Tell me how badly I mangled your name!

[pne]

This poll concerns the voice post in this entry, in which I say the usernames of the people on my Mutual Friends list.

[Poll #1017534]

Comments

[nitaq.livejournal.com]

Somehow I missed that one question, and I'd say your pronunciation is as close as it gets, so I give you a 10.

[pne.livejournal.com]

You can change your answers (http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=1017534&mode=enter) on the poll; it would be nice if you did so. (In general, click on the poll number at the top of a poll, then on "Fill out Poll".)

[nyssa.livejournal.com]

You did pretty well with my name. :D Usually, the first syllable is the accented one, whereas it sounded like you accented the second, but that's probably the least minor mispronunciation of my name ever (trust me, I get some interesting ones). I gave you a nine.

Also, to elaborate on my comment: I'm assuming your username is taken from 'Philip Newton', your whole name, yes? So, following the pronunciation of that, it should be pronounced the same. Except when I see your username, I don't pronounce it that way because it sounds funny. I chose instead to pronounce it 'pnay'. Because that's prettier. :)

[pne.livejournal.com]

Usually, the first syllable is the accented one, whereas it sounded like you accented the second

Oops. I thought I was accenting the first, FWIW.

I'm assuming your username is taken from 'Philip Newton', your whole name, yes?

Yes.

At work, we had (have) usernames that are usually three letters long (occasionally two), and "first letter of given name + first two letters of family name" is the standard pattern as long as the resulting abbreviation isn't already in use.

So, following the pronunciation of that, it should be pronounced the same

Like "Fnoo"?

Except when I see your username, I don't pronounce it that way because it sounds funny. I chose instead to pronounce it 'pnay'. Because that's prettier. :)

Which is close to how I sometimes pronounce it in German!

[nyssa.livejournal.com]

Nah, more like p-knee? But that didn't sound so great to me, so I switched to "pnay".

[elgrande.livejournal.com]

I used to think of your name as [pi: En i:] but n_true once pronounced as something similar to [pne:] (with a somewhat stronger consonant than [p] but not sure how to spell it in IPA) and since then I've been unsure about how to pronounce your name.

[pne.livejournal.com]

since then I've been unsure about how to pronounce your name.

Both pronunciations are just fine -- the one you gave first is how I say it in English (I stress the last letter, but many others stress the first, which is also fine with me), the second is one of the ways I say it in German (the other way being to spell the letters out again, [pe: En ?e:]).

Take your pick, or use both.

(with a somewhat stronger consonant than [p] but not sure how to spell it in IPA)

[p^h], I believe. (Or more properly, [pʰ].) Or [p_h] as an ASCII approximation.

[elgrande.livejournal.com]

"(with a somewhat stronger consonant than [p] but not sure how to spell it in IPA)
[ph], I believe. (Or more properly, [pʰ].) Or [p_h] as an ASCII approximation."

Not only aspirated but something more sudden and louder. I think he used the sound to make it sound funnier.

[jpallan.livejournal.com]

You pronunced my maiden name as "Ellen" rather than a broader A, which is my pronunciation of it. However, I am now Frau Jessica Schmidt and you pronounced Schmidt correctly, I think you'd do fine. :)

[pne.livejournal.com]

You pronunced my maiden name as "Ellen" rather than a broader A, which is my pronunciation of it.

Apologies.

I'm not sure what exactly you mean with "broad A" (that brings to mind my pronunciation of "bath" or "palm", since I've heard that called "broad A" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_short_A#Trap-bath_split)); if it's any consolation, I thought I was producing the vowel I use in, say, "mallet" or "alley" (phonemically, the same one as in "cat": Wells's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical_set#Standard_lexical_sets_for_English) TRAP vowel).

But of course on the one hand, my phonemes may well have different phonetic realisations than yours (so my TRAP may sound like your DRESS, or whatever), and on the other hand, there might well have been interference from German in my pronunciation.

[jc.livejournal.com]

Aw, man. Y'know jpallanschmidt would just take too long to write, don't you? :P

[jc.livejournal.com]

...and I have no idea why the HTML cleaner breaks LiveJournal's own HTML there.

[jpallan.livejournal.com]

I know. And jaschmidt is taken, as is jessica (suspended for years), and jpaschmidt just seems a little odd...

[angelsk.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed. Most people don't realise to separate the sk from angel :) It was perfect.

[pne.livejournal.com]

How do they pronounce it? Two syllables, like "ain-gelsk"? Or three, like "ain-ge-lesque"? Or some other way?

[arthur-sc-king.livejournal.com]

I see "angelsk" and think "Angel from Saskatchewan". <shrug>

[leora.livejournal.com]

Your pronunciation of my name was fine. I think I put slightly more emphasis on the first syllable, but if I were reading a long list of names, it might come out similarly. You also have, from my perspective, a cute accent.

[pthalo]

agreed that pne's accent is cute.

I couldn't hear him well enough to decide whether he pronounced the p in pthalo or not (it's a silent p), but the rest was right.

[afuna]

I am amused (both at the voicepost and the exact duplication of the second question *grin)! You got my name *perfectly*, by the way ;)

[afuna]

Also! This is the first time I've heard your voice, and I think you have a really nice voice.

[pne.livejournal.com]

and the exact duplication of the second question *grin)

I'm not known for being original :) I had originally duplicated your first question, too, but then decided to change it a bit.

[afuna]

*G*!

I was thinking of using scale as well, but decided that it was less work to use funny answers (such as they were :))

[nassus.livejournal.com]

Don't have any sound on work puter and it'll be 2 weeks before I get to see my beloved mac again.
Mum left some sort of google voicemail for me once. Sound - what is this sound thing?

[bride.livejournal.com]

You pronounced mine wrong XD I'm kidding. I don't see how you possibly could get it wrong =D =D

I gave it a 9 for the difference between the Pacific Northwest/Canadian 'i' versus the British 'i'. It should really be a 9.5.

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I was thinking.

Though I gave it a 10, because I figured that while it wasn't necessarily exactly how I'd say it, it was certainly an acceptable way for the name to be pronounced in general.

I may have to try this now.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Bríde [bʲrʲi:dʲə] is the Modern Irish spelling of a the name of a Celtic goddess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid). There are a lot of Celtophiles on LJ, so it's a perfectly plausible username.

[bluewingedcat.livejournal.com]

I generally pronounce it with a noticeable pause inbetween each word to emphasis that I don't mean blue wings... rather like a comma. But I also don't correct people who emphasis the -ed of winged either since it gives the exact same impression in my mind.

So I gave you a 9... because my user name is so easy that I have to be difficult about it. :P

[pne.livejournal.com]

I generally pronounce it with a noticeable pause inbetween each word to emphasis that I don't mean blue wings... rather like a comma.

That makes sense.

[liv]

It's cool that when you have an idea of the source language of the username, you switch to an appropriate accent for that language. I mean, you sound markedly different when pronouncing German names compared to English ones. And you got my name exactly right by pronouncing it as French. I don't mind an anglicized approximation, but I prefer actual French. (People who don't parse it as a French word sometimes do odd things like stressing red as if it were a syllable, that's definitely wrong.)

Also, your accent in English is cool. Given what I know of your linguistic background it's not that surprising that you have a cool accent, but it's fun to hear it.

[pne.livejournal.com]

And you got my name exactly right by pronouncing it as French. I don't mind an anglicized approximation, but I prefer actual French.

It helped that I once heard you pronounce your own username, giving it a French pronunciation.

[ubykhlives.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounced your username as three syllables, as though it were an acronym "P.N.E.", as that's usually what I do whenever I see a string of characters that violates English phonotactics. Although from seeing some of the other comments, it seems that's dead wrong!

And I didn't think you'd get my username quite perfectly, but no hard feelings, as I missed yours too. :S

Mine is pronounced [].

[pne.livejournal.com]

Although from seeing some of the other comments, it seems that's dead wrong!

Sorry if you received that impression.

When speaking in English, pronouncing my username as an acronym is just fine, and is how I say it myself.

On which of the three syllables, if any, do you place primary stress? (I have it on "E", many others on "P"; either is fine by me.)

[ubykhlives.livejournal.com]

Sorry if you received that impression.

That's OK, but it's hardly something that needs apologising for. :)

When speaking in English, pronouncing my username as an acronym is just fine, and is how I say it myself.

Oh good. I had thought that the P and the N were your initials, but had not been so sure about the E at the end. (It's intended to be the second letter of your surname, correct?)

Out of interest, is its pronunciation different when you're speaking in German?

On which of the three syllables, if any, do you place primary stress? (I have it on "E", many others on "P"; either is fine by me.)

Well, it looks like I'd get 10 out of 10 then! I also would place primary stress on the final syllable, with a secondary stress on the first, much the same as the stress pattern of the word underneath.

[pne.livejournal.com]

not been so sure about the E at the end. (It's intended to be the second letter of your surname, correct?)

Correct. "First letter of given name, first two letters of family name" is the default pattern for usernames in my company, as long as the result is not already taken. And I've liked that username ever since I've had it, and try to use it elsewhere as well, if it's not already taken or prohibited by name length rules.

Out of interest, is its pronunciation different when you're speaking in German?

Indeed it is.

I pronounce it two different ways: either spelling it out letter-by-letter (with German letter names; roughly [p^heEn?e:], though I'm not sure on whether I have zero, one, or two glottal stops in there -- generally, German words cannot begin with a vowel but will have a glottal stop in front instead, but I don't think there's one between [pe] and [En], and I'm not sure whether there's one in front of [e:] or not; it's not a feature I notice consciously unless I try really hard) or by pronouncing it as a single word (roughly [p^hne:]).

Well, it looks like I'd get 10 out of 10 then!

Indeed! By your description, you pronounce it exactly the same way I do. (On the phonemic level, at least.)

[schnurble.livejournal.com]

Firstly, I love your British accent! I always enjoy listening to people who speak British English :o)

And you've got Schnurble better than I'd expected, actually I liked your pronounciation, although I say the u like in Schnur (German word for a piece of string)...

[pne.livejournal.com]

although I say the u like in Schnur

Interesting.

I think that even if I had pronounced your name in German, I would have used a different sound -- I have a long u in "Schnur", but a short u in e.g. "Wurst" or "kurz" or "Kurbel", and I would've used that short u sound. (So the first syllable of "Kurbel" does not sound the same as "Kur".)

[fledchen.livejournal.com]

I think you're one of the few people who can pronounce my username properly. Actually, I think you pronounce it better than I can!

[noidd.livejournal.com]

Spot On.

I'd like to hear you try to pronounce my gaming names tho:

llanedd
llwyddfa


:-D

[pne.livejournal.com]

Here: http://pne.livejournal.com/636887.html

[nik-w.livejournal.com]

My name is not hard to pronounce, really... some people say "Nik W", some say "Nik dash W", some say "Nik Hyphen W" - the first is how I say it, the second is how I spell it out to people, and the third really annoys me for some reason! You don't sound at all German - I don't know whether this is a deliberate thing when you're speaking English or not... However, to me you sound like you have a bit of a Scandinavian accent (similar to my friend paisan who is from Norway)!