<p>Liz, Inigo is a swashbuckler from “The Princess Bride.” Good movie, not a bad book.
Among other things, he tells the know-it-all who keeps saying “Inconceivable!”, “I do not think that word means what you think it does.” Some very nice bits of stage fencing in one scene. “But I also am not left-handed.”</p>
<p>Garland…I always want you to live in Garland, TX not NJ! I also think of Soozie as a vet.
For the longest time I would <em>see</em> Interesteddad but <em>hear</em> Interstatedad.</p>
<p>I have an uncle in San Antonio if that helps!</p>
<p>Kluge–that’s great, where does that come from?</p>
<p>I think Garland is closer to Dallas, but rellies in San Antonio will suit the purpose!</p>
<p>Mar-eet?</p>
<p>Right?</p>
<p>Whenever I see “achat” I feel like blurting out “god bless you”.</p>
<p>Maybe it means a chat?</p>
<p>“Berurah” is my given Hebrew name which I nearly always use online because it is, miraculously, never taken (unless I’ve signed up somewhere previously and forgotten about it <em>lol</em>)! It is pronounced buh-roo-rah with the accent on the roo. ~berurah</p>
<p>Digi and momof2inca,
Whew, glad I mentioned it- those are too close to chump and schlep! The last part is my son’s nickname - a shortened version of a very long and hard to pronounce last name.(My maiden name was 4 letters and higher up in the alphabet) I wish I would have thought about it more-wasn’t feeling very creative that day.</p>
<p>Apparently, things do not have to make sense in order for me to come up with a pronunciation! It’s a gift, really… </p>
<p>Kang (as in “kangaroo”) - Jell (as in “Jello”) = CANGEL
mental translation: “canker” :::sorry Angel!:::</p>
<p>Dij - eh - media (oh yeah, “digital!”) = DIGMEDIA</p>
<p>Mother - of - two - ancient Peruvians = MOMOF2INCA</p>
<p>Ziggy Pop = XIGGI</p>
<p>Lips - Up = LIZSCHUP
(version II: Lip****z)</p>
<p>Jammin’ - Mom = JAMIMOM
(a female truck driver?)</p>
<p>Slug - butt = SLUGGBUGG 
(Ooch, the truth hurts!)</p>
<p>Eel - brrrr - six = Ilbr6
(6 cold eels)</p>
<p>A - French cat = ACHAT</p>
<p>Pie - wicket (something to do with Cricket) = PYEWACKET</p>
<p>TheDad,I love that movie. We watched that over and over many moons ago. So long ago I forgot that line until my son just passed through and reminded me what the line was from.</p>
<p>Cangel,
We love Seaside and Rosemary Beach. It totally changed my husband’s perception of Florida and convinced him that a seaside vacation can almost be as good as a mountain vacation. Haven’t been there for a few years. College costs and a daughter who doesn’t want to go on vacation without her brother have nixed those plans.</p>
<p>I can hardly believe how many of you mispronouce your own names!</p>
<p>Lizschup, I feel your pain with the college costs coming up, this will probably be our last 2 week trip for awhile - it helps to have owner friends to mooch off!! Our offspring love it, they have gone almost every summer since ages 3 and 7. I would say try a long fall weekend, that is the best beach weather we have (as long as you avoid a hurricane!), but coming from Minnesota, travel that far for a long weekend might be tough. Get someone into Emory, and you’ll be close enough to have an excuse.</p>
<p>It’s Mar (as in marrow) right…isn’t it?</p>
<p>“Jrpar” because I was the parent of a junior when I started here - I don’t think you can pronounce this!</p>
<p>Jeez, I feel so pedestrian with my “vanilla” screen name. I guess I just cry out for more creativity.</p>
<p>Ok, so how do you change your screen name?</p>
<p>I picked my user name because I was not thinking imaginatively and because in life I always seem to have been known as Sam’s dad as opposed to someone not connected to him - that is, until he went to college where now no-one knows me at all (but who thought of that?). I guess that’s who I still am, though not necessarily every day. However, reading this thread has caused me to think and to come up with a new user name that represents another facet of me, personally, and that I am likely to adopt at some future time, in another universe since I don’t want to abruptly switch personalities on these boards and confuse others.</p>
<p>I seem to have read somewhere that Ellemenope and Coureur (another good name) are married to each other but I’m not sure that I know which is H and which is W (or for that matter, whether they are of the same or of different genders).</p>
<p>P.S. I have been pronouncing it Mar - i - TAY. One of us must have it right.</p>
<p>Oh I thought achat = “purchase” in french?</p>
<p>Kan-gle (rhymes with wrangle), I cant get C- Angel in no matter how hard I try.</p>
<p>Sluggbugg, you must drive a VW no?</p>
<p>What’s “vanilla” about an advertisement for the University of Maryland?</p>
<p>It’s all in what u c</p>
<p>I could never figure out how to keep old name (sokkermom) from the original board. The new board kept rejecting the name, thus the 1 before it in this life. </p>
<p>Can you guess the sport of choice in our house?</p>