Let's Talk About Names

[Citizen Bleys]

Obviously I like my sobriquet, "Bleys Jackson Maynard" or I wouldn't have chosen it.

I used to dislike my real name (Marcus Scott Huculak) because a) when I was growing up I went by "Mark" and people would bark it like a swear word, and b) Nobody ever spells my last name right, and occasionally slip an "x" in there for no reason, but I'm a bit more indifferent now that I've started going by Marcus and learned the correct, Ukrainian pronunciation of my last name.

As of this point, I usually introduce myself as Bleys online and Marcus face-to-face, but I'll respond to either readily enough online. If someone I didn't meet online were to call me Bleys face-to-face I'd probably have them committed to an institution for the criminally insane. Especially if they pronounce it wrong (It rhymes with face, not phase)

[Formalhaut]

Especially if they pronounce it wrong (It rhymes with face, not phase)

In my head, it's always rhymed closer to phase. I shall correct myself from now on.

[Pumpkin]

My full name is Ashton Marie Bourbonnais and I do not like it at all. Ashton is a boy's name and I have never met a non French person who could properly pronounce my last name. Then I get asked to repeat it four million times as if that will suddenly make them be able to pronounce it properly. Maybe if they practice french pronunciation a bit more first. Even for those who can pronounce it, I don't like it. It's too long.

[fire_of_avalon]

Bur bon ay.

My name is great.

[Pumpkin]

No, Megan.

[fire_of_avalon]

Yes, Bur bon ay!

[Pumpkin]

I guess that could be considered the correct pronunciation if you intend to pronounce it incorrectly.

In other words, no.

[Jinx]

Boor-bon-eh

[Pumpkin]

Closer. If I get bored enough I'll make a voice message of me pronouncing it.

[Denmark]

i don't know what you're all reading, it's definitely pronounced "ash ton"

[Jinx]

Boor-bun-eh?

Also, Bleys--Raistlin pronounces your username "Bleez," the weirdo.

[Bunny]

Ber-boh-nes. Or Ber-bou-nis.

[Pheesh]

I like my name, although I will forever have to deal with people incorrectly pronouncing my last name, unless I move to Italy.

[Pumpkin]

I'll vocaroo it tomorrow when I have access to my boyfriend's laptop. Mine appears to not have a microphone.

[Mercen-X]

German

I don't like saying my full name if I'm not mentioning middle name. Too many s sounds in a row. I sometimes wish I could go by my middle name but when people ask me my name, I tell them my first name but never tell them to use my middle name. I sometimes don't like my nickname because it's my dad's and it's "Average" in every meaning of the word. I allow a lot of people to use it though.

I like a lot of names: Ashley, Andrew, Alexander, Aurora, Ace, Aidan, Alan(a), Astrid, Adal(ia), Alphonse, Anastasia, Armind, Anton, Aqua, Archer, Arthur, Argo, Artemis, Arizona, Blaine, Brian, Brandon, Brady, Beverly, Balthier, Benjamin, Charles, Cadence, Carmine, Cheryl, Canon, Capri, Carter, Catherine, Christopher, Calvin, Davis, Drake, Dorothea, Daniel(le), Drusila, Deanna/Diana, Demeter, Dylan, Durant, Edward, Edmond, Edwin, Ezekiel, Ekhardt, Elizabeth, Elder, Eureka, Ferdinand, Fremont, Fakhir, Falco(n), Gavael, Gabriel, Galadriel, Galahad, Garrick, Garland, Gyrich, Hannibal, Harvard, Harleigh, Jacob, Jeremiah, Jason, Jean(ne), Jasmine, Kevin, Kellan, Kimber(ly), Kenneth, Laremy, Laurel/Lauren, Lance, Longinus, Lamont, Lysander, Luther, Lucifer, Maximilian, Mackwell, Machiavel, Michael, Mason, Madeline, Marguerite, Malcolm, Melanie, Millicent, Maleficent, Marion, Mycroft, Nathan(iel), Natasha, Oscar, Octavius, Oliver, Ophelia, Orion, Orlando, Oswald, Percival, Persephone, Penelope, Parker, Philip, Phoebe, Priscila, Quincy, Rachael, Raphael, Raven, Rebecca, Reid, Reginald, Richard, River, Robin, Roger, Roland, Roman, Romeo, Ryker, Sebastian, Sakura, Sasuke, Salvador, Samantha, Samuel, Savannah, Sawyer, Scarlet, Sequoia, Sergio, Serenity, Shannon, Sheridan, Sienna, Sidney, Simon, Sophia, Solomon, Sonja, Stephan, Sylvester, Tabatha, Talia, Tanya, Theodore, Terence, Theresa, Thaddeus, Tiphana, Thomas, Trevor, Tristan, Ulric, Ullyses, Uriel, Valerie, Vanessa, Vaughn, Veronica, Vincent, Victor(ia), Violet(ta), Vivian, Wallace, Wilhemina, Winnifred, Winona, Xavier, Xenobia, Yasmin, Yvette, Zechariah, Zephaniah, Zoe

I had come up with a number of names for my children for when I have them: Joseph, Zackary, Edward, Cody, Martin, Zenith, Darwin, Kayne, Jayne, Raemont, Bartholomew, Warren, Marie, Alana, Cassanda, Leora, Mikaela, Michael, Sawyer, Adal, Cassidus, Cassidy, James, Balthier, Barteil, Taryn, Tyler, Cypher, Alekz, Adolf