<p>What does yemaya13 mean? When I think if Thumper, I imagine elephants!!</p>
<p>And gosh, I forgot LeftHandofDog? Very original!</p>
<p>mine is pronounced Kel-eh-bree-ahn in typical tokien fashion</p>
<p>P.S. Coureur…PBN2AU reminds me of Barry Goldwater’s 1964 campaign bumper sticker, AUH20 :o</p>
<p>“mine is pronounced Kel-eh-bree-ahn in typical tokien fashion”</p>
<p>Um, I don’t think so… the c has got to be soft, like in “celebrate”… sell-eh-bree-ahn. 
I thought it had to do with cerebral, meaning smart, which, clearly, I’m not. </p>
<p>And ellemenope… I tried for so long to figure that one out. I kept seeing a women’s shoe brand that looked similar and thought maybe she likes shoes, and then I thought of elle-men-nope (she–as in the french word --man? – nope!) and took it to mean you weren’t a woman. I’m relieved to finally get it.</p>
<p>And Momrath… always wondered about yours, thanks! </p>
<p>achat, I thought you liked French cats.</p>
<p>I remember the Thumper drinking game: Signs and symbols! Thumper was also the name of our 76 VW Rabbit, very apropos.</p>
<p>My name is pretty self-explanatory–shortest member of the family and my kids often refer to me as LM.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s elvish, and all elvish names are pronounced with a hard C, not a soft one. I thought that’s what my appendices told me anyways :p</p>
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<p>As long as I have had the Miata –> 10 years.</p>
<p>Also Celebrian is right. Tolkein said that in Elvish it’s a hard C sound: “Kelebrian”. Same as in Latin. It sounds strange to our ears, but their own time Caesar and Cicero pronounced their names as “Kaiser” and “Keeckero”.</p>
<p><em>looks around confused</em> I can’t believe I was actually right</p>
<p>Sorry Celebrian,</p>
<p>It’s got to be with a soft c, like celebrity, only with a different ending- accent on second syllable.</p>
<p>Coureur, please don’t tell me the Miata is red. It’s a question of manufactured memory via suggestion and a true deja vu. (“Memory” says it was a car lower to the ground than most…a Miata fits.) I look for interesting license plates all the time.</p>
<p>I was doing so well until celebrian25 had a hard “c”. I’m amazed that my user name wasn’t obvious to all. And like Garland, Thumper1 sure seemed like a bunny rabbit!</p>
<p>Okay, I believe you Celebrian… but it’s not fair to use Elvish pronunciations on us older folks. How do you expect us to keep up with real languages like French (Marite), and backwords user names (drusba), if you are now throwing in imaginary languages, too? :)</p>
<p>Where oh where is Emeraldkity???</p>
<p>don’t worry usmominuk… I got it the first time. Must be the resemblance.</p>
<p>Oh good momof2inca - we’re even, then!</p>
<p>Marite - I have been pronouncing your name correctly. I have a second cousin in France and her name is Marie Therese.</p>
<p>Achat - having a chat</p>
<p>coureur - courier</p>
<p>momof2inca - I’m with the Peruvian gang</p>
<p>digmedia - digs media</p>
<p>soozievt - susie V-T</p>
<p>Pyewacket - I got that one right away since I’m an old film buff:)</p>
<p>Kluge - Kloogay, since I live near a street that is the same name and that’s how everyone pronounces it!</p>
<p>Thumper1 - Thumper the rabbit from “Bambi”</p>
<p>Emeraldkity - Emerald Kitty</p>
<p>Iderochi - Iditerod</p>
<p>fredo - Freddo in “The Godfather”</p>
<p>Ellemenope - Elle, me? Nope!</p>
<p>backhandgrip - film crew</p>
<p>jamimom - jami mom</p>
<p>Ok I’ll jump in -
mine is initials and birth month/year…altho I supposed it could be pronounced “seeker1147”
I also put the “i” in digmedia. Though Marite was “Ma-reet” - got Jamimom correct; thought Drusba was a last name, or some version of a name…also read “lderochi” as “Ida-roachi”…thought Kluge was a name, too.
Those LA names could also mean “Lower Alabama” - a standing joke when I went to college in AL many years ago…</p>
<p>Yemaya is a goddess who is known as the Great Mother, or as the goddess of oceans, lakes, and rivers. I had used yemaya13 on the internet before, but I wish I had chosen a different name (like so many posters, I did not expect to become addicted to CC :)).</p>
<p>The first time I heard it, it yemaya was pronounced yuh-my-uh (emphasis on “my”), but I have found out since then that the emphasis is on the “uh”. I had mispronounced my own user name!</p>
<p>ckr-
Funny how our initials “spell” things. I read yours as “sucker”. My name also has birthday, but month and date, not month and year. I am old, but not that old!</p>
<p>TD: No problem - feel free to abbreviate my name anytime as I will yours … it will be hard to differentiate your D (TD as well) from you with abbreviations though. Then again, your wife’s name, TM, and mine may get confused. As long as they don’t begin posting we should be okay.</p>