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[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I would point out to K's player that intentionally shortening it is less mocking-ish than persistently stumbling through it and/or mispronouncing it. If there were some other syllable the player would prefer I use, I'd be happy to use that.

I've played at least one character with a more or less unpronounceable name, but it was like twenty years ago. If I were going to make that joke these days, I'd give the other people at the table a break.

That was a joke...

 

[prabe]

That was a joke...

And I was laughing as I typed my response to it.

 

[gnarlygninja]

Of those "Ortho" is the easiest one for me to understand happening. It's a root/prefix (orthopedist) as well as being a brand of gardening chemicals. I suspect the player who's doing both is hearing the other players who are doing one each and combining them.

I understand the frustration, sincerely.

I'm not really that frustrated by it anymore, it was just a thing I assumed was another example of my friends being...odd but its still happening now that I've finally accepted I'm going to have to play with strangers. And at least these are close, one friend so consistently pronounced Úlfr as "Wulfgar" (Yes, he has read too many RA Salvatore books) that the other players started doing it too and eventually "corrected" me for not saying it that way!

That was a joke...

If it would make K’thrazz’qel’vhoon feel better, I'd have handled it the opposite way and used the full name pronounced to the best of my ability as often as I could until the player got tired of it.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Perhaps you misunderstood K’thrazz’qel’vhoon. He doesn't tolerate this mockery.

I just whipped that name up for the sake of this thread, but I'm starting to catch feelings for it. Hey @gnarlygninja , does Orthos need a steady blade at his side? K’thrazz’qel’vhoon stands ready.

 

[overgeeked]

You are correct. One player adds an s to the end, one player adds an r after the first o, another player does both. So depending on who's talking it's Othos, Ortho, or Orthos.

Tell ’em to watch Beetlejuice and get it right.

 

[trappedslider]

 

[Richards]

And at least these are close, one friend so consistently pronounced Úlfr as "Wulfgar" (Yes, he has read too many RA Salvatore books) that the other players started doing it too and eventually "corrected" me for not saying it that way!

I once knew a guy who had somehow gotten it into his head that my wife's name was "Marie." (Her name is Mary.) I corrected him the first few times, but he kept referring to her as "Marie" and eventually I just gave up, as I knew who he was talking about when he said "Marie." But then I was talking to him months later and I referred to Mary and he asked who Mary was. When I told him "my wife," he got a puzzled look on his face and told me, "But your wife's name is Marie."

He honestly thought I didn't know my own wife's name and needed correcting.

Johnathan

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You are correct. One player adds an s to the end, one player adds an r after the first o, another player does both. So depending on who's talking it's Othos, Ortho, or Orthos.

The Three Othorteers!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Tables I've been at would have called that character "K."

I’d have tempted fate and called him “K’vhoon!”

 

[Mad_Jack]

Maybe my problem is that I'm not doing names like that. My current character's name is Otho and people are saying it wrong because they add letters.