Have you ever said your username out loud and been embarrassed?

Duggy747 · 13-12-2010 06:28PM

Well, my name is Duggy so.....................yes

liah · 13-12-2010 06:31PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it pronounced lie-ah or lee-ah? I always thought lie-ah.

Lee-ah. Same as 'Leah,' which is the actual spelling on my passport.. changed it to 'Liah' when I was 10, I think, and kept it like that ever since unofficially. 'Leah' looks dull and is a bit biblical for an atheist like me.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 13-12-2010 06:31PM

i was walking through temple bar and all of a sudden someone walking by did a complete 180, pointed a finger at me and yelled 'MORDETH'

was kind of embarrassing

--edit

hrm
i always pronounced liah as lee-ah, but leah i always assumed to be lay-ah

Micky Dolenz · 13-12-2010 06:38PM

Thank good I picked an actual name, so am not embarrassed by saying it.

Although I did sign off a work email recently using my boards name. I felt a bit dim.

sink · 13-12-2010 06:38PM

My boards.ie name is my actual nickname since first year. I'm called it all the time so it doesn't embarrass me.

13-12-2010 06:40PM

My email address was once [email]boneyarsebogman@**.com[/email]. There was one day that someone rang my house phone and needed my email address to send on something. So I spelled it out to them. When I got to the .com, there was a silence on their end and then, "seriously?". I created a new email address that day.

liah · 13-12-2010 06:41PM

Jesus, if people're having this much trouble with my first name, I'd hate to think of what they'd make of my surname. :eek:

AnnyHallsal · 13-12-2010 06:43PM

All the time. I don't even know how to pronounce it. My username was supposed to be AnnyHall and 'sal' was supposed to be the start of my password. Damn enter button :mad:

13-12-2010 06:46PM

Nope...

also went with "fra-dah"
also think leah > liah, but I guess it looks biblical

Snakeblood · 13-12-2010 06:47PM

Dean820 wrote: »

Long story short, I was discussing forums with a friend of mine today and mentioned boards.ie was probably the best. He said he used forums, too, and asked what was my username...I was little uneasy that he asked...but after I told him mine, I felt mortified, lol.

Have you ever said your username out loud and been embarrassed in a similar situation?

Mine's so badass that dudes spontaneously start doing pressups when they hear it.:cool:

dr.bollocko · 13-12-2010 06:47PM

It's not really something I can tell people IRL so easily but I can't change it now.
If you're ever at a boards beers the feeling of everyone exchanging usernames is a bit cringey. Cringier again that because you know their usernames it becomes much more difficult to remember their real names.

parker kent · 13-12-2010 06:50PM

liah wrote: »

Jesus, if people're having this much trouble with my first name, I'd hate to think of what they'd make of my surname. :eek:

I would never in a million years have pronounced it in any way accept Lee-ah. Maybe this particular sample is particularly troubled with girls names starting with L :pac:

My name is geeky if people work it out. But I've never really been embarrassed to be geeky. Embarrassed if people found out I talk to "people on the Internet" though

kerryman12 · 13-12-2010 06:50PM

yep been there

13-12-2010 06:51PM

Are you embarrassed as it involves you admitting you're from Kerry?

kerryman12 · 13-12-2010 06:55PM

Are you embarrassed as it involves you admitting you're from Kerry?

god no, I live and work it cork - so when they hear that it cracks them up

A real cross to carry I can tell you, - a kerryman living in cork

iPlop · 13-12-2010 06:56PM

Some of my friends use boards and only one knows my username.I just avoid or dodge the question when it comes up

liah · 13-12-2010 06:56PM

parker kent wrote: »

I would never in a million years have pronounced it in any way accept Lee-ah. Maybe this particular sample is particularly troubled with girls names starting with L :pac:

My name is geeky if people work it out. But I've never really been embarrassed to be geeky. Embarrassed if people found out I talk to "people on the Internet" though

Peter Parker + Clark Kent?

kerryman12 · 13-12-2010 06:57PM

Some of my friends use boards and only one knows my username.I just avoid or dodge the question when it comes up

I would be a bit that way as well to be honest

Kimono-Girl · 13-12-2010 06:57PM

I like my username! i got it from pokemon silver!

ok thats kind of embarrassing.....:o

snickerpuss · 13-12-2010 07:00PM

I'm never that embarrassed. My user name doesn't bother me but the reason I picked it is lost back in the murky depths of the early 2000s. Also who wouldn't pronounce Liah as Lee-ah?!

Nolanger · 13-12-2010 07:02PM

Nope, but other people have!

El_Dangeroso · 13-12-2010 07:04PM

Canaan Putrid Woodpecker wrote: »

I have but only because it seems that I'm the only person who pronounces it properly.

Canaan Putrid Woodpecker wrote: »

Fray-da. They say Frah-da.

You're WRONG.

(I also checked in French and German to be sure.)

Wolfe Tone · 13-12-2010 07:04PM

Mine goes down a treat.

kerryman12 · 13-12-2010 07:06PM

Mine goes down a treat.

cant imagine why!

AnnyHallsal · 13-12-2010 07:07PM

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

Mine goes down a treat.

I presume you shout it. It being in caps.

13-12-2010 07:09PM

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

I presume you shout it. It being in caps.

Whenever I have a child, I'm going to baptise them with an exclamation mark at the end of their first name. EDWARD! Even better would be a question mark, I guess.

AnnyHallsal · 13-12-2010 07:11PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Whenever I have a child, I'm going to baptise them with an exclamation mark at the end of their first name. EDWARD! Even better would be a question mark, I guess.

For some reason, I immediately imagined Bella shouting for her beau. And yes I hate Twilight.

Great idea though

parker kent · 13-12-2010 07:13PM

liah wrote: »

Peter Parker + Clark Kent?

Now you know my true identity, you must suffer the consequences :pac: Though you may now be outed as a geek as well!

Tallon · 13-12-2010 07:14PM

Thread is kinda wasted on me

xoxyx · 13-12-2010 07:15PM

Canaan Putrid Woodpecker wrote: »

I have but only because it seems that I'm the only person who pronounces it properly.

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

You're WRONG.

(I also checked in French and German to be sure.)

Yeah, you're wrong. It's definitely Frah-da. Bet you're embarassed now!!

Have you ever said your username out loud and been embarrassed?

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