[OT] E-mail provider recommendations

Dirk Koopman djk at tobit.co.uk
Mon Oct 29 10:38:19 GMT 2007


Ismail, Rafiq (IT) wrote:

> She's a van GEMen and my own surname is isMAIL.  So we were thinking of
> GEMAIL.  
> 
> Now I know that this might seem really nerdy, but we both really like
> it.  The idea would be to avoid total nerdom by pronouncing it
> 'Gugh-mail.'  We're quite close to this and most of those whom we talk
> to seem to find this quite funny, but I'm curious as to what others
> think?  
> 

Surely this is pronounced 'je-mai-ill'? (ai pronounced like the dutch 
word meaning 'to stroke' - for english speakers: 'I' (as in "I do") with 
a bit 'ah' in front of it). And I thought this already existed as a 
(mumble) Lebanese stylee name.

Dirk


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