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Gantic
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It's not likely your username will come up in speech,* but it's fun to think about. Mine is fairly obvious because it's phonetic.

GAN-tik

Stresses, in CAPS, are assumed to be American unless otherwise noted by users in the thread. Some usernames aren't stressed because they're unknown. Pronunciation table will be included later.

List of username pronunciations
09philj -- oh-nahyn-fil-jay
apldeap123 -- ap-uhl-dee-ap-wuhn-too-three
clhkph -- see-el-aych-kay-pee-aych
Ernie15 -- ER-nee-wuhn-fahyv
FishPreferred -- fish-(preferred), /ËfishÂ&middotrÉÌËfÉrd/ or /ËfishÂ&middotrÉÌËfÉÌd/ Merriam-Webster pronunciation
gaboloth -- GAH-b?-?t (GAH-boh-lot? GAH-baw-lot? GAH-boh-loht? GAH-baw-loht?)
Gantic -- GAN-tik
IsaacTheBest -- ahy-i-sak-duh-best
Jacen96 / Darth Caedus -- jay-sen (apparently the 96 is silent) / DAHRTH KAY-duhs
JACKinbigletters -- JAK-in-big-LET-erz
jonathen -- JON-uh-thuhn, alt. JON-NAY-shuhn :P
LouTheLarge -- loo-thee-lahrj, alt. loo-thuh-lahrj
Moegreche -- moh-GRESH
omegap12 -- (omega)-pee-twelv
pangtongshu -- pang-tawng-shoo
R2D21999 -- AR-too-DEE-too-NAHYN-teen-NAHYN-tee-nahyn
Riptizoid101 -- RIP-ti-zoyd-wuhn-oh-wuhn
royalguy -- ROY-uhl-gahy
Snag618 -- Snag (silent 618)
StormWalker -- stawrm-waw-ker
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*Don't read into it; I'm not planning anything. That semi-colon is incidental, too.

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Jacen96
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Jay-Sen

and Darth Cay-Dus (u that is in dust)

~~~Darth Caedus

StormWalker
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Mine's pretty self explanatory; StormWalker.
No funny pronunciation in there. Storm, as in storm, and then Walker, as in walker. It's not like StoormWhaylkeer, or SuhtuhooruhemWuhahelckehruh.

Ernie15
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Ernie-one-five. The numbers one and five are significant as separate numbers, not as one number. Those who have read it as "fifteen" have been incorrect in mental pronunciation.

R2D21999
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Mine is pretty obvious; Are Two Dee Two Nineteen Ninety-Nine.

However I wouldn't be surprised if someone said my name as, Are Two Dee Two One Nine Nine Nine.

royalguy
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Roy-al-guy

My wasn't that difficult. I bet none of you guys anticipated such a complex enunciation for my username.

09philj
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Oh Nine Fil Jay. Not filj.

gaboloth
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Peasant

I am the guy who taught Cenere how to pronounce his own name, so I basically own this thread.

But for mine, the A is pronounced as in "car", the TH is pronounced as a T, as in "rat", and the stress is on the A. I would write the pronounciation, but I'd probably get it wrong.

Moegreche
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Duke

mow (rhymes with low) GRESH

JACKinbigletters
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JACKinbigletters. Jack (The name) in (As in "to put something in a box&quot big (Like large) letters (Those things in the alphabet.) Jack-in-big-letters.

Gantic
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Apparently, I've been putting the stress on the wrong syllable for Moegreche.

I'll be updating the OP with pronunciations. It would help if it's indicated which syllable is stressed in CAPS.

To help, using the word Capital. Pretend the CAPS is louder or more pronounced:
KAP-i-tl
kap-I-tl
kap-i-TL

The ones that sounds more right is the one that's more properly stressed.

Longer usernames or multi-word usernames might have multiple stresses.
LAWNG-er YOO-zer-naymz or MUHL-tee-werd YOO-zer-naymz mahyt hav MUHL-tuh-puhl STRES-iz.

Different dialects stress differently. If my examples sound weird, it's because you're using a different dialect of English. American pronunciation usually stress the first syllable for two-syllable words.

pangtongshu
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Moegreche -- moh-GRESH


Moh-gretch-e

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Should be:
'ahng-tong-shoe'

how i pronounce it:
pang-tong-shoe
a like how you would say it reciting alphabet
FishPreferred
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Duke

/ËfishÂ&middotrÉÌËfÉrd/ , or /ËfishÂ&middotrÉÌËfÉÌd/ , depending on how English you are.

Gantic
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Hmm, is that Merriam-Webster style pronunciation? The vowel dots are not easily forgettable.

Minotaur55
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Moegreche -- moh-GRESH

I always pronounced it Moh-gresh.

My username is pronounced Min-oh-tar. It's not pronounced Myno-tar or Myno-tor (I've heard a few of my british friends say Myno-tar or - Myno-tor). The fifty five part is silent.

FishPreferred
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Hmm, is that Merriam-Webster style pronunciation?

Yes.

The vowel dots are not easily forgettable.

They're not easy to find, either.

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