How is your username meant to be pronounced?

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23 Nov 2010, 12:12 pm

GAH-mah, then geek. Gamma as in the third letter of the Greek alphabet, geek as in the one word that describes me perfectly.

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23 Nov 2010, 12:22 pm

li see 983 not lizzy

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23 Nov 2010, 6:41 pm

Jagatai is my middle name. (My parents are history nerds) It is one spelling of the son and heir of Gengis Khan.

I pronounce it JAG-uh-tay although I suspect it is not anything near the way a Mongolian would pronounce it.

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23 Nov 2010, 10:21 pm

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but "jagatai" can also mean "on the lookout for poop."

When I first saw your username, I giggled.

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23 Nov 2010, 10:32 pm

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23 Nov 2010, 11:06 pm

menintights wrote:

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but "jagatai" can also mean "on the lookout for poop."

When I first saw your username, I giggled.

Well... Maybe that's a good thing.

Any suggestions where I can look this up? In what language or culture?

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23 Nov 2010, 11:48 pm

mine has a double meaning 1st "see me as pie" 2nd " see me aspie"

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24 Nov 2010, 6:55 am

cmeaspie wrote:

mine has a double meaning 1st "see me as pie" 2nd " see me aspie"

I like that, it's a cool name.

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