Fake names and silly words 2

[ESquared]

This is only peripherally language-related, but it is so amusing to me that I had to share.

I find it tedious and silly to have to provide my name, address, or phone number when I return something to a store, if they're not going to check my ID or a major credit card or something. I didn't have to supply my name to buy it! So I routinely sign obviously false names to these things, on the principle of the thing. Tonight I returned something I bought for my wife (no, the one with wings, dummy) and got the dratted form again. So I filled in:

Binkerbonk Monkeynoggin (Monkeysomething, anyway. I can't remember now.)
123 Monkey St
Orange Squishers CA 97111
831-697-7777

I have so much practice inventing random syllables or silly non sequiturs that I don't even hesitate. I even signed my name this way. (I think it all started with the Mad Lib games when I was a child. I absolutely adored those things and I've never been normal since.)

Does anyone else do anything like this? Do you fake-speak in any languages? I do, in Chinese. Can you talk in gibberish, sort of like Comedy Sportz entertainers do??

Erik

Note: I have never once been challenged when supplying one of these fake names, which sort of supports my point. And I have a plan in case it ever happens. I'll break down crying, and sob about the person making fun of my name and it's a really painful subject and can't he just leave me alone and boy he is sure cruel like everyone else in the world, and now that I think about it can you recommend any books on how to commit suicide? But if they actually press me, I will certainly then produce my ID and sign my real name and address!

 

[MallardVHS]

Uh, "Sybil", (heehee)

Sorry, that "twin beaks" thing was meant as "tongue in cheek." Your ponderings, however, have my flock wondering whether or not I actually have a ductorical degree, lamely a B.S. Your ideas regarding my handle are a bit sticky, even though I'm usually unflappable.

I'll be quiet now.

Donald


[green]Tis far easier to keep your duck in a row if you just have the one.[/green]

 

[ESquared]

I tend to pronounce Aaron and Erin slightly differently. Spelling matters to me more than most, to the point that when someone once asked me "was Becky there?" (or so I heard), I replied no, Becky was't there, completely missing the Beccy who was indeed there that the person was actually asking about.

But then I'm not the average US citizen when it comes to language, so maybe it doesn't count.

 

[MallardVHS]

ESQuared,

I kinda hate to ask, but how (speeachwise) is Becky said so it does not sound like Beccy?

Becky they say is short for Rebecka. Whats Beccy short for?

Don

[green]Tis far easier to keep your duck in a row if you just have the one.[/green]

 

[MCuthill]

MallardVHS

Beccy could be short for Rebecca.... but the few Rebecca's I know still shorten it to Becky. Other than that.... I have no idea.



Mike
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"It Seems All My Problems Exist Between Keyboard and Chair"

 

[Lunatic]

Becky=
Bec-key
Bek-ee
(This is how I've heard it being said... not saying its accurate)

Beccy=
Be-see?
Be-ka-se?
Bec-sigh?
(this is how I could see it might be said... not saying its accurate)

I'm interested in seeing how its really pronounced and how far off I really was ;p

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[ESquared]

No, Beccy is pronounced exactly the same as Becky. I was just pointing out that slight differences in spelling are something I notice, and Aaron is different enough from Erin that I tend to subtly inflect the vowels differently.

I make a conscious, continuous effort to enunciate well and pronounce words well, rather than adopt the habitual colloquial speech of those around me. I can switch back and forth, though, between speaking like my listeners and the "correct" way that I strive for.

exit - NOT egg-zit
Wednesday - I say We[sub]d[/sub]nsday ... with just a tiny hitch where the d is. No one comments or notices but I still get the satisfaction of putting in the d.
February - Again, I hint at the first r instead of just leaving it out.
comfortable - I don't say "kumf ter bull" I say something closer to "kum f[or] t'bul" where the "or" is very short and hard to notice.
I do not pronounce sex and sects the same way. The t is clearly present in sects when I say it.

And there are many more.

 

[MallardVHS]

For whatever reason I am reminded of a childhood friend, perhaps 2-3 years younger than me.

Myself, and everyone I know, pronounces "didn't" as "ditten." My friend pronounced it "did-Dunt."

He was probably right. But nobody talked like him.

D

[green]Tis far easier to keep your duck in a row if you just have the one.[/green]

 

[ESquared]

I am sure that my speech has something to do with people's first impressions of me. I like to speak well.

 

[BoxHead]

Santa,

With the last name Finnegan, my family also has a "No Michael" rule.

When I'm required to provide an email address, I usually use john@leavemethehellalone.com.

I figure if there is such an address, he's not checking his mail anyway.

And ESquared, I had a friend years ago who would use the "Donner Party" at restaurants. He'd take it one step farther by overstating how many people were in his party. After the host would announce, "Donner party of 7. Donner party of 7." He'd tell them that there would only be 5 people so that a few minutes later would come a new announcement, "Donner party of 5. Donner party of 5."


John

 

[ESquared]

Hmmm. For someone who's as into language and puns and wordplay as I am, I sure seem to miss some things. What's wrong with Mike Finnegan?

 

[MallardVHS]

EEEE, yuh. I think 'Mike' is short for Microphone, or Mycrowphone, which/that black birds use to make, you know, caws. Both low-caw and lawn distance.

I'm less sure about 'Finnegan'. I think it has to do with unheard insults, that/which may possibly lead one to oFfendagain.

Don


FlyTheWay: although "microphones" are used in broadcasting, I am completely and totally against girl tossing. Which, of course, is different from having a fling..., no, wait... what was the question??

[green]Tis far easier to keep your duck in a row if you just have the one.[/green]

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

ESquared ... there's nothing wrong with Mike Finnegan, but Michael Finnegan is another matter;

http://www.poppyfields.net/poppy/songs/finnegan.html

Some adult versions aren't as cute.

[Cheers]

 

[ESquared]

Yesterday someone was pronouncing twenty as "twunny." Despicable!

 

[Welshbird]

OK - I can't see the 'donner party' at all.

Is this an American / UK thing again?

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[KornGeek]

(Until someone posts with more accurate info, this is what I remember from school.) The Donner party was a group of American settlers migrating westward back in the olden days of American history (Gold Rush times I think). They got trapped in a part of the Sierra Nevada mountains (now called Donner Pass) due to severe weather conditions. When food ran out, they resorted to cannibalism.

<inappropriate humor>
Think of it as the prequel to the movie Alive.
</inappropriate humor>

 

[Welshbird]

Oh - OK, thanks.

I'm off to eat Roast Pork instead then.....

(Wild part of one on the way to the kitchen!!)

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[SantaMufasa]

KG...very accurate review of the Donner Party "experience".

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[ESquared]

It's not for nothing that humans, as food, are referred to as longpork. People evidently don't taste like chicken.

 

[SantaMufasa]

You pig, you!

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[KenCunningham]

Isn't it longpigs, as in the band of the same name? Anyway, thanks for the Donner Party explanation, it had been puzzling me too. I was thinking it's possibly some play on 'dinner' but couldn't quite get the humorous (black or otherwise) connection.

I'm not sure whether this will translate to our American cousins, but presumably the Donner Party gave the world what we in the UK call 'Donner Kebabs'. I'll let you do the Googling yourselves!

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.