Mispronounciations of 'NaNoWriMo' http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353 Steampunk avi8or Some non-writer's brains just can't grasp that the name of this insane contest is Na-No-Wri-Mo. Leave funny mispronounciations that people you know have said here! Panorama. My mom said: did you win that...panorama contest? Not even kidding. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:52:57 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996633 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996633 AsbesdosMoth It's "mispronunciation", not mispronounciation. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:52:39 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996715 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996715 Steampunk avi8or Oh okay sorry :). I guess that would be a mispronunciation too. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:37:17 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996767 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996767 AsbesdosMoth Yep. You can almost taste the irony. XD Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:43:01 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996781 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996781 Angryman I taste it, and it tastes iron-y. ;) Bad joke, I know, but the urge to say it was too strong. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:04:19 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996907 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996907 Steampunk avi8or I actually didn't see that one coming... I laughed out loud. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:00:00 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_997035 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_997035 Angryman Always nice to know that I made someone laugh. :) Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:53:55 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_997701 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_997701 MouseShadow My brother used to think it was called NaNoRhino. Not Wrino. Not Wrimo. Rhino. The animal. My dad first pronounced it as NaNaWraMa. I can't remember exactly what they said. I just remember how it was pronounced. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:36:47 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_997914 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_997914 Itzika My dean thought it was "Rhyme-o" when I told her I was doing it. As in, every line has to rhyme. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:04:07 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998023 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998023 Lady_Indis_Dress Only one I've gotten from people is "that writing thing." Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:22:55 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998235 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998235 Angryman Honestly, I've probably been mispronunciating NaNoWriMo's name. I've been pronunciating the Wri part as "re" (rewrite, reread, re-etc.). Is it "re" or "rye"? Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:57:46 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998445 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998445 AsbesdosMoth I pronounce it "re" too. Na-no-re-mow Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:24:37 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998668 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998668 Bicicletta I pronounce it "rye" as in "writer." Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:35:49 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998759 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_998759 the flipr kid My brother says NanoRhino on purpose. Over and over and over and over and over.....XD Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:58:04 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_999227 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_999227 Gemma Knott its supposed to be "rye" as in "writer". thats how the oll staff pronounce it :P i and everyone i know say "re" as in "read". Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:58:40 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_999496 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_999496 ZNZ Oh, one of my friends says NaNaWraMa as well. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:40:25 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_999774 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_999774 EMT-TKJ I've gotten "NanoWramo" from my mother. Sounds like I'm writing while competing in a fight tournament. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:07:14 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_999926 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_999926 Angryman When WWE wrestlers write books... Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:47:26 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1000117 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1000117 32AurorA05 If I'm saying the entire 'NaNoWriMo' I say it perfectly fine, but if I'm just saying 'NaNo', it comes out like Nanao, as in the Bleach character. xP Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:06:39 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1001693 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1001693 Angryman Another fan of Bleach! Yay! When ever I say NaNo, I tend to think nano, as in nanotechnology. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:56:56 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1001983 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1001983 Angryman I suppose I should have realized that you were a Bleach fan when I saw Yoruichi as your avatar. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:57:49 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1001984 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1001984 Steampunk avi8or Bleach is awesome! I don't like to say Wrimos, because it makes me think of worms, or writhing worms, and yeah it's just a weird word. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:15:05 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1005077 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1005077 PeverellSister That's exactly what my mom calls it! Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:20:36 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1005100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1005100 GallifreyGirl "What's that? NaNoWrizhwhatever?" —the kid who sat next to me in the computer lab last year. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:29:43 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006255 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006255 Earthsick "That writing thing". My parents still think someone actually reads your story here and you get real prizes. *facepalm* It's like talking to a wall. Why do I even tell them anything? Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:48:22 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1009593 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1009593 Steampunk avi8or Ugh. I'm with you. My dad wanted to print my book and he suggested putting it in one of those plastic report covers. Dad: How about this cool red report cover? Me: Umm... Dad, the maximum that thing can hold is ten pages. Dad: I'm sure it could hold a few more. Me: My novel is two hundred and forty-six pages. Dad: ...I guess that won't work. What does he think I've been doing all this time if he thought my book was that short? Posting on Nano forums? Oh, I guess I do do a lot of that... Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:29:40 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1009987 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1009987 Dragonchilde [quote=Angryman] Honestly, I've probably been mispronunciating NaNoWriMo's name. I've been pronunciating the Wri part as "re" (rewrite, reread, re-etc.). Is it "re" or "rye"? [/quote] Either is fine. :) We staff say "rye", but "ree" is fine too. We used to have a FAQ entry for that, but it got lost somewhere over the years. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:13:36 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1011231 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1011231 Angryman That makes me feel better. Thanks. I think the real challenge is learning to consistently say NaNoWriMo. I know I had troubles at first. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:51:37 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1012395 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1012395 lionhuntermo My friends can't remember what its called to save their lives, so they usually just string a bunch of syllables together until I blink at them. Then they settle for "That writing thingy!" Usually I know what they're getting at, but its fun to watch them stutter through and make fools of themselves... :D Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:08:38 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1014202 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1014202 lionhuntermo mhmm. My parents ask me what Nano is, what I get for finishing (even though I didn't hit the mark), maybe I can get extra credit, what I'm supposed to do with it now, etc. Every. Other. Day. Then when I tell them there's no prize, and there's nothing more to do (besides edit) they get mad because I "don't give them a straight answer." ...Sorry for that... They've just been rather irritating lately... Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:12:09 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1014212 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1014212 Angryman Friends: nothing is better for free entertainment. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:27:02 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1014948 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1014948 Chestergirl28 There's a girl in my grade (she's not my friend. Anymore. Fortunately.) and she's doing NaNo and that's what she calls it. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:01:14 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1023206 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1023206 Lady_Indis_Dress "For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them again in our turn?" - Mr. Bennet, Pride & Prejudice Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:58:38 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1025866 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1025866 Lisa.Vail I feel your pain. I told my parents that I had won. 'Wow, that was fast - did they read all the novels already?' 'You're the winner out of all of those people?' 'So is it a publishing contract that you win?' I tried to explain the whole 'self challenge, broadening your horizons and testing yourself' thing - they don't understand. I also tried to explain to them that hundreds of thousands of people do NaNo. Even if they DID read them all, it would take YEARS. The next questions are - 'Well what's the point then? I could write The fifty thousand times. How do they know you've written anything decent?' Thanks for the vote of confidence, guys. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:35:42 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1032900 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1032900 Sraelen me too Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:29:49 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1045734 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1045734 Zookeeper They can write? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:24:53 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1049196 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1049196 Darkfeather21 I'm lucky. My parent knows what NaNo is, and takes part in it, so I don't have to explain anything. In fact, she was the one who got me into it. Of course, she never expected me to write as much as I did... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:32:00 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1049420 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1049420 Ell-chan All my friends do that... "Why are you doing it if there is no prize?" WHY DON*T YOU GET IT!!!! *insert rage* A 130-page novel written by me IS the prize!! And why would anyone bother to write the same word 50000 times? That's just weird... -.-' Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:33:55 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056615 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056615 paypete1st You say "ree-mo" and I say "rye-mo" - let's call the whole thing off! But wait, what would I do with my 50,000 plus words? Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:06:23 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056704 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056704 Earthsick For some reason I think that's hilarious. :'D And kind of adorable. Your dad, aww... I'm sorry. xD Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:55:06 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1064032 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1064032 Itzika I was kind of sad to realize they don't make report covers big enough for my novella (a non-NaNo project that I gave to my parents for Christmas) because it would have looked so much nicer than the binders I ended up using. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:15:34 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1067266 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1067266 broadwaybound1000 My one friend was trying to read NaNoWriMo sinc I had wrote it down and this is basically what happened NAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOWsomethingwhatever. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:46:09 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133532 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133532 Moonlightwriter I told my dad it was "national novel writing month." It will now forever be known as "national lava riding month" in my house. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:50:59 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1147636 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1147636 Angryman Ha! It sounds like a new take on the whole "virgin sacrifice thrown into a volcano". Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:36:23 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1148077 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1148077 Silhouette. Why would it be 're'? It's short for 'writing'--- so, 'rye' would be correct, no? Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:35:45 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1148499 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1148499 Angryman I don't know. I just got caught up with my language lessons, I guess. But, hey, at least I can pronounce it. That's the important thing, right? Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:58:49 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1149005 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/48353?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1149005