spatz: miniseries Alice approaches a vial of red liquid (Alice curiosity killed the cat)
spatz ([personal profile] spatz) wrote2013-08-30 12:27 pm

what's in a name

I swear I'm going to have an actual recaps of Chicago/Vividcon at some point, but this discussion and meeting people at VVC made me want to ask: how do you pronounce your username?

For myself, 'spatz' is actually German (meaning sparrow) and should be pronounced 'schpots', roughly. However, I am a Texan and gleefully mispronounce it 'spats', like the formal footwear. Back when I was [livejournal.com profile] thespatz, I had several people think it was said like 'thespian', which I got a kick out of hearing.

Some of y'all are easy ([livejournal.com profile] katieupsidedown, [livejournal.com profile] doitninetimes/[personal profile] drunkoffthestars, [livejournal.com profile] dotfic, [livejournal.com profile] arsenicjade), but I'm still not sure if I'm saying [livejournal.com profile] ignipes correctly. (at least I know how to say Kali right? *g*)

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