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How to pronounce the names of some products and artists' names

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  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500

    Along with pronunciation, I am constanty wondering whether to use "his" or "her". This is compounded when males use female avatars (or vice-versa). I want to avoid sexist assumptions but sometimes they happen. Using "his/her" is so cumbersome and breaks up the conversational flow of a comment.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,924
    Chohole said:
    Kitsumo said:

    Did anyone bring up Chohole? Cause that one has me stumped.

    Sorry Maclean, I've been saying it wrong for like a decade. It'll take some time to fix.

     

    Chohole    Taken from the name of a Park Gate Lodge that we lived in for almost 20 years.  Back when the gate was first named it would have been the Charcoal Burners gate, or Charcoal gate, got a little corrupted over the years (1637 was when the gate was first erected)  to normally be sort of Chuhole with a very short vowel sound in the first syllable more like there actually isn't a vowel there at all.

    So... it rhymes with cannolli, then?  :) 

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    Cybersox said:
    Chohole said:
    Kitsumo said:

    Did anyone bring up Chohole? Cause that one has me stumped.

    Sorry Maclean, I've been saying it wrong for like a decade. It'll take some time to fix.

     

    Chohole    Taken from the name of a Park Gate Lodge that we lived in for almost 20 years.  Back when the gate was first named it would have been the Charcoal Burners gate, or Charcoal gate, got a little corrupted over the years (1637 was when the gate was first erected)  to normally be sort of Chuhole with a very short vowel sound in the first syllable more like there actually isn't a vowel there at all.

    So... it rhymes with cannolli, then?  :) 

    no It still rhymes with charcoal, no accent on the e

  • AlmightyQUESTAlmightyQUEST Posts: 2,006
    maclean said:

    Maclean = MahClayne

    'Mac' is fine, but defnitely not MacKleen!

    ... well I have to confess, for... what, over a decade? I have been saying you name wrong. blush

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,924
    ArielRGH said:

    @Maikdecker... Since Michael is from DAZ Originals, I assume he's American and therefore I use an English pronunciation. I might be wrong but no one from DAZ has answered to this thread... yet. Of course if he were German it would be "me-kha-EL"

    "Michael 1-6" were all pronounced lke Michael Jackson, MIcheal 7 is prounced "Michelle" like Michelle Obama or MIchelle Williams.  Michael 8 is pronounced "Throat-warbler-mangrove."

  • ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105
    Cybersox said:
    ArielRGH said:

    @Maikdecker... Since Michael is from DAZ Originals, I assume he's American and therefore I use an English pronunciation. I might be wrong but no one from DAZ has answered to this thread... yet. Of course if he were German it would be "me-kha-EL"

    "Michael 1-6" were all pronounced lke Michael Jackson, MIcheal 7 is prounced "Michelle" like Michelle Obama or MIchelle Williams.  Michael 8 is pronounced "Throat-warbler-mangrove."

    LOL

  • j cadej cade Posts: 2,310
    edited June 2018
    marble said:

    Along with pronunciation, I am constanty wondering whether to use "his" or "her". This is compounded when males use female avatars (or vice-versa). I want to avoid sexist assumptions but sometimes they happen. Using "his/her" is so cumbersome and breaks up the conversational flow of a comment.

    Just use they. It was good enough for Chaucer and Shakespeare. It's good enough for us. The rule about the singular they being "improper" was made up in the 18th century by what I am assuming were some particularly joyless grammarians.
    Post edited by j cade on
  • barbultbarbult Posts: 27,522
    SickleYield said:

    My screen name is pronounced "Lester."

    HUH?

  • RedzRedz Posts: 1,459

    I say Laurel, you say Yanny. All depends on where you pitch the product. 

  • KitsumoKitsumo Posts: 1,222

     

     

    Chohole said:
    Cybersox said:
    Chohole said:
    Kitsumo said:

    Did anyone bring up Chohole? Cause that one has me stumped.

    Sorry Maclean, I've been saying it wrong for like a decade. It'll take some time to fix.

     

    Chohole    Taken from the name of a Park Gate Lodge that we lived in for almost 20 years.  Back when the gate was first named it would have been the Charcoal Burners gate, or Charcoal gate, got a little corrupted over the years (1637 was when the gate was first erected)  to normally be sort of Chuhole with a very short vowel sound in the first syllable more like there actually isn't a vowel there at all.

    So... it rhymes with cannolli, then?  :) 

    no It still rhymes with charcoal, no accent on the e

    Even after your explaination, I was thinking it rhymed with cajole. Still better than what I thought before: Cha-Hole-eee.  Yeah, the public schools around here aren't the best.

     
  • barbultbarbult Posts: 27,522
    Redz said:

    I say Laurel, you say Yanny. All depends on where you pitch the product. 

    HUH?? I'm super confused now!

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,651
    j cade said:
    marble said:

    Along with pronunciation, I am constanty wondering whether to use "his" or "her". This is compounded when males use female avatars (or vice-versa). I want to avoid sexist assumptions but sometimes they happen. Using "his/her" is so cumbersome and breaks up the conversational flow of a comment.

     

    Just use they. It was good enough for Chaucer and Shakespeare. It's good enough for us. The rule about the singular they being "improper" was made up in the 18th century by what I am assuming were some particularly joyless grammarians.

    Yuh, just use they.  For the record, I'm female, but I am indifferent to whether people know that or not or use the right pronoun or not.  It doesn't really matter to how I relate to customers or vice versa.

  • DestinysGardenDestinysGarden Posts: 2,553
    barbult said:
    SickleYield said:

    My screen name is pronounced "Lester."

    HUH?

    That is super funny. It is a reference to Leicester square, which (qualifier, some) Americans would say Lie-kes-ter,and Brits would say Les-ter. Worcestershire is another good one. Wor-chest-here-shy-er is actually woost-er. My dad calls it "what's this here" sauce. Heh.

    I always refer to MaleM3dia as MM3, but I knew in the back of my head it is Male Media. I think of maclean as Mic-Glynn, which is not quite MahClayne but better than Ma Clean. I'll adjust that in my head for you my friend.

     What is it for AprilYSH? I call her April, or April-ish.

    I'd also like to know if Polish is Pole-ish or Pah-lish.

     

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500
    j cade said:
    marble said:

    Along with pronunciation, I am constanty wondering whether to use "his" or "her". This is compounded when males use female avatars (or vice-versa). I want to avoid sexist assumptions but sometimes they happen. Using "his/her" is so cumbersome and breaks up the conversational flow of a comment.

     

    Just use they. It was good enough for Chaucer and Shakespeare. It's good enough for us. The rule about the singular they being "improper" was made up in the 18th century by what I am assuming were some particularly joyless grammarians.

    http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/19/billions-non-binary-asia-kate-dillon/

  • maikdeckermaikdecker Posts: 3,037
    j cade said:
    Just use they. It was good enough for Chaucer and Shakespeare. It's good enough for us. The rule about the singular they being "improper" was made up in the 18th century by what I am assuming were some particularly joyless grammarians.

    In our modern times with it's dozens of different gender definitions it probably would be usefull when everybody would have the pronoun they want to be used for them tattooed on their forehead for everyone to see. Would keep people from using wrong pronouns and thereby lowering therapy costs a lot I guess.

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 13,514
    barbult said:
    Redz said:

    I say Laurel, you say Yanny. All depends on where you pitch the product. 

    HUH?? I'm super confused now!

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanny_or_Laurel

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 27,522

    Thank you, @DestinysGarden and @Leana. 

  • macleanmaclean Posts: 2,438

    No, my name is spelt Luxury-Yacht, but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'. Sorry. Just been re-watching Monty Python (Not Monty Pithon!)

    To all those who mispronounced Maclean - Don't worry! It's that damned toothpaste!

  • linvanchenelinvanchene Posts: 1,386
    edited June 2018

    Does anyone think about or say out loud

    "Digital Art Zone 3D"

    when they read or talk about DAZ3D?

    Or is it rather

    "das three dee"?​

    Post edited by linvanchene on
  • ArielRGHArielRGH Posts: 105

    I say “Daz three D” mostly because the guy in the YouTube channel says it like that.

     I still want to hear from @Mousso cheeky

  • AlmightyQUESTAlmightyQUEST Posts: 2,006
    linvanchene said:

    Does anyone think about or say out loud

    "Digital Art Zone 3D"

    when they read or talk about DAZ3D?

    Or is it rather

    "das three dee"?​

    "dazz three dee", as in DAZ rhyming with jazz. Though I understand why some would pronounce it das or dash.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    linvanchene said:

    Does anyone think about or say out loud

    "Digital Art Zone 3D"

    when they read or talk about DAZ3D?

    Or is it rather

    "das three dee"?​

    you may notice that it is now shown as Daz, meaning that Daz 3d have dropped the Digital Art Zone.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 41,562

    I have enough trouble saying Zeebrush instead of Zedbrush

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    th3Digit said:

    I have enough trouble saying Zeebrush instead of Zedbrush

    I'm British I stick with saying Zedbrush

  • MadaMada Posts: 2,065

    My name usually gets pronounced as Maida but its actually with an ah sound  - its short for Magdalena... my sister couldn't pronounce it when she was a toddler so the shortened version stuck :)

    https://www.howtopronounce.com/gajah-mada/

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500
    th3Digit said:

    I have enough trouble saying Zeebrush instead of Zedbrush

    Indeed. It was a bit funny though when I used to pronounce the name of the band Zed Zed Top - just doesn't scan, does it? But then Americanisms do get under the skin of the British, even though in some cases the Americans are historically correct and it is the British version that has strayed from its old pronunciation. However, I do find "aluminum" and "nucular" particularly annoying.

  • MimicMollyMimicMolly Posts: 2,372
    I still misread "Chohole" as "Chloe". >_<
  • DestinysGardenDestinysGarden Posts: 2,553

    Try aluminum versus aluminium

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 41,562

    Car rah rah like the Queensland town on the Gold coast not ca rare rah

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500
    DestinysGarden said:

    Try aluminum versus aluminium

    Yep, I mentioned that one.

     

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