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Phlegmish posted:I need Kong Kong and Kuany Kuany in my starting five, but Bol Bol's going to stay benched all match You actually have it exactly backwards: Bol Bol is the only player on that list who's in the NBA, I think. (You might remember his dad, Manute Bol.)
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Arivia posted:You actually have it exactly backwards: Bol Bol is the only player on that list who's in the NBA, I think. (You might remember his dad, Manute Bol.) I think Wenyen Gabriel as well.
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gschmidl posted:South Sudan basketball invites just dropped The gently caress kinda name is Taylor Bowen? Ridiculous! e: I wonder if Kuany is just a common name or if they're related to the Kuany Kuany who played for Kauhajoki.  ee: Or the same guy, I guess. 3D Megadoodoo has a new favorite as of 07:46 on May 2, 2024 |
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Arivia posted:You actually have it exactly backwards: Bol Bol is the only player on that list who's in the NBA, I think. (You might remember his dad, Manute Bol.) lol (e: lol lol) Apologies to any Bol Bol fans out there. It makes sense that the South Sudanese would be good at basketball, they're apparently some of the tallest people in the world. Phlegmish has a new favorite as of 13:26 on May 2, 2024 |
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I can't pronounce "Achor Achor" like anything but a trucker saying "Breaker breaker"
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tribbledirigible posted:
lol e: "no, I said debugger mode"
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3D Megadoodoo posted:The gently caress kinda name is Taylor Bowen? Ridiculous! Good news, turns out his middle name is Bol. 3D Megadoodoo posted:e: I wonder if Kuany is just a common name or if they're related to the Kuany Kuany who played for Kauhajoki. Tiny bit of searching also surfaced another player named Kuany Teng.
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I bring grave news. Thread favorite Speed Weed is actually just William Henry Weed.
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Dude's about to go on and on for a thousand pages
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venus de lmao posted:I bring grave news. Thread favorite Speed Weed is actually just William Henry Weed. Snee'ds Speed & Weed (formerly William's)
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Just got off the phone with a Richard Ramirez (link)
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A friend of mine has older family members named Xochipilli, Citlalli, and Xocoquetzali. 
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Queen Gnome posted:A friend of mine has older family members named Xochipilli, Citlalli, and Xocoquetzali. Mexican descent? Those sound Nahua or adjacent. They're definitely distinct but I feel like people are constantly going to struggle to pronounce and write your name, including in Mexico itself
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Yeah, those are all Nahuatl names, I don't think particularly unusual ones? Obviously it would depend on the cultural context.
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Bad rear end is what they are.
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Antivehicular posted:Yeah, those are all Nahuatl names, I don't think particularly unusual ones? Obviously it would depend on the cultural context. I should have included that haha. They're 100% white Canadians
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Also those are all deities
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Also those are all deities The parents were apparently big fans of the Aztecs
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Heaven Leigh. I hate parents who give their kids joke/pun names.
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There's a Heavenlee at my work. Not sure if it's supposed to be pronounced Heavenly or Heaven Lee.
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Marcade posted:Heaven Leigh. I hate parents who give their kids joke/pun names. My mom briefly considered giving me a three letter first name one letter off from our three letter last name. Just a different vowel in the middle. My whole life would've been people singing my name at me.
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UwUnabomber posted:My mom briefly considered giving me a three letter first name one letter off from our three letter last name. Just a different vowel in the middle. My whole life would've been people singing my name at me. Nice to meet you, Tim Tam.
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 God that is so badass
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So this is actually like a cry for help. One of my jobs is calling out names at graduation. I want to get the pronunciations right as possible. I am pretty good with most names, but I have never had to say one like this: Oghenenyerhovwo Eghwrudjakpor I know nothing about the student personally, so I haven't heard them say their own name yet. Anyone got any guidance for how to pronounce it? I don't want to mess up their graduation ceremony by bungling their name and I don't trust pronunciation sites to not be bullshit.
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marshmallow creep posted:So this is actually like a cry for help. Could you contact said student and ask for help with the pronunciation?
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I hope so and intend to. Sometimes students don't show up or can't be reached until they are walking the stage.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Could you contact said student and ask for help with the pronunciation? You could also reach out to one of their teachers. For all you know, they go by Bob.
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Seems to be a name from the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria. So all you have to do is apply your knowledge of Urhobo pronunciation rules. Good luck!
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Note that they never refer to themselves as Urhobo, that's only used by outsiders. They call themselves Werhobo.
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marshmallow creep posted:So this is actually like a cry for help. I'd go with "Oghene Eg-rood-jak-por"
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Blue Footed Booby posted:You could also reach out to one of their teachers. For all you know, they go by Bob. Update: He goes by "Marvelous." Correction: "OG Marvelous." marshmallow creep has a new favorite as of 00:08 on May 17, 2024 |
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Oh, so it is the truck driver.
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marshmallow creep posted:One of my jobs is calling out names at graduation. the president of my college before I got there was a really smart guy but tripped up on some words he was giving out an honorary degree and one of the deans slipped in the phrase "eleemosynary activities" into his speech he was reading off the guy's various accomplishments and got to that part and without even pausing said "charitable activities" instead
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Ah, memories of my high school principal mangling the Asian names, even though we were all given index cards on which to write out our names phonetically. There were only 110 kids in my class, and most of us had pretty straightforward names. He could have put in the effort to figure out Xuanlan and Xiao Hua.
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Part of our routine is we ask everyone as they come in and I often double check when they come up to the stage just to make sure I don't gently caress up. Got through 159 names tonight and only fumbled on my own tongue twice.
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marshmallow creep posted:Part of our routine is we ask everyone as they come in and I often double check when they come up to the stage just to make sure I don't gently caress up. at least once commencement had a form everybody filed out with phonetic versions of their name then handed in as they walked but I figured it was a common thing marshmallow creep posted:Got through 159 names tonight and only fumbled on my own tongue twice. good shootin'
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Icye Rivers
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Articles that sound like twee indie films: "SUDDEN DEATH OF OVERTON GOOSE"
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Empty Sandwich posted:the president of my college before I got there was a really smart guy but tripped up on some words My brother used to work at an art school and he was in charge of admitting foreign students, checking their credentials, etc. He also read the application letters. There was a prospective student from a country in West-Africa who, in his cover letter, thoughtfully included he did volunteer work with "depraved communities". Bro had a sensible chuckle about that one.
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