I also remember talking on here about reading your board names as "ah mick" and "ah myth" even though I knew you both were Amy. I remember laughing as other people said your name was clearly "ah mitch" and not "ah mick."

There is also a contingent (which might just be me) (a contingent can too be 1 person!*) who reads it as Amy-chuh.

*(Okay, no it can't but I stand by my pronunciation anyway.)

And it's dumb and I'm not conveying it well, but it's just a sweet little memory (to me) of a fun, light board conversation at B.org.

It's ok, it's bittersweet to me too! And it's the smallest of all tiny hills of beans in all of this, but I am feeling the loss of my board name twin from a whole 10 miles away, and the fact that we've laughed over many years -- not at people getting us confused, but at the fact that we ourselves would sometimes do a double-take.

There is also a contingent (which might just be me) (a contingent can too be 1 person!*) who reads it as Amy-chuh.

• *raises hand**

As a member of the Amys , I nominate amyth as Amy Emeritus.

Also, Cindy is not the only one who pronounces them "a-myth" and "a-mick".

It's not "ah," it's "ay." Ay-myth, Ay-mitch, Ay-skye.

There is also a contingent (which might just be me) (a contingent can too be 1 person!*) who reads it as Amy-chuh.

My inner pronunciation adds a bit and makes it Amych(ile) in a southernish version of Amy child. Amyth is totally a-myth for me. eta: or actually Ay-myth as Jesse points out.

For me, the mnemonic is "sabrists like sammitches."

And "amyth" sounds like "ay-myth"

There is also a contingent (which might just be me) (a contingent can too be 1 person!*) who reads it as Amy-chuh.

**raises hand**

Our contingent is tiny but mighty.

Amy chuh and Amy thuh

Our contingent is tiny but mighty.

I want this to have summoned Pix, somehow. Is/was "tiny but mighty" her tagline?

There is also a contingent (which might just be me) (a contingent can too be 1 person!*) who reads it as Amy-chuh.

*(Okay, no it can't but I stand by my pronunciation anyway.)

I forgot about Amy-chuh. Now I'm picturing Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno breaking it down, Electric Company style, although strictly speaking, I think they'd need a third person for the third syllable. The problem with that is, I don't know if The Electric Company ever broke down 3-syllable words, and I can't remember anyone else in The Electric Company cast.

I was going to argue that one could be a contingent, as in a "representative group," but now I don't have to, because ...

*raises hand**

Amy chuh and Amy thuh

Hec and msbelle are Amy-chuh people, too.

we've laughed over many years -- not at people getting us confused, but at the fact that we ourselves would sometimes do a double-take.

I like the image of that.

Also, Cindy is not the only one who pronounces them "a-myth" and "a-mick".

Thank goodness, you're not all confused like Jesse is, Amy.

It's not "ah," it's "ay." Ay-myth, Ay-mitch, Ay-skye.

Jesse, Laura, dcp: is your "ay" supposed to stand in for a long "A" or a long "I" (like aye)? I have many questions.

I will fully admit my head pronunciation of "askye" is stupid, but it's not going anywhere: ask-ie. It should be "ask ye" but it never has been for me.

For me, the mnemonic is "sabrists like sammitches."

dcp, this is such a very Buffista thing, and we'd all know you meant ah-mick, and just mixed things up. ;)