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Started by Queequeg, June 26, 2009, 06:41:36 PM

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Josquius

#30
June 27, 2009, 10:34:06 AM Last Edit: June 27, 2009, 10:40:14 AM by Tyr
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2009, 06:26:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 06:11:24 AM
One syllable FTW.
So let's stick to Lee, Ian, Eva, etc....

Here's one syllable: putz.
Eva..Mostly true. It does sound of blend. The only person I know called that gets called just the first one too.
Ian is one syllable though.
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PDH

#31
June 27, 2009, 10:41:41 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 10:34:06 AM
Eva..Mostly true. It does sound of blend. The only person I know called that gets called just the first one too.
Ian is one syllable though.
Unless one vowel or the other is not pronounced, Eva is two...
Ian might depend on where the speaker is from, the 'ia' can be a diphthong...
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Cerr

#32
June 27, 2009, 10:49:55 AM
Quote from: HVC on June 27, 2009, 10:23:23 AM
Quote from: Cerr on June 27, 2009, 04:02:13 AM
Quote from: HVC on June 26, 2009, 07:22:49 PM


*edit* Cormac? Mother fucking Cormac? Speaking as someone with a weird name, i beg of you, let your wife name your kids.


Cormac?!?
Cormac is a fairly common name in Ireland. I'm guessing it's not in Canada or America. :lol:
Yeah, not so common here :lol: . I have no real problem with "weird names", it's moere the fact that Spellus picked those two names as ones that wouldn't cause the kid problems :D
Fair enough. I'd agree with you on Esther. It'd probably be considered a bit of an old woman's name (along with Agnes) here. Had a quick google and I see there was a Jewish Queen of Persia. So that's probably why he picked Esther.

Neil

#33
June 27, 2009, 10:54:40 AM
Quote from: Cerr on June 27, 2009, 05:28:01 AM
Quote from: Neil on June 26, 2009, 08:04:03 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 26, 2009, 07:22:49 PM
Esther minimum of beatings? WTF is wrong with you.


*edit* Cormac? Mother fucking Cormac? Speaking as someone with a weird name, i beg of you, let your wife name your kids.


Cormac?!?
Doesn't Spellus come from one of those retarded third-world immigrant communities?  It makes sense that he'd be retarded.
Your own name comes from one of those 'third-world immigrant communities' if you're including the Irish community.
It must bother you that your name is Irish.  :P
Not at all.  It's alright because it is my own.  It was also rather popular around the time I was born.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Queequeg

#34
June 27, 2009, 10:55:18 AM
LOL.  Cerr knows me pretty well, correct guesses on both.  Both Esther and Cormac would go well with my last name, too.  I like the name John, for instance, but it would sound kind of weird with my last name.  So does Michael. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Cerr

#35
June 27, 2009, 10:58:26 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 10:34:06 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2009, 06:26:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 06:11:24 AM
One syllable FTW.
So let's stick to Lee, Ian, Eva, etc....

Here's one syllable: putz.
Eva..Mostly true. It does sound of blend. The only person I know called that gets called just the first one too.
Ian is one syllable though.
Eva, sounding somewhat similar to Aoife, definitely has 2 syllables. Are you sure you're not getting it mixed up with Eve?

CountDeMoney

#36
June 27, 2009, 03:39:36 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 10:34:06 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2009, 06:26:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 06:11:24 AM
One syllable FTW.
So let's stick to Lee, Ian, Eva, etc....

Here's one syllable: putz.
Eva..Mostly true. It does sound of blend. The only person I know called that gets called just the first one too.
Ian is one syllable though.

Ian, if it's pronounced In, yeah, it's one syllable.  Ian, if it's pronounced Ian, is two syllables.

CountDeMoney

#37
June 27, 2009, 03:40:15 PM
Quote from: Cerr on June 27, 2009, 10:58:26 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 10:34:06 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2009, 06:26:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 06:11:24 AM
One syllable FTW.
So let's stick to Lee, Ian, Eva, etc....

Here's one syllable: putz.
Eva..Mostly true. It does sound of blend. The only person I know called that gets called just the first one too.
Ian is one syllable though.
Eva, sounding somewhat similar to Aoife, definitely has 2 syllables. Are you sure you're not getting it mixed up with Eve?

In Eva, the "a" is obviously silent.

Scipio

#38
June 27, 2009, 04:15:30 PM
Aidan
Dimitri
Anna
Helena
Ian
Elijah
Elisha
Solomon
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Josquius

#39
June 27, 2009, 05:25:59 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 27, 2009, 03:39:36 PM
Ian, if it's pronounced In, yeah, it's one syllable.  Ian, if it's pronounced Ian, is two syllables.
No, its one.
Talking to myself saying Ian repeatedly I can see how you can stretch it out to two but thats not the normal way.

Eva was just a mistake, wasn't exactly putting deep thought in here. Though I do know a girl called Eva but no one calls her that, she always just gets more like 'Ave' sans A.
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CountDeMoney

#40
June 27, 2009, 06:58:47 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 27, 2009, 05:25:59 PM
No, its one.
Talking to myself saying Ian repeatedly I can see how you can stretch it out to two but thats not the normal way.

Well, when I call you a schmuck repeatedly, I can stretch "schmuck" out to two, but that's not the normal way.  Scha-muck.  In.

PDH

#41
June 27, 2009, 07:02:11 PM
If "Ian" is pronounced sorta like "yoon" then, yeah, it can be one.  It can also be "ee-an" as well.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

CountDeMoney

#42
June 27, 2009, 07:04:55 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 27, 2009, 07:02:11 PM
If "Ian" is pronounced sorta like "yoon" then, yeah, it can be one.

What the fuck? Who the fuck is named Yoon?

Scipio

#43
June 27, 2009, 07:05:54 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 27, 2009, 07:02:11 PM
If "Ian" is pronounced sorta like "yoon" then, yeah, it can be one.  It can also be "ee-an" as well.
What about if it's pronounced Yan?
What I speak out of my mouth is the truth.  It burns like fire.
-Jose Canseco

There you go, giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.
-Every cop, The Wire

"It is always good to be known for one's Krapp."
-John Hurt

PDH

#44
June 27, 2009, 07:07:01 PM
Quote from: Scipio on June 27, 2009, 07:05:54 PM
What about if it's pronounced Yan?
This ain't china
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM
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