There are some SW names that I don't think I pronounce properly in my head:
Yekehfah= YEH-ke-fah, Yeh- KEE- fah..?
Hatshepsut= Hat-SHEP-sut ?
Taylorlila= Taylor-LEE-la, Taylor LIE la ?
Jaizaine= Jay-ZANE ?
threlayer = the relayer?
more to come-
There are some SW names that I don't think I pronounce properly in my head:
Yekehfah= YEH-ke-fah, Yeh- KEE- fah..?
Hatshepsut= Hat-SHEP-sut ?
Taylorlila= Taylor-LEE-la, Taylor LIE la ?
Jaizaine= Jay-ZANE ?
threlayer = the relayer?
more to come-
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oh!!! I was just thinking of one the other day, but I can't remember.![]()




I believe "zxcire" is prounounced "sexy".
Actually that's true for a lot of SW names.
OK, actually I pronounce it in my head as "zuhk-SI-ree" (long "i" sound).
Last edited by Lunarobverse; 02-28-2008 at 09:45 AM. Reason: Changed the actual pronounciation a bit.
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The classical pronunciations are:
Hat-SHEP-suit
Yekehfah - this is a given Hebrew name, I think. Probably YE-kee-fah if that's the case.
Isn't "threlayer" just "THREE-layer?"
Taylorlila - will depend on what part of the country she's from, or whether it's a family name. If she's from the North, Taylor-LEE-lah, from the South, Taylor-LIE-la.
BTW, "Djoser" is - ZOH-zuhr (classical); ZOH-suhr (devoiced; colloquial)
As in all English-language proper names, people can pronounce them however they like, though. That's what makes it such a cool language.
this is a funny thread I never thought about it i am probaly thinking some of them are differnt then they are to lol





My mental pronounciations:
1. Yekehfah= YEH-ke-fah
2. Hatshepsut= Hat-SHEP-sut
3. Taylorlila= Taylor-li-la (short vowels)
4. Jaizaine= Jaiz-aine
5. threlayer = Three layer. Like burritto.
6.Zxcire= just comes out like "Zire" to me.




krchab99 = "kur-CHAB nin-tee-nin" (long "i" sound)
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RL, is it Leigh as in Lee or Lay?
And as far as I know krchab99 isn't supposed to be a real word, it's the first 2 letters of her 3 daughters' names.
Circe= SIR-key? I have no idea
I like to say De-JOH-zer in my head, even hough I know its wrong
Old member: Helle = Hell? Hell-EE?
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Ha, my name on here used to be :
Feiticiera
Sure people had fun pronouncing that one![]()




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^ Yes, English vowel insertion follows a "least effort" rule. For example, "SNPS" will automatically be pronounced by people who have never seen it as "SNIPS," and never "SNAPS" or "SNOOPS."
"zxcire" - TOTAL guess on my part, but I thought it was the French way, "zhir-EH." You can have a 12-letter name in French and it's pronounced "EH."
Ever heard anyone speak Hebrew? It has a guttural sound we don't have in English, which is commonly transliterated as "kh" or "ch." Yekhefah is technically pronounced "yeh-kheh-FAH," with the "kh" representing a guttural in the back of your throat. But you can pronounce it just as well in English as "yekaFA."
For the record, it means "barefoot" (feminine singular). My preferred footwear, LOL!
I think the spelling is "zxcire." The initial consonant cluster is usually converted to a ZHUH or SHEH sound because English doesn't usually allow them natively. But like I said, she can pronounce it any way she wants!
Helle -- hmm, from Greek mythology, right? I think that's HELL-eh. There's a German (and Danish) proper name, though, pronounced close to that.





LOL, I never tried to pronounce zxcire! I just remember her explanation of it being a boy she liked (eric) and adding "xz" and flipping it around.
Circe=Sir-see. SIR-see, yep. But what do you do with "zxcire?" Mine is a guess, anyway.





Yeah it's
JAY-Zane.
My dog's name wasZaine and the Jay part is for me but diff spelling.
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To proxy for my homie:
AinNY is "A in New York" not AIN-NY
My name is of course pronounced Shzerot
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I pronounce stuff all weird to myself, for example:
Hardkandee USED to be Hard-and-KNEE because I always read it wrong! I didn't realize it was Hard Candy until a few months ago!
Jaizaine I pronounce JAZZ-u-neen, which doesn't even look like the name, but like I said, I sort of make stuff up in my head, and it sticks.
I always say it Jazz-ee-anne



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That's how I "say" it too. Like "Lily" but with an "ah/ae/schwa" ending. I wish the Hubby were here to IPA me!
From google (because I knew it from Deftones but still didn't know how to pronounce it): "Feiticiera (pronounced fet-ee-chair-ah) is indeed a girls name in brazil and portugal and places like that."
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I like renaming and abbreviating people in strange ways. Like my girls Beebs, Beegs and Temps. I'll never refer to OdysseusNJ as "Ody" because it sounds so very odious; he will always just be O to me. But how do yall refer to the inhabitants of SW? I call them SWers which sounds like swooers. Like you're all about to make me swoon because you're so fantastic.
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