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[quebec_fairy]

Hi, I'm Jean-Paul Beaubier.

Not to be picky or anything, but I want my name to be pronounced correctly. So here's a short audio sequence to help you out.

[The voice recognition clicks on. Have a French-Canadian accent.]


[Jean-Paul Beaubier. Not 'Jeeeen Pohl' -- or whatever you can come up with.][And it's back to text

Comments

[voice]

[total_pessimist]

You'd hardly be the first or last person whose name will get mispronounced at this school.

[quebec_fairy]

Yeah but mine's easy not to mess up.

And the others should complain, too, if it's bad.

[total_pessimist]

My name is Ulquiorra Cifer, and I have my name mispronounced all the time. Although I'm not accommodating enough to invite people to use my initials as a substitution.

permavoice

[lledrithau]

[have your name butchered by a Welsh accent]

[you can practically hear her squinting]

[did you know the letter J doesn't exist in the Welsh alphabet]

permavoice

[firstlaugh]

No, no, it's... Shaun.

[lledrithau]

Ohhh! Like, Shaun-Paul? [sounds as if she is concentrating]

[firstlaugh]

[Sounds as though she is not:] I dunno, I'm just sticking to calling him Shaun. So much easier!

[video, no sound] [MIMING]

[professorpool]

[Blank screen for a moment, then Wade pops up into view, dressed in what looks like a black and white version of his normal outfit. There's an outlandish stick-on moustache glued to the front of his mask and an elaborate ruff around his neck.]

[He waggles his eyebrows at the screen, then produces two pieces of cheese and a baguette, and begins to juggle them.]

[voice back]

[quebec_fairy]

Wrong country.

[hi there]

[xi_npc]

It looks like you're trying to mock a student's nationality.

Would you like help?

• Get help finding appropriately insulting stereotypes.

• Just mock him as you have been without help.

☐ Don't show me this tip again.

[bombsheltered]

Oh, please. The last thing we need at this school is another uppity snob.

[quebec_fairy]

Snobs in high school. Are you kidding. This never happens!

[bombsheltered]

My point exactly. Good luck finding anyone to take you seriously now -- just don't be surprised if someone starts a club dedicated entirely to the mispronunciation of your name.

[quebec_fairy]

And everyone in this club will have me on their back. I don't lick people's asses so they'll like me. If they have time to waste annoying me because I'm blunt, they're the ridiculous ones.

Am I supposed to expect everyone to be hypocrites? Because screw that, if I have a problem, you'll hear about it, I'm not going to keep it in and whine about it to my friends until there are rumours started about the most ridiculous things.

[voice, vaguely Californian accent]

[ceilingsniper]

Oh, some of us know how to have fun. You just gotta know where to look.

[quebec_fairy]

I'll be sure to learn.

[ceilingsniper]

Keep an eye out then. You wouldn't wanna miss it.