Hello, Ayliffe, and welcome to RRU!

But isn't bailiff the same as Bayleef? Just a longer "F", nothing too different.

But isn't bailiff the same as Bayleef? Just a longer "F", nothing too different.

NOPE

Bailiff is pronounced differently. Bayleef makes my name sound like a plant

Sounds nearly the same to me. I can't help it, I'm no native English speaker.

Howdy. It feels like we have meet before.

But isn't bailiff the same as Bayleef? Just a longer "F", nothing too different.

Certainly not. "Bayleef" is quite literally the words bay and leaf combined. That is a not too subtle but different enough contrast from the work bailiff.

EDIT:

cat GIF

Maybe pet a kitten. Yeah. Pet that kitty.

Certainly not. "Bayleef" is quite literally the words bay and leaf combined. That is a not too subtle but different enough contrast from the work bailiff.

To me, the only differences I hear are a longer "E" and a shorter "F" (in "Bayleef"). That might be it, you know?

That gif. Whyyyyyyyy....

No-one's actually said 'welcome' here yet

So, welcome to RRU, cue hilarious comment from jamesster which gets seven likes, cue TAR's little RRU: It's Bat **** Insane, cue QP's comments about the sheep, cue me writing up a welcome summary, cue you replying 'thank you'... and so on.

Your name is Aye-Life. Enjoy.

Your name is Aye-Life. Enjoy.

Oh get Aye-Life, why don't you.

We also have Sire-Vam, Sigh-Rem, Aye-Den-Pons, Le-Seven-One-Seven etc etc

Now we just have to work out how to pronounce Xiron. I always pronounce it as Zee-Ron for some unknown reason, but I know it's wrong.

Now we just have to work out how to pronounce Xiron. I always pronounce it as Zee-Ron for some unknown reason, but I know it's wrong.

It believe it is Zi-Ron, Zi like the Xy in Xylophone.

Hmm... I always pronounced it as 'Zir-on,' so it has a soft 'x' and a normal 'I.'

...and I hope this doesn't turn out like last time Xiron and I talked about pronounciation, or for that matter the way you say and write 'prounounciation' in the first place.

or for that matter the way you say and write 'prounounciation' in the first place.

I know, right? It's impossible to get that word right. For a moment I also thought that word never existed.

I pronounce "Xiron" like it should be pronounced in my language, but that's for sure not right. Actually, I pronounce everyone's name here like it should be pronounced in my language. Oh well.

Actually, I pronounce everyone's name here like it should be pronounced in my language. Oh well.

Don't we all?

my language

*waves hand around signifying 'Carry on'*

know, right? It's impossible to get that word right

Things are made worse by the Brits insisting on one spelling and the Americans on another...

...can't we all go and speak Latin? Necesse est nobis linguam Latinuam dicere, quod omnes linguras (nisi Latin) molesti sunt.

While I had no pronunciation in mind while creating the name, I like to pronounce it as Xi-ron in my head. Hard x (meaning not sounding like a z... or Greek letter Xi, if I am getting this right).

So 'ex-eye-ron?'

EDIT: Has there been one blog post with more comments than this?

While I had no pronunciation in mind while creating the name, I like to pronounce it as Xi-ron in my head. Hard x (meaning not sounding like a z... or Greek letter Xi, if I am getting this right).

Yes, that's how I pronounce your name! I wanted to write that in my comment, but it was getting too long and confused, so I cut that part.

And how do you pronounce Xalax?

So 'ex-eye-ron?'

Nope. It's Ex (without the vowel sound)-eye-ron. you were close, but wrong.

And how do you pronounce Xalax?

The closest thing that comes to mind is X-zalax.

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It's simply 'zay-lacks.'