What's in a name?

[greyias]

Uh oh... I just got a Dreamwidth invite code (yay for the lottery!), but I'm faced with a new dilemma. The user name "grey" is still open at Dreamwidth. Do I become a bland color, or keep my strange and unique, but probably confusing to pronounce "greyias"?

[Poll #1385367]

Comments

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

No "flip a coin" option? (heh)

That's a challenge. Myself, I've finally given in and started self-identifying with the numbers in my username; it's easiest to stay the same everywhere. I met you here, so you're "greyias" or "grey lupous" to me ... but I don't know any other greys to confuse you with!

So: beats me, dude. Then again, I never did know how to pronounce "greyias" .... :>

[greyias.livejournal.com]

But this way I force you into a choice against your will! It's what any good supervillain would do.

Then again, I never did know how to pronounce "greyias" .... :>

I've always pronounced it "Grey-YUS" in my head... although it's interesting to see how others might do it.

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. My pronunciation has always been "GREY-ee-us ... grey-EYE-us? ... well, anyway, Grey ..." Which is a bit polysyllabic. Then again, it wasn't until Hermione mocked Viktor's pronunciation of her name (in, like, HP book four) that I learned I was mispronouncing it mentally, so there you go. Mental pronunciation remapping, commence!

[greyias.livejournal.com]

The 'i' is the evil francophone in me, trying to keep the proletariat down by throwing strange letters in where they seemingly don't belong.

And Hermione... yeah, it wasn't until the movies came out that I realized it was "Her-my-nee" and not "Herm-ee-ohn". Whooops.