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Offline Rishile

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« on: Monday 20 June 11 12:01 BST (UK) »
Somebody recently commented (I can't remember who - sorry) that they had been mis-pronouncing my screen name.  That got me thinking that I probably mis-pronounce most peoples screen names but without realising. 

So, could you let me know how to pronounce yours (no silly answers, please) and a brief reason why you chose that?

Mine - Rishile - pronounced Ri-shilly - it means sunrise in Zulu (apparently).  This was the name of a dance group I was made about for a while and it is also because I live on the sunrise coast (of England).

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Stoneham - Kent / Essex / Herts / Bucks / Devon
Pike - Kent
Pay - Kent
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Bissenden - Kent
Chappell - Herts
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« Reply #1 on: Monday 20 June 11 12:04 BST (UK) »
Mine's based on the fact that I'm a female who was born on midwinter's day.
Toomebridge, County Antrim: Devlin
Toomebridge and Cavan:  McCormick
Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Shropshire:   Hill
Lurgan Co. Armagh:  Malone, Dumigan, McCourt, McGill
St. Pancras, and Poplar, London: Serjeant, Heald
Brookborough Co. Fermanagh:  Carmichael, Tierney
Staffordshire:  Cook
Isle of Wight:   Parkman
Warwickshire:  Kinchin
Cork: Kennedy, Ahern, Deliere

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« Reply #2 on: Monday 20 June 11 12:09 BST (UK) »
Mine's a combination of my christian name, my surname, and my country!
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« Reply #3 on: Monday 20 June 11 12:23 BST (UK) »
I havw 2 dogs called Rosie and Magic ..... :-)
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« Reply #4 on: Monday 20 June 11 13:07 BST (UK) »
i make (and sell!) marmalade!
Wainwright - Yorkshire
Whitney - Herefordshire
Watson -  Northamptonshire
Trant - Yorkshire
Helps - all
Needham - Derbyshire
Waterhouse - Derbyshire
Northing - all

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« Reply #5 on: Monday 20 June 11 19:20 BST (UK) »
mine is based on the fact I drive a daf truck for a living, the pilot part is down to my boss who thinks it's easy these days to drive lorries, like to see him get into some off the places I get sent to in an artic!!


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hants, hart, hornsby, wilson, west.skinner
dorset, wilson.
guernsey, hart, butt, roper, de cateret, le mesuirer.
london, harris, west, butt, hornsby.
england in general, scammel
australia, butt. sainsbury hants, kent, sawyer, perry, cook,

Offline Just Kia

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Re: Screen Names
« Reply #6 on: Monday 20 June 11 19:55 BST (UK) »
Kia - like the car (key-uh)
Kia alone is usually not accepted by most sites as a login - not enough letters so I added the Just in front because I'm just Kia ;)

Quote from: Rishile on Monday 20 June 11 12:01 BST (UK)
Somebody recently commented (I can't remember who - sorry) that they had been mis-pronouncing my screen name. That got me thinking that I probably mis-pronounce most peoples screen names but without realising.

So, could you let me know how to pronounce yours (no silly answers, please) and a brief reason why you chose that?

Mine - Rishile - pronounced Ri-shilly - it means sunrise in Zulu (apparently). This was the name of a dance group I was made about for a while and it is also because I live on the sunrise coast (of England).

Rishile

I had been saying (or rather thinking) your screen name as rish-eel  :-[
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Re: Screen Names
« Reply #7 on: Monday 20 June 11 20:00 BST (UK) »
Ohhh - you are not 'just' anything  :o.  Please don't say that.

I was wondering about yours when I wrote my original post.  I thought it was something to do with the orange drink.

Rishile
Stoneham - Kent / Essex / Herts / Bucks / Devon
Pike - Kent
Pay - Kent
Swan/Swaine - Herts / London
Bissenden - Kent
Chappell - Herts
Hammond - Essex

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Re: Screen Names
« Reply #8 on: Monday 20 June 11 20:11 BST (UK) »
Personally, I don't understand why people can't simply use their real names. Do you all have something to hide?
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