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sushimustwrite 8 months ago

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Yes, I'm starting this thread again. This used to be an FAQ many moons ago, so we know which one's right. ;) But how do you say it? I'm on Team Na-No-WRY-Mo forever.

Mystic Dodo 7 months ago

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WRY-mo, all the way :)

Lilia Sparks 7 months ago

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Heck yeah! I'm with you. WRY-mo. And I also use moe at the end. Should it be muh as in month?

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Same here.

SpencerReidFan 7 months ago

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I always use WREE. It's a force of habit now
Maybe it should be pronounced Nah-No-Wry-Muh with the way month is pronounced, but the Wree-Mo just has a better ring to it in my opinion

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dangerously_dru 7 months ago

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That is the way that I have prnounced it from the begining Na- NO- WRE- Mo

AnimeCanuck 7 months ago

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WREE mo here. Probably comes from so much Japanese romajii, and also German.

padfootprophet 7 months ago

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WRY mo!

faminkie 7 months ago

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Team WRY-mo :) I always thought of it being pronounced wry as in "Wry"ting, rather that "Wree"ting.

Celebrine 6 months ago

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Exactly. Wry here too!

Pretty Crazy 7 months ago

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Nano-WRY- mo

That is how I say it. :)

Lady Librettista 7 months ago

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Definitely WRY-Mo!

WRY as in WRY-ting and WRY as in "rhymes-with-why" as in "why for the love of sanity am I DOING this?!"

I think it fits. ;D

Lalatin 7 months ago

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I love your explanation for it. <3 Totally Wry-mo

ReeReevil 7 months ago

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WRY-mo for sure.

Rambling Rozie 7 months ago

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I'm a WRY

Dezzay 7 months ago

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WREE! Yipieeee

jackie_92 7 months ago

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To be honest, I use the two interchangeably.

xnira 7 months ago

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wree. people look at me funny.

Chestergirl28 7 months ago

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When I say the whole thing, I usually use WREE, but when we are referred to as Wrimos, I use WRY. I just like how comical NaNoWREEmo sounds. it is so fun to say!

Insaneuno 7 months ago

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WRY-mo =)

abbeythepenguin 7 months ago

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NaNoWRYMo, it's National Novel WRIting Month, not WREETING MONTH

atrociousCreations 7 months ago

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I'm on team WRY-mo. :) My cousin introduced me to NaNo, and that's how she pronounced it.

originalgradk 6 months ago

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WRY Mo I am not a bloody American and as an English Woman I am sick to death of being force fed American accents.

CCathii 6 months ago

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Bloody American here. NaNoWRYMo all the way.

aaliona 6 months ago

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I have not and never plan to say WREE-mo. The right was sounds like write. :)

Lokiva 6 months ago

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Wry-mo for the reason that it is the National Novel Writing month (wry-ting not wri-ting)

(p.s... in pronunciation charts that I create, always read an 'i' as an 'ee' sound... x_x tis what I get for learning different languages.)

KeithNelson 6 months ago

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Me and the person writing next to me both say WRY-Mo

courtziejayne 8 months ago

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Wry, Because its Wri(ting) not Wre(ting).

polargriff 7 months ago

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Yup, I agree. It is WRY because it is from the word writing. National Novel Writing Month.

So I'm a WRY fan. =D

Alix T. 7 months ago

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Adding a caboose to your chain of thought: If it were Na-No-WREE-Mo, then it might as well be pronounced Nay-Naw-WREE-Maw.

writeswithafist 7 months ago

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Seriously. I'd understand all the whining about "but it's not wreeeeting" if they'd apply the same standards to the whole thing, for crying out loud. At least the people saying that it's about how the creator pronounces it have a valid argument!

ticklemecheeky 7 months ago

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That made me laugh out loud.

vollmond 7 months ago

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Who says Nay-tional??

ASBusinessMagnet 7 months ago

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So Na-Nah-Wry-Ma?

Cutecat42 7 months ago

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^This.

muchietan 8 months ago

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I say Na-No-WREE-Mo but my boyfriend keeps trying to correct me and make me say Na-No-WRY-Mo maybe i'll get converted

muchietan 8 months ago

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I started saying WRY today without noticing until now

baka_kit 8 months ago

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WREE, because it just sounds better to me.

ecanusthewriter 7 months ago

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Agreed :D It just sounds better to me :)

Kaserl 7 months ago

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Same.... I try to say WRY but it just doesn't work.

Hautegeisha 6 months ago

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This forever.

Margie22 8 months ago

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I used to say WREE but I made myself start saying WRY.

glitterbug12 8 months ago

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Agreed!

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Na-No-RIH-Mo, because I am a rebel like that. And the several relatives of mine who do Nano also pronounce it that way, so possibly it is genetic as well?

amandapsychedelia 8 months ago

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I know I'm probably in the minority but

WREE

Rogue_Flower 8 months ago

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WRY all the way. National Novel Wreeting Month just sounds silly.

deasoline 8 months ago

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Na-no-vre-mo with a short e sound and an o without the "u" sound in the end. Since I'm Swedish. When I talk English (= in school, since I'm an IB student) I use na-no-wry-mo.

lnfreeman 7 months ago

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Captain Lonewolf 8 months ago

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WRY. Sounds better to me

Ophiucha 8 months ago

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WRY. I never really thought of it as "WRY-ting" until long after I was used to saying it that way, I just instinctively went with WRY. It seemed more natural to say out loud.

Aisling Banrion 8 months ago

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Wry, for sure. It comes more naturally.

Silhouette. 8 months ago

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Wry, of course.

As others have said, it's not Wree-ting.

Gerd D. 8 months ago

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Na-No-WREE-Mo, I don't care for the root WREE sounds better.

Kurisutiina_Icarus 7 months ago

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This.

LaoiseO 7 months ago

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kipheath 8 months ago

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Wry -Mo. Adding to the 'it's not wreeting' crowd!

charleenlynette 8 months ago

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I called it WREE-Mo when I first started, but quickly converted to WRY-Mo. I was studying Italian at the time so that was the vowel sound that seemed most natural. Similarly, I had a friend who went to college near Lima, OH, and I always pronounced it like the capital of Peru, not like the bean.

My.Zombie.And.Me 8 months ago