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geoffil · #26 Post by **geoffil** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:53 am

Yes, Geoffil is Geoffrey from Illinois, but that is my husband. I tried making one up with my name and they were all taken (not on the bored, but for email) so I knew not too many people would use the other spelling of Jeff.

Here's Fanny! · #27 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:54 am

Another one along with GinG and Hai, Kusch.

I've always pronounced it as rhyming with push, but I think he once said it was like rhymes with plush. I still rhyme it with push.

Here's Fanny! · #28 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:56 am

geoffil wrote:Yes, Geoffil is Geoffrey from Illinois, but that is my husband. I tried making one up with my name and they were all taken (not on the bored, but for email) so I knew not too many people would use the other spelling of Jeff.

Yay, me! I gathered from lb's post he knew what it was and it had to do with being a geologist or something.

#29 Post by **littlebeast13** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:57 am

Here's Fanny! wrote:Another one along with GinG and Hai, Kusch.

I've always pronounced it as rhyming with push, but I think he once said it was like rhymes with plush. I still rhyme it with push.

Push for me. Never figured it could be said with a short u sound....

Then again, one of my favorite ex-Merry Men pitchers is Glendon Rusch, and that's pronounced like "rush", so I don't know why I never made that connection.....

lb13

ulysses5019 · #30 Post by **ulysses5019** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:59 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:When I meet bbs they seem to like to say "ooo-lee". I prefer Dan. I mean "you-lee".

If you have that evil squirrel bodyguard following you around everywhere, they'll probably call you whatever you want to be called....

lb13

There's no doubt that he's packin'.

silverscreenselect · #31 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:17 am

littlebeast13 wrote:There are already enough things at work that remind me of the Bored.
lb13

Do they sell American flags there? Perhaps made in China? If so, be sure to count how many rows of stars there are....

#32 Post by **littlebeast13** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:21 am

silverscreenselect wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:There are already enough things at work that remind me of the Bored.
lb13
Do they sell American flags there? Perhaps made in China? If so, be sure to count how many rows of stars there are....

Yes, but not in my department....

I forgot about the GV sandwich bags, which have the word "Sandwich" in big letters across the package that always remind me of someone's favorite MM.....

lb13

minimetoo26 · #33 Post by **minimetoo26** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:21 am

In yesterday's newspaper, there was an article about the history of pencils! So I had the fanny/beast flashback. I should go see if it's online somewhere...

peacock2121 · #34 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:27 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:I'm sure there's a few others I pronounce weirdly that I can't think of....

I just remembered one.... etaoin. I pronounce it something like et-ow-in....

How would you pronounce it?

lb13

That's easy - DrCanadaGuy

tlynn78 · #35 Post by **tlynn78** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:31 am

That's easy - DrCanadaGuy

lol - and nduspock will always be nude-spock to me. Believe me, the visual .....

t.

kayrharris · #36 Post by **kayrharris** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:38 am

Other ones I could never change were ging with a hard G, and the rocky road person. And Holt Dad will always be Holt Dad, no matter what he calls himself (although I think I have a lot of company there).

The one that still confounds me is kayrharris. Can't figure out how to pronounce it or where she came up with that one.

You talkin' to me?? Apparently there are thousands of Kay Harris' out there somewhere, but very few have the middle initial R. Works for me and it's easy to just call me by my first name.

I'm with the rest of you on wrong pronunciations of bored names and I am probably one of the few here who call those I "know" by their real names.
Of course, I could be wrong about that.

earendel · #37 Post by **earendel** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:42 am

Here's Fanny! wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
Here's Fanny! wrote:Other ones I could never change were ging with a hard G, and the rocky road person. And Holt Dad will always be Holt Dad, no matter what he calls himself (although I think I have a lot of company there).

Ging! That's the one I was forgetting that had a real pronunciation I wasn't using! Double hard G for me as well....

Yes, like "sing" only with a G. Before you said that, I never thought about the possiblity of GinJ.

I always thought of it as "jinj".

themanintheseersuckersuit · #38 Post by **themanintheseersuckersuit** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:43 am

Here's Lynn Kelly Ireland's entry in the Miss Universe Contest

tlynn78 · #39 Post by **tlynn78** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:45 am

Here's Lynn Kelly Ireland's entry in the Miss Universe Contest

Those shots don't show her 'bite me' tattoo.

t.

Four Hour Stiffy · #40 Post by **Four Hour Stiffy** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:51 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Here's Lynn Kelly Ireland's entry in the Miss Universe Contest

Green is good, but I'll need some blue for my wood.....

ulysses5019 · #41 Post by **ulysses5019** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:55 am

tlynn78 wrote:
Here's Lynn Kelly Ireland's entry in the Miss Universe Contest

Those shots don't show her 'bite me' tattoo.

t.

She had to cover them up in case the judges had any funny ideas.

Ms. 45 · #42 Post by **Ms. 45** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:03 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:When I meet bbs they seem to like to say "ooo-lee". I prefer Dan. I mean "you-lee".

If you have that evil squirrel bodyguard following you around everywhere, they'll probably call you whatever you want to be called....

lb13

There's no doubt that he's packin'.

Aren't we all?

Byrd · #43 Post by **Byrd** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:04 am

Ms. 45 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
If you have that evil squirrel bodyguard following you around everywhere, they'll probably call you whatever you want to be called....

lb13

There's no doubt that he's packin'.
Aren't we all?

I've got my piece at the ready....

ulysses5019 · #44 Post by **ulysses5019** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:11 am

Byrd wrote:
Ms. 45 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
There's no doubt that he's packin'.
Aren't we all?

I've got my piece at the ready....

Are you a justice of the piece?

cindy.wellman · #45 Post by **cindy.wellman** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:31 pm

Here's Fanny! wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
geoffil wrote:Anything remind you of me?

That was so funny that fuzzy now has a product named after him/her. I am not sure if he is a he or a she.

No, though I've always said your handle in my head as "Geo-fill", so if something showed up that started with "Geo" I bet I would.....

lb13
I think it's interesting what some handles are suppose to mean v. what they really are and how they are pronounced.

I was surprised when it turned out that geoffil was a lady, because I always figured it was somebody named Geoffrey that lived in Illinois and I pronounce it Jeff-Ill.

When littlebeast signs "LB13" he immediately become Label13 in my mind. I think it all goes back to when I was very young and thought that lbs was the shortened version for label, rather than a pound. Pounds and labels meant the same thing to me. "How many labels are you?" still makes perfect sense if you need to find out how much someone weighs.

LOL, yeah, I know........(crazy)

ULY - definitely YOUly
Kusch - Koosh
Fantine - Fanteen
Etaoin - Eh-toh-in
Ging - Jinj
KayRHarris - I don't think I even noticed the R in there until she just pointed it out.
Jai - JYE
Eyégor - EEgore
PlacentiaSoccerMom - sigh.....I always see/think placenta, ALWAYS!
tubadave - Tub o' dave
Tanstaafl - Tanstaafl, rather than thinking or seeing the acronym

I'm sure there are many others too!

Here's Fanny! · #46 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:35 pm

Byrd wrote:
Ms. 45 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
There's no doubt that he's packin'.
Aren't we all?

I've got my piece at the ready....

Oh, Byrd. You tease, you.

Here's Fanny! · #47 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:44 pm

cindy.wellman wrote:When littlebeast signs "LB13" he immediately become Label13 in my mind. I think it all goes back to when I was very young and thought that lbs was the shortened version for label, rather than a pound. Pounds and labels meant the same thing to me. "How many labels are you?" still makes perfect sense if you need to find out how much someone weighs.

LOL, yeah, I know........(crazy)

That is quite possibly one of the cutest things I've ever heard. I think lb should get a promotion within the company and go around inspecting stocking techniques and planagrams. When a stores passes muster, he will give them a "Littlebeast Approved" stamp on the corporate report, which will come to be known in industry lingo as a Label 13.

cindy.wellman wrote:ULY - definitely YOUly
Kusch - Koosh
Fantine - Fanteen
Etaoin - Eh-toh-in
Ging - Jinj
KayRHarris - I don't think I even noticed the R in there until she just pointed it out.
Jai - JYE
Eyégor - EEgore
PlacentiaSoccerMom - sigh.....I always see/think placenta, ALWAYS!
tubadave - Tub o' dave
Tanstaafl - Tanstaafl, rather than thinking or seeing the acronym

I'm sure there are many others too!

Although it's actually Fawn-teen, I think everybody pronounces it Fan-teen because of the Fanny nickname. Myself included. I named her Fantine as a more feminine alternative to Phantom. So it's always been a Fan, not Fawn, around here. Drives Les Miz people nvts.

I'm with you on the Placenta thing as well.

I pronounce Tanstaafl "Snoopy". Ha! Or Tan-staff-ull.

#48 Post by **littlebeast13** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:43 pm

Here's Fanny! wrote:
cindy.wellman wrote:When littlebeast signs "LB13" he immediately become Label13 in my mind. I think it all goes back to when I was very young and thought that lbs was the shortened version for label, rather than a pound. Pounds and labels meant the same thing to me. "How many labels are you?" still makes perfect sense if you need to find out how much someone weighs.

LOL, yeah, I know........(crazy)
That is quite possibly one of the cutest things I've ever heard. I think lb should get a promotion within the company and go around inspecting stocking techniques and planagrams. When a stores passes muster, he will give them a "Littlebeast Approved" stamp on the corporate report, which will come to be known in industry lingo as a Label 13.

That would be wonderful, though they'd have to let me keep my same schedule, including overnights and Wednesdays & Thursdays off. I would probably end up shrink wrapped and slotted atop the bins in the back by those whose work I was inspecting though....

Here's Fanny! wrote:
cindy.wellman wrote:ULY - definitely YOUly
Kusch - Koosh
Fantine - Fanteen
Etaoin - Eh-toh-in
Ging - Jinj
KayRHarris - I don't think I even noticed the R in there until she just pointed it out.
Jai - JYE
Eyégor - EEgore
PlacentiaSoccerMom - sigh.....I always see/think placenta, ALWAYS!
tubadave - Tub o' dave
Tanstaafl - Tanstaafl, rather than thinking or seeing the acronym

I'm sure there are many others too!
Although it's actually Fawn-teen, I think everybody pronounces it Fan-teen because of the Fanny nickname. Myself included. I named her Fantine as a more feminine alternative to Phantom. So it's always been a Fan, not Fawn, around here. Drives Les Miz people nvts.

I'm with you on the Placenta thing as well.

I pronounce Tanstaafl "Snoopy". Ha! Or Tan-staff-ull.

I pronounce tanstaafl with the L silent. "Tan-Staff" And of course, I never recognized it was an acronym until someone pointed it out about a year ago....

I remember the Fantine/Phantom story from one of your previous stays over here, though I didn't know it was pronounced like "fawn". Now I will probably think of that pronunciation, complete with snooty French accent, everytime I see it!

lb13

Here's Fanny! · #49 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:51 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:I forgot about the GV sandwich bags, which have the word "Sandwich" in big letters across the package that always remind me of someone's favorite MM.....

lb13

Don't you mean someone's favourite MM?

ShitSandwich · #50 Post by **ShitSandwich** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:56 pm

Here's Fanny! wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:I forgot about the GV sandwich bags, which have the word "Sandwich" in big letters across the package that always remind me of someone's favorite MM.....

lb13
Don't you mean someone's favourite MM?

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