Pronuciation?

[sumi]

There are a few screen names out there that have me perplexed. I'm never quite sure of the correct pronuciation. For a while there I thought strmrdr was store murder! Then I read somewhere that it is storm rider.

Is it leo-nid or leon-id? Nicrez? win-yan or winy-an? lop?


Just in case there is confusion over my screen name, it's sue-mee. (my cat's name. it means charcoal in Japanese and she's a black cat).


edited to add: oh geeze, i didn't even spell thread name correctly! i'm useless without spell check

 

[Nicrez]

Nicrez, is really Nic Rez. Nick and Rez.

 

[PlatinumDiamond]

Mine is:

Plat"i*num Di"a*mond

or

Mark

 

[hoorray]

Just plain old lop (pronounced like cop but with an l). It's an old nickname from childhood days, and it's easy to spell

.

 

[haunani]

how-NAH-knee... stress on the middle syllable. It's Hawaiian for "cool, summer breezes" and is my middle name.

 

[sumi]

Ooooh! Haunani, thanks for that! I thought you were ha-u-na-ni (stress on the ha).

 

[winyan]

plain ole win-yan...sumi, it's Unkpapa Lakotah for 'woman'.

win

PS Unkpapa lakotah is also known as one of the subdivisions of the Teton Sioux (Sioux is a corruption of the French for enemy, Teton is a corruption for well..a part of the female anatomy.)