Behold the truths behind the internet.

[amanuensis1]

I discovered something yesterday: I have never, ever had to spell amanuensis out loud for anyone. As in, never given anyone Amanuensis's email address or website address or lj name out loud. I tried to do it for the first time on a recording yesterday and completely blew it.

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[alchemia.livejournal.com]

I'm exactly the same way with things. I can dial a phone number by physical memory- but i can't say the numbers out loud or write them on paper. I can write or type many words, but can't spell them out loud. For words, I have to write them out before hand and read off what I wrote. For phone numbers, I have to pretend to be dialing an invisible phone- it makes me look a wee bit mad I bet =P

[jellybean-slash.livejournal.com]

You should hear me try and tell someone my e-mail. I totally get it all jumbled up and usually end up just writing it down for them.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Thing is, I can do it without difficulty if I've had at least, like, one experience with it. ^_^ But I realized yesterday that I'd never done it ever, never had to spell it out loud, and found myself thinking, "a-m-a...wait a sec--"

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I've done it so much with my standard email that it's no problem--I can even spell it out military-alphabet style. But I've never given this email to anyone out loud--only over the net! ^_^

[maelwaedd.livejournal.com]

I just tried to spell it aloud with it in front of me and I failed miserably. I'll blame the italics, though. *dodgy look*

I feel your pain, though. This is my name, yo, and I still had to put up with a name badge that read 'madgellin' for five months. Problem is, I didn't notice it for three of those. :/

[aviss.livejournal.com]

Funny thing is, my internet name is easy and I can spell it... it's my real name what usually gives me problems. I'm the worst.

[sazzlette.livejournal.com]

*pops up*

I once recorded myself reading out a drabble by elskegaderian and realised I had no idea how to pronounce her username.

[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

You know, I can't even recall hearing you SAY "amanuensis" out loud.

Do you say "a man you en sis"?
Because I always want to say "a man oo en sis" and I'm not sure that's right.

[sirjimmy.livejournal.com]

Strange how these things work

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Madgellin! Omigod, I feel your pain. I have a lot of misspellings of my real name.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Yup. I've...never had to spell it out loud before. Everyone with whom I communicate is online--or, for those I've actually met, they didn't have to ask me!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, there was a thing going around once about "how many different pronounciations of an lj user name can we come up with. pauraque had a LOT.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Dictionary says the third syllable is "you", so that's how I say it. uh-MAN-you-EN-siss, light stress on the second syllable, main stress on the fourth.

I thought "Wenceslas" would be an entertaining nickname for it (from the "wence" that you get in the last three syllables) but it never stuck. ^_^

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Yup. Everyone I know who would want my email addy is someone I communicate with by text, not by speaking.

[prillalar]

When I was recording some fic, I had to do the "by Halrloprillalar" bit about 8 times before I got it right. :)

[silverhielm.livejournal.com]

I'll have to go and control the English pronounciation of 'amanuensis'!

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

That is so much with the cuteness, it hurts!!

I've had to slowly say your name out to people, because I'm fairly sure I'm pronouncing it wrong. *hee* AH-MAN-YOO-en-SIS?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Snort! What were we thinking, picking these names? Shoulda been Fred or Max. ^_^

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Is the English different, then? *is clueless*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

That's exactly how I say it! With the stress on the lowercase (fourth) syllable, yeah!

And, yeah, everyone who asks me for my email addy asks on lj, via text, y'know?

[aunty_marion]

No, English-English is exactly the same - ah-man-you-EN-sis.
(And I have demanded to be listed as such on my best friend's novel's acknowledgements page, when/if she ever gets it published!)

[silverhielm.livejournal.com]

Written in the phonetic alphabet, the italian (and latin) pronounciation should be like this: [^m^nu'ensis] (^ being the vowel in "up"), without any y between n and u. We read it as it is written, no sounds added! What I meant is that people who speak languages like mine don't have any problem in spelling words. That's why some Italian people can't really understand what is so difficult in the children's spelling challenges :D

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Yes! I remember reading that there are many languages where there is no such thing as a spelling bee. It makes no sense. Thanks for the explanation!

[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

*is amused by your post* My language being phonetic, I always tend to break down a name in syllables instead of letters in my mind, even in English, before trying to spell it out, which makes things easier for me. ^^

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It cracks me up that we have to say "English-English" to distinguish it. ^_^