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Title: My glorious name.
Post by: Thrillho on 10 Dec 2013, 14:11: So Inspector Method (Of Madness) was asking me about my name, given that some folks on here call me Gaz.

It has made me realise that I have no idea how neko and Pat, two of precious few people (and especially Americans) who call me Gaz, would pronounce 'Gaz.'

So my challenge to you, forum, is to post an audio or video of you saying my sexy, chocolatey name.

Because my internet sucks too many dicks to let me do Skype or Mumble.

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Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Dec 2013, 14:17: I made a new soundcloud account for this purpose!

Username: saygaz
Password: gaztastic

Everyone use it! :D
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Post by: snalin on 10 Dec 2013, 15:20: You have to confirm the email!

EDIT: oh you can add more emails to confirm with! I'll do that then!

The login for [email protected] is the password for the soundcloud pluss gaz' birth year (two last digits). If I figured out his birth year correctly. Please use it to spam the world
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Post by: snalin on 10 Dec 2013, 15:29: FIRST (https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/gaz)
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Post by: questionablydiscontent on 10 Dec 2013, 15:58: GAZ HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT
WHY DID SNALIN PRONOUNCE IT LIKE GAUZE
ISN'T GAUZE SOME SORT OF BANDAGE
:cry: I DON'T KNOW
https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/audio-recording-on-tuesday
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Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Dec 2013, 16:29: Embedding doesn't seem to be working, so here (https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/method) ya go.
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Post by: Sorflakne on 10 Dec 2013, 19:02: I imagine it'd be pronounced with the G sound, like in 'get'.
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Post by: nekowafer on 10 Dec 2013, 19:24: I did the thing

https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/neko
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Post by: bainidhe_dub on 10 Dec 2013, 19:39: Yeah I'm with Method and Neko on this: /gæ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-open_front_unrounded_vowel)z/
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Post by: calenlass on 10 Dec 2013, 22:52: I say it like this (http://zim.wikia.com/wiki/Gaz).
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Post by: Loki on 11 Dec 2013, 04:04: https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/loki
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Post by: Method of Madness on 11 Dec 2013, 11:24: So it sounds like other than Snalin we all say it pretty much the same.
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Post by: Kugai on 11 Dec 2013, 11:33: (http://www.military-today.com/trucks/gaz_66.jpg)
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Post by: Masterpiece on 12 Dec 2013, 08:47: I did a thing (https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/mp)
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Post by: Method of Madness on 12 Dec 2013, 15:15: And I agree completely! Gareth is an awesome name!
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Post by: SageJiraiya on 12 Dec 2013, 16:46: I did it too! Looks like I'm an outlier.

https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/sagejiraiya (https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/sagejiraiya)

This was a really cool idea.
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Post by: Method of Madness on 12 Dec 2013, 21:12: Gath? :psyduck:
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Post by: SageJiraiya on 13 Dec 2013, 18:59: Yes. Gath. Could just be my exposure to Spaniards, though. They typically pronounce "Z" as "Th."
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Post by: ~~GarandMarine~~ on 13 Dec 2013, 19:00: Philistines. It's clearly "Gah-zed"
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Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Dec 2013, 23:20: Gazed?
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Post by: pwhodges on 14 Dec 2013, 01:33: Spoken as a letter, in Britain Z is called "zed", not "zee". Not that we'd say that as part of a word, any more than we'd use "double-you" that way!
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Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Dec 2013, 02:00: I'm aware, I was just having fun with it.
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Post by: Loki on 14 Dec 2013, 04:31: Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Dec 2013, 01:33
any more than we'd use "double-you" that way!
I shall totally use W as a substitute for "you" when adressing two people in text from now on.
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Post by: Kugai on 14 Dec 2013, 14:53: Quote from: Masterpiece on 12 Dec 2013, 08:47
I did a thing (https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/mp)

The young voice of Tyrion Lannister.
Title: Re: My glorious name.
Post by: Redball on 17 Dec 2013, 15:44: Rhymes with "razz." But that comes from a Michigander.
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Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Dec 2013, 15:49: Quote from: Loki on 14 Dec 2013, 04:31
Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Dec 2013, 01:33
any more than we'd use "double-you" that way!
I shall totally use W as a substitute for "you" when adressing two people in text from now on.
If that becomes a thing, I will never forgive you.
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Post by: nekowafer on 17 Dec 2013, 15:55: Maybe people should try to pronounce my name. Real name. Though I've heard mispronunciations of my nickname as well.
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Post by: Loki on 17 Dec 2013, 16:33: But whosoever speaks your real name, acquires power over you (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKnowYourTrueName).
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Post by: BeoPuppy on 17 Dec 2013, 16:39: Rumpelstilskin.

At least, that's how I pronounce Gareth.
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Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Dec 2013, 17:04: Quote from: Redball on 17 Dec 2013, 15:44
Rhymes with "razz."
So...basically like most of us, then.
Quote from: nekowafer on 17 Dec 2013, 15:55
Maybe people should try to pronounce my name. Real name.
I try four different possibilities! My real guess is the first one, but chances are none of them are right. https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/method-attempting-neko
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Post by: nekowafer on 17 Dec 2013, 17:05: Then I guess it's good that no one can pronounce mine?
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Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Dec 2013, 17:05: Ha, did you determine that quickly that I'd failed four times?
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Post by: nekowafer on 17 Dec 2013, 17:07: Oh, no, I can't listen to it yet - I'm at the mall. I'll listen when I get home!
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Post by: nekowafer on 17 Dec 2013, 18:40: Welp you did fail four times :P
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Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Dec 2013, 18:41: Ha! Then how do you pronounce it?
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Post by: ChaoSera on 18 Dec 2013, 00:47: Most English speaking people probably won't be able to pronounce my last name correctly, but since testing that would require giving up my last name, we'll never know. Although neko knows it, I think.
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Post by: ankhtahr on 18 Dec 2013, 00:51: ChaoSera: Now you're teasing us.

Although I believe to have found out where you live, based on some information you posted about the city you live in.
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Post by: Thrillho on 18 Dec 2013, 00:53: Quote from: snalin on 10 Dec 2013, 15:29
FIRST (https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/gaz)

This was glorious. Slightly Arnie-esque.

Also kinda wrong.

This is the only one I can get to play right now. I'll get to all of you.
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Post by: Loki on 18 Dec 2013, 01:50: https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/loki-pronouncing-elesia
Then I realized this is actually not I pronounce it, so I made a second recording.
https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/loki-pronouncing-elesia-2
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Post by: nekowafer on 18 Dec 2013, 06:56: If you told me your last name I do not remember it! So your secret is effectively safe with me.

Also I will listen to the other attempts soon but I can tell you all that there is no Z or Th sound in my name.

Edit: I mean Sh not Th!
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Post by: nekowafer on 18 Dec 2013, 07:48: Yep you got it wrong too :P I'll record the correct pronunciation when I get a moment alone. It would be weird if my coworkers heard me saying my own name into my phone.
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Post by: nekowafer on 18 Dec 2013, 12:23: Thirrrrd post

Here it is: https://soundcloud.com/saygaz/elesia-pronouncing-elesia

Though I will not stop any of you from continuing to say my name with your sexy, sexy voices.
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Post by: Method of Madness on 18 Dec 2013, 22:13: So it's closer to Lisa than I realized. Interesting.
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Post by: pwhodges on 19 Dec 2013, 01:12: That's what I would have guessed - it matches (apart from the earlier vowels) the way my friend Alisia's name is said.
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Post by: ChaoSera on 19 Dec 2013, 03:16: Quote from: nekowafer on 18 Dec 2013, 06:56
If you told me your last name I do not remember it! So your secret is effectively safe with me.
Pretty sure I told you on skype, when we were chatting about the pronunciation of names. Also I just learned that "pronunciation" is spelled without the o before the u, as in pronounce. That seems kinda weird to me..
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Post by: pwhodges on 19 Dec 2013, 03:39: It's actually closer to the French and Latin roots - the o is an interpolation.
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Post by: Method of Madness on 19 Dec 2013, 13:55: I'd be impressed if anyone remembered my last name, much less how to pronounce it.
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Post by: ~~GarandMarine~~ on 19 Dec 2013, 18:14: [soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/saygaz/whats-in-a-name[/soundcloud]
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Post by: nekowafer on 20 Dec 2013, 17:12: *thumbs up*
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Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Dec 2013, 20:41: Did you do that without listening to hers? Impressive (although you still probably saw my post comparing it to "Lisa" :P )
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Post by: nekowafer on 20 Dec 2013, 20:49: We also met in person a couple months ago - he may have heard me say my name, I don't remember.
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Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Dec 2013, 20:54: Ahh, I did not know that. I'd be very surprised if you didn't say your name at some point.
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Post by: ~~GarandMarine~~ on 21 Dec 2013, 05:12: No I think I openly still had you labeled as "Neko" >.>; I have used/heard the name before in other contexts though.
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Post by: nekowafer on 21 Dec 2013, 07:07: I am used to going by a nickname, just because of how difficult my real name is, so it could go either way. Often I'm Neko or Kat. MUCH easier than Elesia.
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Post by: ~~GarandMarine~~ on 21 Dec 2013, 07:17: Maybe I just read too many fantasy novels growing up, but it's not that much of a mouthful is it?
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Post by: nekowafer on 21 Dec 2013, 09:28: I've always been into fantasy novels and it's my name so I don't know that I'm the best to ask, but no, I don't think so. But more than half the people that have ever had to pronounce my name more than a couple times get it wrong every time. My 4th grade teacher just never got it right, for example. Same with my coworker - who I've been working with for over 5 years.
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Post by: de_la_Nae on 21 Dec 2013, 10:28: Slay them.
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Post by: de_la_Nae on 21 Dec 2013, 10:28: Or possibly sleigh them, if you're feeling the holiday festivities.
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Post by: nekowafer on 21 Dec 2013, 10:48: As long as sleighing them involves running them over with a sleigh, I'm all in.
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Post by: celticgeek on 21 Dec 2013, 10:52: Run over by a reindeer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw)
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Post by: Method of Madness on 21 Dec 2013, 14:00: Honestly, now that I've heard it, it's not hard at all. It's just not immediately apparent from seeing it spelled out.
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Post by: nekowafer on 21 Dec 2013, 14:12: I'm not sure why that is, though. It's pronounced exactly as it's spelled, I think. Ell-ee-see-uh
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Post by: Method of Madness on 21 Dec 2013, 14:20: Because the s in "sia" is usually not pronounced like an s.
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Post by: nekowafer on 21 Dec 2013, 18:50: It isn't? Do you have examples?
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Post by: Method of Madness on 21 Dec 2013, 21:36: Most words I can think of have a zh like Asia or a z like enthusiasm.
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Post by: nekowafer on 22 Dec 2013, 10:00: You're right - I hadn't thought of those. But most people don't pronounce it with a Z sound. Usually it's an Sh sound, which I can't figure out.
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Post by: pwhodges on 22 Dec 2013, 10:51: Actually, I say -sh- in Asia rather than -zh-, so it doesn't surprise me.
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Post by: lepetitfromage on 22 Dec 2013, 12:47: Wee, I would have gotten both right! But I pronounce "Neko" wrong. Like "Nee-ko". The right way to say it feels like it should be spelled "Necco", like the candy :-P
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Post by: nekowafer on 22 Dec 2013, 14:03: Well that's where my name comes from of course... necco wafers. Only neko is Japanese for cat. So, I am cat wafer. Delicious cat wafer.
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Post by: Method of Madness on 22 Dec 2013, 14:57: See, I knew how to say Neko. Gaz never told me if I said it right.
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Post by: nekowafer on 22 Dec 2013, 15:12: He said that his computer was having issues playing soundcloud stuff. So I'm guessing he still hasn't heard any but the first one posted.
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Post by: lepetitfromage on 23 Dec 2013, 08:32: I had a feeling, but the spelling threw me off :-P

Mmmmmmmm.....cat wafers.
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Post by: Thrillho on 23 Dec 2013, 16:35: Neko speaks the truth.
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Post by: ChaoSera on 23 Dec 2013, 17:06: I would have thought she wrote it.
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Post by: Welu on 16 Jun 2014, 16:31: Bringing back an old thread because I want to play with my microphone.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/weludixon/the-name-of-gaz[/soundcloud]
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Post by: questionablydiscontent on 07 Jan 2015, 10:56: It appears I failed at uploading mine or something. But yeah, rhymes with jazz but with a hard g.
Did he (or she, but I seem to recall Gaz uses male pronouns) ever clarify on the correct pronunciation?
My first guess for Elesia was right, but looking at the spelling I thought it might be a Latin name, Eh-lay-see-a.
And my brain automatically often glosses over -sia and -tia so for example I pronounce the Khajiit protagonist in Prequel, Katia, as "Catty a" in my head but I read it out loud like "Kay shuh." Which I guess might be just slurring words or an accent or something.