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Author Topic: How do you pronounce your name? Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-10-2003 11:07 PM                     I suppose this is silly but I was just wondering. How do people pronounce their names? For most Americans, pronunciation of other American's names is easy. How many ways can "John Smith" be pronounced? On the other hand, we have a growing number of Europeans, South Americans and people coming to this site from other places were many Americans just don't know the lingo. For instance, Per Hauberg... Do you say it, "per" as in "Miles per hour"? Or, do you say it with an accent like "peer"? I'm sorry if I just slaugtered your name but that's kind of my point. It's common courtesy NOT to slaughter peoples' names.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-11-2003 01:23 AM                     UL-PIN is how I and most of the people I associate with pronounce it. A common slip up is "Oplin". Nick names include O.P., Op, Olpy, Olpinater, Moplin, and Mop. My grandparrents (and for that matter all my relatives on that side) correct me all the time. Appearently the correct pronunciation is AL-PIN. At first I didn't understand how they were geting an A sound from an O, but then I thought about it: Oliver = All-iv-er so... Olpin = All-pin I guess that makes sense. Whatever.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 06-11-2003 01:32 AM                        My name is pronounced like this: MEE-SHA-EL SHUF-FER the SHA sound is not like the regular English SH, but more a soft sound like air escaping from a balloon, or a variation of the rasping KH sound known from Russian names. The second name sounds almost like "shuffle". "Olpin" seems to have a slavic feel to me. Where does the name come from?  |  IP: Logged Lionel Fouillen Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Belgium Registered: Nov 2002 posted 06-11-2003 01:45 AM                     Although my family originated from Belgium, that is a French-speaking country, many people here can't get it right from the first time because the roots of our name date back to 7th-century Ireland... The name is like "foo" + "yen" (like the Japanese money). But in fact, the letters "en" at the end of the name are one sound in itself, which doesn't exist in English so I can't simulate it here for your understanding. However if you manage to pronounce "foo yen" I'll be most happy though. Other spellings of the same name (with same pronunciation) are Fouillien and Fouyen. My first name "Lionel" is pronounced "Lee-o-nell" in French. Michael, does your name normally spells with an Umlaut over the "a" in German?  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 06-11-2003 02:00 AM                        No, Michael never has the ae in German. However, my last name, which is quite rare, is similar to Schaefer, which is a very common name. 90% of people spell it wrong the first time.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-11-2003 02:06 AM                        My last name, "Redifer" is pronounced " hou-huf-ge-muaf ". It is polish and most people dont say it correctly. Angers me.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-11-2003 03:15 AM                     It's spelt Jonathan Worthing It's pronounced stote wobbler mangrove. (Python joke)  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-11-2003 03:56 AM                     So, uh, Joe ... this weekend when I meet you in person, I shall ask for Mister Hou-huf-ge-muaf at the box office. Or do you work with a bunch of idiots that call you Mister Red-i-fer?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-11-2003 04:15 AM                        Actually in reality it's Kind of like Red if her, but without the "h" on the last syllable. Quite easy, but people try to overthink it and pronounce it wrong (not sure how this is possible, but it happens from time to time).  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2003 04:20 AM                        But, Joe, the creative pronounciation is much more confusing!  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-11-2003 04:22 AM                        quote: Or, do you say it with an accent like "peer"? Yep, Randy - You've got it ! In Denmark, we have always learned, that the difference between english and american is, that the americans speaks with a hot potato in their mouth. I guess, that's what the young Mr. Hou-huf-ge-muaf just pointed out. Joe - You just caused the Spell Check to go down. Black smoke comes out now from my screen. p.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-11-2003 07:02 AM                        per, i should remind you that swedes say that of danes as well. the hot potato thing. carl  |  IP: Logged German Marin Expert Film Handler Posts: 227 From: Verbania (VB), Italy Registered: Jul 2001 posted 06-11-2003 07:11 AM                     Germán Marín: her-MAN ma-REEN  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-11-2003 09:28 AM                        Carl We'll let the swedes do so for a while. -They are not the ones, we are at war with this week. -But i don't believe, even the London Tabloids could have been more dirty/naughty than our local "boulevard-press" were last week up to our football match with the Norwegians. Even I was embarrassed ! Trouble with the swedes is, that every time they get out of their cages and are allowed to take the ferry those 20 minutes to Elsinore, they get so overwhelmingly drunk, that they are not able to even understand each other. Back home, they've got something, they call öl (beer), which due to thorough investigations and lab tests shows up to be, what in Denmark is called "mosevand" - my best translation will be boggy-water. And then, when those otherwise very kind people are dipping their noses in the famous Danish brew (Scoot over, Schaffer), they get grossly intoxicated in no time. So much for now about the Scandinavian brotherhood. -Our way of loving each other (which we do, -really !) is impossible for other cultures to understand, just as we DO have a problem, getting on with people outside our own farm. Per ---------------------------------------------------------------- Would someone be so kind to teach me what to do, when i'm writing as long an answer as this one (the answer from You now should not be "shorten up"), and would like to use the SpellCheck. I don't know how to scroll down the Check window, and therefore, i can't check the last lines, nor can i release the trigger at the buttom. I am trying to learn Your language through this Forum, and the SpellCheck is a very welcome help, but...??? p.  |  IP: Logged Randy Loy Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 Registered: Aug 1999 posted 06-11-2003 09:30 AM                     Randy, I'm glad you started this thread. I often wonder about pronunciations of some of our fellow Film-Techers names also. I'm amazed at how often my own last name, with only three letters, is mispronounced. It rhymes with "toy" but I often get "Lou," "Lee," Lowe," and "Lloyd." Generations ago my last name was Maloy but the "Ma" was dropped sometime during the 1800's. Now I'm told that some people are surprised to find out that I'm mostly Irish, and not oriental.  |  IP: Logged

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