Surname Pronunciation

Six6siX · 1 Jun 2006 at 14:10

Tru said:
refuzion: Hi, Could I speak to Paul Chow?
Company: Oh you mean Paul Chew?
refuzion: Ah, Chew.
Company: Bless you.

ROFL!

Vonhelmet · 1 Jun 2006 at 14:12

Call him whatever you like then ask if you got it right. My surname is apparently unpronounceable and I'd far sooner people at least asked, rather than fumbling over it and calling me something random.

G-MAN2004 · 1 Jun 2006 at 14:40

Microsoft Sam tbh. He pronouces it like "cho" lol.

jezsoup · 1 Jun 2006 at 14:44

vonhelmet said:
Call him whatever you like then ask if you got it right. My surname is apparently unpronounceable and I'd far sooner people at least asked, rather than fumbling over it and calling me something random.

what is your last name?

Just say the name how yout hink and ask if its right.

theleg · 1 Jun 2006 at 14:47

Just ask to speak to the chinaman.

Vonhelmet · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:00

jezsoup said:
what is your last name?

Urquhart.

I pronounce it Er-kart. If I was properly Scottish (the name comes from up that way - Urquhart Castle is next to Loch Ness), then I'd pronounce it more like Urr*-cut.

*Urr to sound like the rrr bit of grrr that an angry dog would say. Or perhaps like the urr in curry. Man, it's hard to spell how a Scottish person talks.

fatty1 · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:04

Just ask for choo choo boy

Tru · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:08

vonhelmet said:
Urquhart.

I pronounce it Er-kart. If I was properly Scottish (the name comes from up that way - Urquhart Castle is next to Loch Ness), then I'd pronounce it more like Urr*-cut.

*Urr to sound like the rrr bit of grrr that an angry dog would say. Or perhaps like the urr in curry. Man, it's hard to spell how a Scottish person talks.

It's like the sound you make when your trying to hock up a pube stuck in your throat.

theleg · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:15

Tru said:
It's like the sound you make when your trying to hock up a pube stuck in your throat.

Do you often get pubes stuck in your throat?

iCraig · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:17

Balddog said:
Do you often get pubes stuck in your throat?

It's the sign of a true man.

theleg · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:18

iCraig said:
It's the sign of a true man.

a real man wouldnt be bothered about going down there...

iCraig · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:18

Hence, the sign of a true man.

Vonhelmet · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:19

Balddog said:
Do you often get pubes stuck in your throat?

It happens to the best of us.

theleg · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:20

iCraig said:
Hence, the sign of a true man.

I dont get it.

theleg · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:20

vonhelmet said:
It happens to the best of us.

Never happened to me

That probably means im a closet homo right?

Velocity · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:21

Tru said:
refuzion: Hi, Could I speak to Paul Chow?
Company: Oh you mean Paul Chew?
refuzion: Ah, Chew.
Company: Bless you.

LOL!!!!

Tru · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:23

Balddog said:
Do you often get pubes stuck in your throat?

Well the ladies up here are kinda hirsute due to the cold weather.

Vonhelmet · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:23

Balddog said:
Never happened to me

That probably means im a closet homo right?

Only if all your boyfriends go for the back, sack and crack.

Sic · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:26

Balddog said:
Never happened to me

i wouldn't wish it on anyone. it totally ruins the mood coughing up a phlegm-soaked pube onto your significant other's stomach.

BrightonBelle · 1 Jun 2006 at 15:56

Probably gets loads of people getting the pronounciation wrong all of the time.. go with Chow/choo and see what happens.

I get it all the time, the worst thing is when this happens:

'Good afternoon, Marketing Dept **** speaking...'

'Can I speak to **** please?'

'Erm yeah speaking?!'

Moral: People don't really listen anyway so call em what you like

BB x

Surname Pronunciation

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