - and he's an ornithologist, so "well-known" is a relative term. (It's English, but it originated from a Greek word meaning "sorceress". Maybe I'm descended from Morgan LeFay and don't know it.)
Yeah, true, the 'h' at the beginning is no doubt an American influence.I would actually assume it was pronounced "ool", as "h" is usually silent in French at the start of a word. (There was also a hockey player in the 1960s and 70s named Rejean Houle, so the name was already familiar to me.)My last name, Houle, doesn't get misspelled very often, but a lot of people mispronounce it. A lot of people pronounce it like 'Howl,' some say 'Hooley,' some say 'Howley.' Usually the only people who pronounce it correctly ('Hool') are the ones with French names, too.
Kestra Troi?
Soh'rul
Lawnk-stun
Rohk-bee
Glen-ork-ee
and funnily enough, I get people spelling it with one T. I always say, no, my name is Scott, I'm not one.
Really? The main ship in Starship Troopers (book and movie) is named "Rodger Young", after an American WWII infantryman. It's kinda funny though, because most people misspell his name (& the ship's name) as "Roger Young".
That's the only place where I've ever seen Rodger as a name.
Not sure if we quite pronounce them the same
Sore-rell (rhymes with bell)
Lon-ces-tin (it is three syllables)
Rowk-bee (first syllable rhymes with poke)
and Glen-ork-ee is correct
Most Mainlanders pronounced all four placenames different from Tasmanians.
I was asking how people though Tasmanian placenames were pronounced and the Tasmanian Glenorchy is pronounced Glen-ork-ee.
My last name is often misspelt, it's not especially difficult, Brooke, and usually get Brook or Brooks, so I often state "It's Brooke with an E" so I've had Brookes, Brukes, Bruke, Bruckes, from that. Why the S gets added when I never say an S I don't know.
Yes and I was pointing out the difference between two countries.
Since I didn't actually use the name Glenorchy I don't know what the problem is.
Sorry,I misunderstood, I i thought you were saying that the Tasmanian place shouldn't be pronounce like it is. I thought the original Scottish place was also Glenorchy but i now gather that you are saying that it is actually a two word place name?
Other Australians often pronounce it Glen-orchee. the New Zealand Glenorchy is pronounced the same as the Tasmanian way.
I still don't exactly understand how it is pronounced in Scotland, is ir closer to the Tasmanian or the Mainland (Australian)pronounciation?
Other Australians often pronounce it Glen-orchee. the New Zealand Glenorchy is pronounced the same as the Tasmanian way.
I still don't exactly understand how it is pronounced in Scotland, is ir closer to the Tasmanian or the Mainland (Australian)pronounciation?
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lol. Yup, that's what everyone calls me.
Gabby Hayes? By gum!
???? How come I am quoted as saying something I never said. Can't say I have any real opinion on the name Gabrielle as I have never known anyone by that name.
Edited to add -oh, i see you were quoting Scotpens and he had quoted me before you in his post.
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