Usernames you've misread

[LookingSkyward]

Just saw a post from a user who's monicker is one letter off from my real-life last name - I had to blink a couple times...

[Paul Beardsley]

Every time I see your username I think of the wonderful Zelda game, Skyward Sword.

[LookingSkyward]

<LIKE!>

[nosbig5]

publius has caught me off-guard more than once

[primummobile]

It took me quite a while to realize that 'noclevername' meant "no clever name'. I thought it was something in a foreign language that I wasn't understanding. I wasn't even sure how to pronounce it.

[SkepticJ]

RAF_Blackace has gotten an f inserted between the k and the a a few times.

First time I "saw" that my reaction was predictable.

[Ara Pacis]

publius has caught me off-guard more than once

Says the peep with the big nose.

[Trebuchet]

I used to confuse "Noclevername" with "Neverfly" fairly consistently.

[PetersCreek]

I initially had a hard time remembering how to write pzkpfw's username without having it on the screen in front of me...especially since another member also had a string-of-letters username. That problem vanished when he explained what it stood for: Panzerkampfwagen. Having lived in Germany for a few years, once I knew the German word behind it, remembering the string of letters was a snap.

[Swift]

I initially had a hard time remembering how to write pzkpfw's username without having it on the screen in front of me...especially since another member also had a string-of-letters username. That problem vanished when he explained what it stood for: Panzerkampfwagen. Having lived in Germany for a few years, once I knew the German word behind it, remembering the string of letters was a snap.

I always struggled with pzkpfw's username, and in fact, still do.

[Noclevername]

I used to confuse "Noclevername" with "Neverfly" fairly consistently.

Ouch. I hope that problem's been solved now!

[nosbig5]

Says the peep with the big nose.

It's pronounced noz-big with a short o, not nose-big! How dare you!!

My nose is just big enough to keep my glasses on my face.

The first time I saw it, I read "Trebucket." Had to google trebuchet, hadn't heard that word before.

[R.A.F.]

Ouch. I hope that problem's been solved now!

Indeed....



Usernames I've misread?....well, there's PetersGreek.

[Noclevername]

I always struggled with pzkpfw's username, and in fact, still do.

It's pronounced just like it's spelled.

[PetersCreek]

Usernames I've misread?....well, there's PetersGreek.

Heh... that's a new one to me. The more common misreading results in people calling me Peter... but never Peters, for some reason.

[R.A.F.]

It's pronounced just like it's spelled.

Like a "raspberry"?? (smile with tongue hanging out)

[PetersCreek]

If we're adhering to German spelling/pronunciation (as I recall it) that would more or less be: "pay-tset-kah-pay-eff-vay"

If we're going with English pronunciation...what R.A.F. said.

[Trebuchet]

It's pronounced noz-big with a short o, not nose-big! How dare you!!

My nose is just big enough to keep my glasses on my face.

The first time I saw it, I read "Trebucket." Had to google trebuchet, hadn't heard that word before.

And it's not pronounced "treebucket, either"! Linky

Trebuchets are really a great deal of fun. And pretty much anyone can build a small one. The problem is stopping with just that small one...

[redshifter]

I've accidentally left the 'f' out of my username when logging in a time or two...

[KaiYeves]

RAF_Blackace has gotten an f inserted between the k and the a a few times.

First time I "saw" that my reaction was predictable.

Same.

[Ara Pacis]

Not a username, but for some reason I've gotten into the habit of calling this subforum "off-topic parab'ling" 'cause each discussion seems to take a similar "arc". And then there's "Science and Treknology" 'cause it's either science or science fictional ideas.

[Gemini]

For the longest I thought Kilopi was pronounce kilopee. Then I noticced it was 1000 times Pi.

[Ara Pacis]

For the longest I thought Kilopi was pronounce kilopee.

I've always pronounced it that way.

[DoggerDan]

I've accidentally left the 'f' out of my username when logging in a time or two...

That's ok. I've accidentally left out the "f" when I've read it! Actually, I thought it was two "t's". I wondered how you managed to pass that one by the mods!

Then I looked at it a little closer. Dang! Do I need reading glasses for my computer? Yikes...

[Paul Beardsley]

I've read posts and thought, "I don't remember saying that!" Then I realised it was by the user called Punch Beardsley.

So far nobody has been incited to do this, but it's just a matter of time...

[Noclevername]

There's a member named nightfly, and for a brief moment I thought it was neverfly!

[Nicolas]

There must be a zillion PM's in Nicholas' inbox calling him bad things, while people actually wanted to send them to me. As Nicholas isn't active, it doesn't happen the other way around.

[Gillianren]

Or wanting to wish him a happy birthday or compliment a post. But I promise you that I have never sent him a PM criticizing his grammar!

[Noclevername]

RAF_Blackace has gotten an f inserted between the k and the a a few times.

First time I "saw" that my reaction was predictable.

Yeah, I made the same mistake when I saw that the first time-- and the second!

[Noclevername]

Arrgh! Now everytime I see Trebuchet I find myself thinking "Treebucket"!