What's Your Name?

[tomalak301]

Terrence - another unique name, apparently.

My middle name is Terrence. Good to know that name still exists in some form.

 

[TheGodBen]

Godfrey, as in Godfrey the Bear.

 

[GhostFaceSaint]

I'm Sean.

 

[AdAstra]

I'm Sven. Which is not pronounced "Zven".

Yes i am quite aware how to pronounce your name.

You should, you were screaming it last night. ;-)

 

[CorporalClegg]

John

So boring....

 

[Michael]

I vaguely recalled you were originally from Brandenburg but I wasn't sure anymore and didn't want to say something wrong. Anyway, the 'non-existing Bielefeldians' part was just meant as a friendly jab.

Sorry, some things are better said in German:

Glaub' mir, ich hab' durchaus verstanden, dass es sich um eine freundschaftliche Neckerei handelt. Tut mir wirklich Leid, falls das von meiner Seite anders herübergekommen sein sollte. Das lag sicherlich nicht in meiner Absicht. Wenn ich jetzt nochmal nachlese, was ich geschrieben habe, kann ich sehen, wie das auch anders aufgefasst werden kann.

Wir sind immer noch Freunde, oder nicht?

I know it's not the same sound and I never said it was. But I believe that most people unfamiliar with German wouldn't hear a difference.

Hm, I don't want to argue about such trivial matters. Let's just say that you are wrong and I am right, okay?

Yep, like that. (I personally like to emphasise the z a little more because otherwise it often is omitted when people write it down.)

Yeah, you are right, I should have emphasised it a little more. It's actually a rather complicated string of letters.

Godfrey, as in Godfrey the Bear.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. So your name is really Godfrey? I thought you were joking once.

It's a ... nice ... eh ... name, though.

 

[HighteeHeller]

My name is Katherine, but everyone calls me Kat.

 

[Count Zero]

I vaguely recalled you were originally from Brandenburg but I wasn't sure anymore and didn't want to say something wrong. Anyway, the 'non-existing Bielefeldians' part was just meant as a friendly jab.

Sorry, some things are better said in German:

Glaub' mir, ich hab' durchaus verstanden, dass es sich um eine freundschaftliche Neckerei handelt. Tut mir wirklich Leid, falls das von meiner Seite anders herübergekommen sein sollte. Das lag sicherlich nicht in meiner Absicht. Wenn ich jetzt nochmal nachlese, was ich geschrieben habe, kann ich sehen, wie das auch anders aufgefasst werden kann.

Wir sind immer noch Freunde, oder nicht?

Well, regional animosities are serious business.
Actually, I wasn't sure whether my remarks had rubbed you the wrong way. Just wanted to make sure there were no misunderstandings. In a written medium these things are sometimes hard to tell. So yeah, still friends.

I know it's not the same sound and I never said it was. But I believe that most people unfamiliar with German wouldn't hear a difference.

Hm, I don't want to argue about such trivial matters. Let's just say that you are wrong and I am right, okay?

Or the other way round...

Yep, like that. (I personally like to emphasise the z a little more because otherwise it often is omitted when people write it down.)

Yeah, you are right, I should have emphasised it a little more. It's actually a rather complicated string of letters.

To put it mildly. It only really gets fun when you try to book something abroad on the phone. And even here, many people just panic when they see this string of consonants in the middle of it.

Godfrey, as in Godfrey the Bear.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. So your name is really Godfrey? I thought you were joking once.

It's a ... nice ... eh ... name, though.

I think he's still joking. But I like that name. I have a weakness for certain old-fashioned names.

 

[TheGodBen]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. So your name is really Godfrey? I thought you were joking once.

Have you ever heard of a Godfrey the Bear?

There was a Bear called Ben though, and I've been led to believe that he was quite gentle.

 

[Major Chord]

Since we're going on a bit about name mispronunciations, I'd like to lodge a complaint against m name. My last name is, in my mind at least, easy to say, logical to spell, and not hard to confuse. Yet, people still do it.

Adamchick. Pronounced just like it's spelled...Adam-chick...yet, it gets morphed in the weirdest ways. I had a teacher who said it A-damn-chick the whole year. I corrected her, but she still said it like that. Then there are those who pronounce it Adam-check. The bugs me...a lot, but I think it may be a quirk of the local dialect. And people are always adding extra letters when they spell it. Maybe if I had a name like...Smith...things would be a bit less confusing.

 

[Count Zero]

Well, it is an unusual name. Seeme to be a derivation from Adamczek, and maybe that's what people assume you name is when they hear it.

 

[apenpaap]

Jochem
I can't tell you how it's pronounced, as I don't think there's an equivalent of the J and ch in english.

 

[thestrangequark]

Since we're going on a bit about name mispronunciations...

My last name causes me my share of trouble too. I like it, it's Isbell, pronounced like the two words 'is' and 'bell'. I think it sounds pretty with my full name: Hannah Beth Isbell. Inevitably, though, people read "Isabel." Which I can't blame them for, except for the surprisingly high number who refuse to concede to my expertise when it come to the pronunciation of my own name. I say, "No, Izzzbell," "Isabel?" they say? What is most annoying though, is that everyone then assumes that Isabel is my first name, so they ask, "Last name please," and I reply, "Isbell," and they become frustrated and look at me like I'm an idiot and say "Last name." And of course Hannah is a common enough last name, which means people assume I am Isabel Hannah, and I always am filed under H instead of I.

Well, it's mildly irksome, at least.

 

[Kestra]

And of course Hannah is a common enough last name, which means people assume I am Isabel Hannah, and I always am filed under H instead of I.

Try being put down as "Rocky" and filed as a guy. Slightly uncomfortable!

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I'm Sven. Which is not pronounced "Zven".

Yes i am quite aware how to pronounce your name.

You should, you were screaming it last night. ;-)

Oh my! Did i get the accent right?

 

[Mysterion]

I'm a David.

But just about everyone calls me Dave. I even have a digital TV channel named in my honour*, and many fine repeats of Top Gear can be watched upon it on a daily basis. I take no responsibility for Back To Earth, however.

* Great Big Fib. Obviously.

Well, you might not have a cable channel, but there is a Dave song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQRmHgExV0

 

[Gepard]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. So your name is really Godfrey? I thought you were joking once.

Have you ever heard of a Godfrey the Bear?

There was a Bear called Ben though, and I've been led to believe that he was quite gentle.

Aaaaaaaand...he's still yanking our chains.

 

[iguana_tonante]

And since I'm absolutely unable to pronounce an Italian "r" you will be a Pierre with a weird spelling and a lot of froufrou

And I'm sure you would be just utterly cute saying it.

My last name causes me my share of trouble too. I like it, it's Isbell, pronounced like the two words 'is' and 'bell'. I think it sounds pretty with my full name: Hannah Beth Isbell.

Wow, that's really a lovely name! Very "Home on the Range". Expect to be called Hannah Beth a lot because I really love it!

Try being put down as "Rocky" and filed as a guy. Slightly uncomfortable!

Ok, now I understand the "yo Adrian" joke. Ehm, sorry for laughing...

 

[Red Ranger]

Ivan, as many who inhabit TNZ know. And I'm not Russian. -- RR

 

[RJDiogenes]

Since we're going on a bit about name mispronunciations...

My last name causes me my share of trouble too. I like it, it's Isbell, pronounced like the two words 'is' and 'bell'. I think it sounds pretty with my full name: Hannah Beth Isbell.

It does have a nice ring to it.