How would you pronounce...

The silly English. :D

In Estonian every letter is always pronounced the same way, so everything can be pronounced and everything has only one way how to pronounce it. :)

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Originally Posted by Desolation

Ditto.

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Double ditto.

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Originally Posted by Dave_Sinkula

Corollary/piggybacking/thread derailment: how do folks mentally pronounce my last name? I've probably heard 'em all, but now I am curious.

As far as I care, there are two correct answers.

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Sin-kyule-ah

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Originally Posted by citizen

It just rolls off my tongue. Sinkula sounds a lot like Dracula to me but sink replaces the first syllable.

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Originally Posted by brewbuck

I'd say, Kway-a-trix.

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Queer-tricks.

"Dumbass"

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Originally Posted by ulillillia

KYOO trihks - that's how I pronounce it. Strange question though, but oh well.

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You're telling people what's "strange?"

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Kill a Trix

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Thread hijack: Anybody remember Trix cereal? lol.... Reminds me of it when I see his name and his colorful avatar... lol.

Doesn't remind me of Trix at all.. the colors are too dark.

Besides, I've hated Trix since they changed the flavor like ten years ago.

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Originally Posted by citizen

It just rolls off my tongue. Sinkula sounds a lot like Dracula to me but sink replaces the first syllable. Quite an interesting name!

Did that make sense?

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That'd be my first preference. SINK yoo luh.

As I remember Mom on the phone doing the spelling: "Sink, as in sink or swim; you, the letter u; la, l-a". Or something to that affect. Much, much later relatives told me the "correct" pronunciation is more like "sin KUH luh".

I just go by "Dave". And if the phone rings and people struggle with my last name, either me or my wife will toy with them like lepers.



*No lepers were harmed, nor none should be offended, I hope. I'm just lacking polically correct imagination at the moment.

kveh - triks

sin - koo - luh

( And I'm not sure that my writing represents my spelling correcly... ;) )

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Originally Posted by vart

kveh - triks

sin - koo - luh

( And I'm not sure that my writing represents my spelling correcly... ;) )

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How about you? Is it "Vart," or are we to use the German V, which would make it more like "Fart?" ;)

never meet someone using the last one...
And no, it is not Vart, just vart :p

PS. And if you want the german prononsation, it should be like in the "warte" (Ich warte auf dich).

The German V can be pronounced either way, depending on the word.

Wow, I didn't realize that there where so many different ways of saying my (user)name.

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Originally Posted by Dave_Sinkula

Corollary/piggybacking/thread derailment: how do folks mentally pronounce my last name? I've probably heard 'em all, but now I am curious.

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sin-cool-uh

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Originally Posted by maxorator

The silly English. :D
In Estonian every letter is always pronounced the same way, so everything can be pronounced and everything has only one way how to pronounce it. :)

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You'r my best friend now. ;)

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Originally Posted by laserlight

Queer-tricks.

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Now I am really considering getting it changed.

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Originally Posted by Govtcheez

"Dumbass"

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Butthead.