FireangelX

Real Name: Uche

Nick Name: Uchita, Chinedu(Chanae calls me that!!!) Jewel.

Gender: Female

Birthday: July 12th

Country: Jamaica

Parish/State/Town: ST. Andrew

Occupation: NeRDy MuSiC LoVa

Favourite Bands/Artists: avril lavigne, beyonce, black
eyed peas, switchfoot, crossfade, linkin park, fort minor, maroon 5, christina aguilera,T.I, P.O.D., the killers, Green day, AFI, 30 seconds from
mars, Evanescence,etc


Favourite Quote: "Be who u r, don't pretend to be more."

Favourite Colour/Shade: Black

Favourite Movies: Fantastic 4, Harry
Potter, Underworld, Elektra, pirates of the caribbean 1 n 2, Queen of the dammed, Sin City, The Mummy Returns, White Chicks, spider man 1 n 2, Kill Bill, Ultraviolet, the hitchhiker's guide, Blue crush, Saw, Flushed away, the pursuit of happyiness, jackass,fearless, Donnie Darko.

Favourite TV Shows: smallville, WWE, psych, house M.D, the simpson, Reba, still standing, Heroes, Futurama, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, trinity
blood, bleach, Eureka 7, Naruto, Inuyasha, Dark angel, Full Metal Alchemist, Trigun, CLFL, Loveless, Supernatural, BUFFY, Will & Grace,

About me: since i can't describe myself. check me out at
http://mysticaldarkness.hi5.com

welcome chinedu!!

FireangelX wrote:Real Name: Uche

What the origin or nationality behind your name? What does you name actually mean? How do you you pronunce it? As short as it is, I keep getting tongue-tied trying to pronounce it myself.

Uche: is a nigerian name that originated from a tribe called the igbos.
The christian name 'uche' means god's wisdom / god's mind. Uche is a unisex name and popular in my country.
pronunciation: U-slient word
che- long word

The pronounciation that I get from this is: " chhhe" . Is this correct?

I was then advised to say "OO chay" instead.

Ye cuz I mself am a little confused. Care to shed some lite on this dark area?

The name is indeed a beautiful one, but I'm seeing way too much contradicting stuff on it (online).

Snyper wrote:The pronounciation that I get from this is: " chhhe" . Is this correct?

I was then advised to say "OO chay" instead.

lol, i get that alot.
yeah, snyper, got it rite, but the U uses only one "O" not two. Remember the sound is 'u' is silent.
Or usually lady chanae calls me chinedu.

You just lost me completely. WHich one is it?

Are you asking me to say "O chay" instead?

pronounciation: o-che

I didn't see the fact that you edited your post, before I had posted. Now it appears as if the "u", is no longer silent then, or would I use a really short "o"?

Snyper wrote:I didn't see the fact that you edited your post, before I had posted. Now it appears as if the "u", is no longer silent then, or would I use a really short "o"?

the "o" is long silent.

I don't understand what you mean by 'silent' then, especially since you say it would be the long variation. I'm thinking about a 0.2 second pause, followed by a "chay".

okay,do u know how the "U" in the english alphabet letter sounds, just compare that to "o".

I've just practiced saying this 5 times for both letters. I even played the audio on wikipedia, so I'd respond with a definate 'yes'.

lol, still confused? or r u getting the hang of it.

No, not quite yet. I'd have to hear you say it or send it to me as a recording or anything like that.

i would have to do that next time cause i don't have webcam, but i can ask chan if she has one.

No prob. I'd then ask her to pronounce your nick name as well then. This should be quite fun.

lol, good luck with that!!

Wow, and imagine I still can't pronounce the name...how about we jus ask hanz when we go back to school

That sounds like a good idea, but it takes the fun out of trying to do it yourself. Don't look for the 'easy' way out. lol

yea I will tell you guys how to pronounce it at school, its really not that hard though

U kno maybe ur right Sny, wait for a little while b4 u tell us.