Title the Cellarite
Ok, I got this idea while reading a comment LJ made on the "How Important is if for you to be cool" thread...he gave perth some new ideas for his user title. (I thought the "shut up, Jim" was a good one;) )
Anyway, if you could hand out user titles, what would they be, why, and for whom?
Sidhe
Is this another insult thread?:)
No, we already have one of those.
Be nice, bruce...;)
It's more of a "what would you title whom, and why?" thread.
Sidhe
tw
you will be assimilated
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Griff
I aint skeert
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Wolf
wears a white coat
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Blue58
I drink, therefore I am
or
That's not my ass!
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xoxoxoBruce
dodads R us
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Lady Sidhe
unpronounceable
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Jinx
I know he's out of control
LJ, I told you how to pronounce my name...:p ....but I know how you old folks are with memory and stuff, so I'll refresh your memory:
Sidhe: "shee" gaelic word referring to the fey, such as bean sidhe (banshee) or sidhelien (sheeleen)
Sidhe
Troubleshooter: TFG(tm)
(ask him, he'll tell you what it means....also, I didn't really make this up; he did, a looooong time ago....but it definitely fits him)
Sidhe
So a banshee is a farting fairy?
Originally posted by Lady Sidhe
LJ, I told you how to pronounce my name...:p ....but I know how you old folks are with memory and stuff, so I'll refresh your memory:
Sidhe: "shee" gaelic word referring to the fey, such as bean sidhe (banshee) or sidhelien (sheeleen)
Sidhe
I remember, it.....it was in the limerick thread.....it's still unpro-friggin-nounceable.
perhaps i should have gone with:
LadySidhe
unique, just like everyone else
warch - Vacuum packed class
Wolf - Dominut
Onyx Cougar - Victim of Purple
Katkeeper - Museum Quality
LJ - Pen Whore
UT - Grand High Elocutioner
Leah - Elephan
plthijinx - Pilots 'n lots
NBN - Photo-very-graphic
Elionwyr - Philly's Phinest
Dagney - Patient's Patience
Homer Jackson - Ready, set, GO!
Griff - Push ups rule
Jinx - Deciple of Mother Theresa
I dun splain nuthin.
:p
Originally posted by lumberjim
I remember, it.....it was in the limerick thread.....it's still unpro-friggin-nounceable.
It's really not, Jim. It's pronounced just like the English word 'she'.
It's just spelled funny. Those crazy Gaelic!
Originally posted by Happy Monkey
So a banshee is a farting fairy?
Only in your little world....
*SIGH*
ok, let me try this again.....
there's no way you'd come up with "shee" from Sidhe
until i asked, i pronounced it " sid "...jinx thought it was "Side-eee" never "shee"
maybe unpronounceable is the wrong word for it.
indecipherable?
as for you, mr dar512.....
dar512
better than dar511
or
colors inside the lines
or
215rad spelled backwards
or
I'm a man, baby!
I knew someone in college named Siobhan - pronounced "Shavahn".
Syc - Mechanically declined.
Lady Syc - Not easily embarrassed
HP - Sold his favorite blow job (Camaro, pigs)
Elspode - Obits to die for
Hi Tech - Peggy Sue got married
Slang - Smokeless or black?
DanaC - Veddy British
Jag - Just rip out my ear phones and say "hey kid"
Juju - Me too
Still dun spain nuthin.:p
The editor of Car & Driver, CSABA CSERE is, I believe, pronounced Saw-baa Say.
Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Syc - Mechanically declined.
Lady Syc - Not easily embarrassed
LOL, well....yeah ok. Not anymore.
:D
You got some splainin to do. [/rickyricardo] :p
Anything for you Rho. :D
Mechanically declined is the opposite of mechanically inclined.
Not easily embarrassed, well look around a tell me whom you see.
Originally posted by lumberjim
I remember, it.....it was in the limerick thread.....it's still unpro-friggin-nounceable.
The key to pronouncing Gaelic is simple...*nothing* sounds like it looks, ever.
I have a friend called Niamh... roughly pronounced "neev"...
[COLOR=indigo]I knew how to pronounce it because my old SCA group was pronounced "Athena Shee", and the last part was spelled like that. It meant "windy" folk. (Kingman is windy ALL the TIME.)[/COLOR]
Originally posted by lumberjim
*SIGH*
ok, let me try this again.....
there's no way you'd come up with "shee" from Sidhe
LJ, Think of it as an opportunity to acquire a bit of culture. :D
Plus, English is just as bad. You may have seen this before:
ghoti
How would you pronounce that in English? -------- Fish.
gh as in tough
o as in women
ti as in motion
I've seen that many times, and for some reason I never remember it until I read the explanation.
ghoti
ghoti
ghoti
Originally posted by Happy Monkey
I've seen that many times, and for some reason I never remember it until I read the explanation.
ghoti
ghoti
ghoti
Reminds me of a dead Mafia Don.
Sleeping with the fishes! Ha!
Jag - Just rip out my ear phones and say "hey kid"
That's a long memory you've got there.
For the record...once more....That's not my ass
Also for the record, I bet I drink way less than most here...just happen to usually think it's a hoot at the time I'm 3/4 in the bag to hang out here ;-)
Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Anything for you Rho. :D
Mechanically declined is the opposite of mechanically inclined.
Not easily embarrassed, well look around a tell me whom you see.
Gotcha! :D :D
Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
UT - Grand High Elocutioner
Grand High Period.
I admit I'm overly proud of my current title "Postage doo". It's a strangely complicated yet simple pun.
Originally posted by dar512
LJ, Think of it as an opportunity to acquire a bit of culture. :D
Plus, English is just as bad. You may have seen this before:
ghoti
How would you pronounce that in English? -------- Fish.
gh as in tough
o as in women
ti as in motion
that's not right.
you would only pronounce the gh as an f after ou. the o in women only changes to i because of the e. the ti needs the on to be sh.
bunk example
you should have told that teacher to go ghuch himself
LJ- addict
UT- sweetie
griff- mr. nostalgia
OC- kitty
wolf- sandy
fnf- mia.......
Originally posted by lumberjim
that's not right.
you would only pronounce the gh as an f after ou. the o in women only changes to i because of the e. the ti needs the on to be sh.
bunk example
you should have told that teacher to go ghuch himself
I like that story - so stop raining on my parade.
Besides, the point is that in English as in many other languages, things don't always sound the way they look at first glance.
Consider the difference in pronounciation between the following pairs of words:
heard -- beard
road -- broad
five -- give
fillet -- skillet
How do you know that those pairs are pronounced differently? You just have to know.
Given that the word 'sidhe' isn't even English, why would you expect to be able to pronounce it as though it were?
dar,
your mastery of the english language is eclipsed only by your deductive acumen.
I have now seen the error of my ways and would like to stop talking about this now.
yours truly,
Dunderjim
fillet -- skillet
Theyre pronounced differently?
((edit))Oh hang on yes they are over there. You guys have the French pronunciation. In British English that pair are pronounced alike)
you should have told that teacher to go ghuch himself
leave that teacher alone, he was only quoting that great Irishman George Bernard Shaw who was the originator of the ghoti idea. He was into language reform and even sponsered a competition for a
new alphabet"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches." [SIZE=1](George Bernard Shaw)[/SIZE]
.......and he who cannot teach teaches teachers
Actually...teaches gym.:)
Does that mean that LJ must teach woodshop?
Originally posted by DanaC
Theyre pronounced differently?
The noun is not. The verb is.;)
Originally posted by Yelof
leave that teacher alone, he was only quoting that great Irishman George Bernard Shaw who was the originator of the ghoti idea. He was into language reform and even sponsered a competition for a new alphabet
Fuck him. We don't need a 73 letter keyboard.:rolleyes:
xoxoxoBruce The noun is not. The verb is.
Ahhh. Thanks. In British English they are both pronounced like skillet:)
Originally posted by warch
Actually...teaches gym.:)
Those who cannot teach gym, become guidance counsellors. Those who cannot counsel, become principals.
Originally posted by staceyv
LJ- addict
UT- sweetie
griff- mr. nostalgia
OC- kitty
wolf- sandy
fnf- mia.......
Sandy? I don't get it.
i think she's making a south park reference
Originally posted by LN
I have a friend called Niamh... roughly pronounced "neev"...
We just saw Niamh Parsons in concert last night, and they pronounced it 'neeve'. My opinion is why bother with English letters at all if you're not even going to try to pronounce them in anything like they were intended. Why not just spell the name "Neeve"?
BTW, Niamh Parsons is a nice woman and a great singer. Jeffrey and I had a great time.
Originally posted by wolf
Those who cannot teach gym, become guidance counsellors. Those who cannot counsel, become principals.
And those without pricipals(ples), sell cars.;)