Pronunciation of "Xidnaf" [possible seizure trigger at the end?]

[@cube_cup]

I'm a digital graphic artist and I pronounce it 'bitmap'

[@Astronomy487]

PrimaPunchy lol

[@hagayui]

PrimaPunchy Best

[@suwinkhamchaiwong8382]

nice

[@appa609]

gif

[@quintonneal2881]

Hahaha I love that

[@magiv4205]

As a German I really don't understand why you were so shocked by it being pronounced as Ksidnaf. Ks is just the normal way of pronouncing the "x" in my language. I never understood why english still uses the "x" in writing when they pronounce it exactly like a "z" anyway... lol

[@manojoogo5003]

Naja, unser "v" ist auch nicht wirklich nützlicher.

[@magiv4205]

Manojoogo Stimmt eigentlich. Es gibt zwar ein paar Ausnahmen, aber generell klingen "v" und "f" haargenau gleich...

[@Jolgeable]

I understand you. Even in Spanish, the "x" letter is called "equis", and it has this KS sound. Maybe he didn't think about this KS sound because it's the first letter of the word, there is not a vowel before the "x". In portuguese the "x" has many pronunciations, but if we say: "this sounds like an X", then it sounds like "sch", in "Schumacher".

[@magiv4205]

***** I know that he's a native english speaker and that they pronounce the "x" differently. I was poking fun at the english spelling on a whole, which is ridiculous to say the least:)

[@orangesheep7877]

Magi V im american and use english and of KSidnahf

[@ZardoDhieldor]

I don't like the way shitnaff sounds...

[@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX]

+Zardo Dhieldor I like it!

[@delayed_control]

ShitNav

[@ZardoDhieldor]

m4ti140 Sounds familiar. Trying to navigate you through rivers and walls.

[@melody._.3251]

Let's say it kidnap

[@parasatc8183]

In Xhosa (a surviving language in South Africa with a pretty decent amount of speakers), your name would most likely be pronounced as ['ǁʰid.naf], with the [ǁʰ] being a click done by closing your mouth and letting the sides of your tongue touch the teeth until you make a click sound.

[@franz.francisco]

Star Guy Thing okay okay im sorry im replying to such an old comment but i heard about that language like 5 years ago and i thought it was really cool but had no idea how it was spelled but now i do thank you so much oml

[@milanschouten6533]

itsyaboifranzi it’s on google translate

[@ateium2409]

@@franz.francisco It is Xhosa

[@alcedob.5850]

I think I am physically incapable of pronouncing it that way

[@AndorianBlues]

As a native speaker of English (a surviving language in Britain with a pretty decent amount of speakers) I found this interesting

[@Catishcat]

So basically, best alternative pronunciation is Хщиднааф!??!!?

[@AshtonSnapp]

Кэтишкэт Kh + sh + I + d + n + aa + f

[@nietsnethceil4639]

Кириллица

[@natehoffmaster6726]

Snapp Kh + shch + ee + d + n + aa + f

[@kosukemiura1226]

khshchidnaaf

[@7iilod915]

Khshidnaaf

[@erikthegodeatingpenguin2335]

0:34, from now on, I'm calling you KKKidnaf

[@coletakkish4389]

“What is up LinquisticNerd Nation, I’m your host, Kkkilller Kkkidnaf. Let’s get riiiiiight into the words.”

[@eljestLiv]

"waddup is ya boi xidnaf, lemme tell you why them colored folks are the devil"

[@themobiusfunction]

Kidnap

[@RawkHawk9000]

I wish Irish had a cool way to pronounce "x" that I could use, but it doesn't even have an "x."

[@Untoldanimations]

I kind of like how Irish drops a lot of unnecessary letters, and the urú sounds are really intuitive

[@RawkHawk9000]

Ping Pong Cup Shots Yeah, it's because it the Gaels didn't take any unnecessary Greek-adapted letters like K, Q or X from the Romans. And urús are kind of intuitive, but not when they are to be used grammatically.

[@Untoldanimations]

RawkHawkMcGawk yeah. After speaking the language for 8 years in a Gaelscoil then going into and English secondary school where they focused on the grammar much more was a pain.

[@RawkHawk9000]

Ping Pong Cup Shots In my school, they assume you know enough to do the equivalent of English class in Irish, like: "Hey, so you've learned Irish in your primary school, right?" "No." "Well, fuck you, let's analyse poetry."

[@otesunki]

I like "kha"

[@MichaelTheAwesome32]

Je suis une pomme.

[@otakuribo]

🍎 tres bien

[@douchenozzle4484]

+Michael The Awesome! de terre*

[@MichaelTheAwesome32]

Douche Nozzle Oh, oui oui.

[@SnoFitzroy]

+Michael The Awesome! Cool. I'll get some carmel

[@rds7516]

You're... an apple?

[@TehNewV]

I like how Xidnaf has "DNA" in it. Xi could be pronounced Chi in Greek, so Chi-Dna-F. Sounds like an RPG item.

[@LaglinuAlmokat]

So Greek pronunciation of Xidnaf is KHEED-naf. X for Xidnaf reminds Greeks of Χ in Greek which makes a /kh/ sound.

[@NothingHere9911-blank]

@@LaglinuAlmokat you mean a /kʰ/ sound

[@arthurjohnson9982]

@@NothingHere9911-blank No, a /x/ sound.

[@ButlerWoodstock]

I like to pronounce it "Zhednåf" The X in your name reminds of the Russian character 'Ж' which makes a 'zh' noise.

[@MajesticSkywhale]

+Ittoqqortoormiit “ᐃᓄᔨᒌᑦᑑᓗᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ” From the Land of Green i say it that way as well

[@yeetyeet-jb6nc]

/ʒɛdnɔf/

[@Liggliluff]

I perfer the Slavic spelling Ž for Ж, because Russian is a Slavic language.

[@qwoolrat]

that sounds like a racial slur for jews in russian

[@marswantstodie]

is å supposed to be pronounced as "uh"?

[@TornadoCreator]

Holy seizure warning at the end there! Wow, that was painful; thankfully I had my hand on the mouse and was able to quickly scroll down, but if I was fullscreening I'd have been screwed.

[@darcy6698]

good news my friend! scrolling in fullscreen is now supported! ☺️

[@Aksuloid]

Somebody watches PBE Idea channel...

[@George_Azeria]

That's the whole fucking joke

[@syrtris-p3n]

I know this video is over 5 years old, but I still want to participate! I've always pronounced it as [ˈʃidnaf ~ ˈɕidnaf], mainly because most of the times is pronouced as [ʃ ~ ɕ] in my native language, Catalan. Though nowadays I'd pronounce it as [ˈʃɪdnæf], since I'd say that my English pronunciation has definitely gotten better.

[@thereversedguy]

As a spaniard, we use x in words as a "cs" like in the English word "Execution". But in words that begin with X it's hard for us to begin with "cs" so we use something between the normal x and "ch" from chocolate

[@thereversedguy]

So yeah... I pronounciated your name as Chidnaf

[@jimslim6286]

On a scale from 8 to 72, how much are you a brony compared to the pronunciation of oxidant, matter to the complexity of german? My guess is @/W.

[@Xidnaf]

+Jim Slim purple.

[@jimslim6286]

+Xidnaf so close

[@jimslim6286]

+Xidnaf but are you a brony

[@GrimstrokeMainr]

+TheJman0205 disgusting

[@GrimstrokeMainr]

***** yeah im not the sick fuck who watches a little girls show

[@ateium2409]

What about the click sound of X as in the language Xhosa

[@calicoixal]

I'm still going to pronounce it like I did originally, but the one like the Persian is just so cool! I wish I could say that as well as any of the other pronunciations.

[@LaglinuAlmokat]

How about /ZIHD-naef/ in English and /SHEE-jee-nahf/ in Portuguese? X in Portuguese reminds me of Ш in Russian.

[@kobovad]

In French it would be pronounced /gzidnaf/ and /ksɪdnɑf/ in Dutch but for some reason I always pronounce it as /zɪdnæf/..

[@kevincsellak296]

Kobovad The /ɑ/ would probably be fronted to an [ă] with the Flemish pronounciation, though.

[@LOLDGAMER]

I pronounce it "Kzidnarf"

[@servantofaeie1569]

wheres the r coming from?

[@LEpicFails913]

why the ponys tho :C

[@Xidnaf]

Because PONIES!!!! :D Also because I needed album covers for the background, and I don't listen to anything besides pony music :P

[@repton007]

Xidnaf I can't even express how amazing you are! Ponies and languages are my biggest passions (If ponies can be a passion I don'tknowwhatamIeventalkingabout). also babs seed and oh god you're the perfect youtuber thank you for being alive!

[@error101namenotfound.5]

repton007 whoa hokay then

[@caden2619]

Oh god if someone mention that one anthropology song

[@GabeLucario]

The red box hurts me... "any ware"

[@JakubWaniek]

What's the language you mention at around 1:58, after Esperanto? I have no idea how to spell it, and therefore cannot Google it.

[@Xidnaf]

Jakub Waniek It's called "Lojban," and I used to be a bit obsessed with it. lojban.org has a good introduction to it.

[@Pingijno]

+Xidnaf Isn't it the one of those logical languages?

[@JakubWaniek]

Pingijno Yes. I started learning it after watching this video. Xidnaf​ I forgot to thank you.

[@georgecooper1]

+Jakub Waniek fancy seeing you here :D

[@TaiFerret]

+Xidnaf So is Lojban your favourite auxlang? What do you think of Interlingua? I haven't really learned any auxlang yet but I think Interlingua is quite interesting because it's so easy to understand with just the natlangs I know.

[@melody_florum]

I say EX ID NAF

[@franco2359]

I pronounce it Shidináfi, and i speak portuguese as my native language. Shidinafi.

[@sabinamartinez7058]

3u também

[@johannesm536]

I'm just throwing this out there, as a Finnish speaker I would pronounce "Xidnaf" like /'ksidnɑʋ/ monotonically without intonation

[@odotawaissaku3755]

My native language is English, but I still pronounce it /xidnaf/

[@astralhaze8936]

For me ksidnaɸ is the one that comes to me when saying it

[@snatchngrab8262]

in Esperanto, the second to last syllable is stressed. Always, even when adding suffixes. So in a two syllable word, the first one is stressed.

[@lesliec9908]

hey xidnaf, I was wondering why we have uppercase and lowercase alphabets, i mean, that is essentially two alphabets for the exact same sounds. sure they overlap (discounting size), but still it seems really inefficient as compared to korean or something. I know the greeks had upper & lowercase too, but where did THEY get it from? Thanks! P.S. is there a word to complete this analogy [uppercase is to lowercase as capital (letter) is to _____________]

[@juangaflogger]

Leslie C georgian doesn't have that case difference

[@somespeciesofpenguin]

Your analogy is going to drive me insane now.. Why the he'll have I never seen this before! Okay, legit I typed heck and my phone auto corrected it to he'll. Thanks Google. Anyways, that is such a good question...

[@TheFox517]

@@somespeciesofpenguin I guess people wanted to feel important so they invented capital letter, which they put at the beginning if their names. For real though, it propably has to do with esthetics. Our alphabet just looks kinda ugly and they propably needed to make it look at least a little bit better when in use.

[@kevincsellak296]

If I’d have to guess from the Latin etymology of “capital,” along with the extent to which I know typefont terminology, I’d say, “uppercase is to lowercase as capital is to body.” Of course, body often refers to the text not part of title, subtitle, and header, but I can imagine that distinction started with the Drop Cap vs other text.

[@Wow-uk2on]

ok I know this comment is kinda old but I can contribute! first, the original names for the letter cases is "Majuscule" (capital) and "Minuscule" (lowercase) so uppercase is to lowercase as capital is to minuscule would be my guess. secondly, originally most languages that have majuscule and minuscule were written entirely in majuscule (so always having caps-lock on LIKE THIS) but when people were writing things quickly it was way more efficient to write with smaller, rounder letters than large, blocky, angled letters, so words and sentences started to be written with the start in majuscule and ending in minuscule (like “THE QUick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog") and over time majuscule was used less as it's way faster to write minuscule, especially for monks who had to copy massive manuscripts by hand And without going too in-depth to the history of it (because that would take too long) the rules for capitalisation in English formed to be A) the first letter of the first word of a sentence, B) proper nouns (names, places, days of the week, deities, etc), C) a title when in a name (Mr Smith, Doctor Knowles, Archbishop Greene, etc,) but not by itself (mr, doctor, archbishop, etc), D) proper adjectives, adjectives that come from proper nouns (American, Victorian, etc), E) first person pronoun "I" (and all contractions- I'm, I've, I'll, etc), F) the beginning of a new line in poetry or song lyrics, G) acronyms and initialisms (ATM, HIV, PNG, etc), H) emphasis ("I am VERY hungry today"), I) aesthetically or stylistically for titles, subtitles, headings, brands, performance/pen names, etc. There's probably a few other rules that I forgot but that's about it for the most part The terms "uppercase/lowercase" come from the invention of the printing press, where two sets of letter stamps were made, one for majuscule and one for minuscule, to keep them separate and organised in the drawers they used (called "type cases") the majuscule letters were stored above the minuscule letters, as minuscule were used more often. The majuscule letters were stored in the _upper_ part of the case, hence _upper-case_ and minuscule were stored below, in the _lower_ case, hence _lower-case_ hope this helps! sorry it's so long lmao I tried to condense it as much as I could

[@batchout]

Loving this channel! Your style reminds me of VSauce, CGPGrey, Extra Credits, and of course PBS Idea Channel :) great job

[@WhizzKid2012]

Finally someone who likes stick figures

[@sophieward7225]

Nice Idea Channel referance

[@AlinaLynn]

It's interesting that most of the sounds we all associate with "x" are fricatives. z, χ, and ʃ seem to be the most common. Even "ks" still has s in it.

[@89Awww]

How about /χʲɪðnɑv/ or /ʃɪt hɛd/?

[@89Awww]

lol I'm glad that other people understand the IPA!

[@KrisPBacon69]

LOL XD how about /fʌk wæd/?

[@juangaflogger]

ˈʙɻou... ˈwɜt̪ːə heːl jə ˈtsʰɑːkɨŋ baut̚? and yes, the first sound was a voiced bilabial trill

[@desimujahid]

məi yiŋgliʃ iz näːɽ d̪əʈ guɖ

[@LaglinuAlmokat]

@@KrisPBacon69 No, how about /SHEET-nap/ in Persian?

[@hanslee475]

Why does the right circle at 0:22 say purple

[@thiagoracca]

In Portuguese will be something like {She-De-NA-Fe} with the stress on NA

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

Hey, my comment made it into the video! I should've said before that the /d/ is closer to [ɗ] because in my dialect when a voiced stop is alone in the syllable coda, it goes implosive, or as I used to say before I learned enough about linguistics to explain what was going on, they get swallowed. It gets realised rather weirdly halfway between the original stop and its nasal counterpart, so I think it's the beginning of a new sound shift in which syllable final voiced stops get turned into their corresponding nasal sounds. As for the voiceless stops in that case, syllable final /t/ is already realised as [ʔ], and the other voiceless stops are quickly barrelling in that direction.

[@thejunecooperative]

And for some reason Zidnaf mentally has becme Shidnaf after this video, because my headcannon got screwed up with all the alt. pronunciations I guess.

[@George_Azeria]

Me too.

[@lopacee]

Just found your channel, and I love it! (don't think I didn't notice the bad seed remix in the back ground.) Keep up the good work!

[@sutebenkyouchannel3829]

You should join reddit. You should try conlanging. You should tell what languages you speak. (If you didn't already mention.) You should reply to my comment. Bye !!

[@Xidnaf]

1.) Too many people who are way smarter than me and know way more about linguistics. Makes me feel a bit intimidated. You're probably right though. 2.) I know a little Lojban, does that count? 3.) Just English. Also, three years of high school Spanish and a smattering of Arabic and Lojban. 4.) OK :)

[@sutebenkyouchannel3829]

Xidnaf :D

[@unflexian]

10 years later and kshayarsha still lives free in my head haha

[@Kaenif]

Dat Idea Channel set!

[@TheTechnoid333]

Hey there! Sorry to comment on such an old video but I recently found your channel and I'm loving it! Also I wanted to show you how I originaly pronounced Xidnaf since it seems to be different from any method you showed in the video and it got mr thinking as to why i pronounced it the way I did. But first I feel like I should tell you who I am: I was born in Luxembourg whcih is a country with three national languages: luxembourgish, french and german. We learn all three of those in primary school. In addition to that my father is portuguese so I also speak that. Then in highschool we learn english (yes only at the age of 12/13) and I chose to have 4 years of latin as well. And now I'm learning spanish at university in Portugal (oh the irony). So, yeah, I really love languages

[@xandersmith6626]

X is like the x in Xhosa I is like ee d is /ð/ N is the same A is like hOt F is the same

[@warxdrum]

+Xander Smith what is a'?' Xhosa?

[@xandersmith6626]

It's a click sound

[@markkeilys]

+Xander Smith that sounds cool (with the random click i did) lojban needs at least one click..

[@tuxcup]

For me it's [sítnàf] (I normally use tone bars but I am on mobile) Thank my native language for: 1. No voiced consonants 2. Speaking english in Tone 55, 33 and 11 constantly 3. The unaspirated T 4. The inability to produce the ks cluster

[@brothapipp]

digging the back drop

[@Crusader1089]

Having also learnt a little welsh I quite like the guttural hiss, similar to an ll.

[@007bistromath]

so when are you going to talk about the bowl on your head

[@yasminsilva2140]

Also thank you very much for putting my comment in a video 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@brasstalksabout5950]

Babs seed babs seed

[@spendilten]

how about zeednaf with a long a sound at the end as in car

[@PeppermintSwirl]

Omg Babs Seed song /)

[@Xidnaf]

(\

[@duwangchew]

I'm from Georgia and we have lots of constants as well as ['x] and [h] also I know Russian so when I first saw your name I saw it as Russian "х" and pronounced it "xidnaf", which I keep doing because every other pronunciation just doesn't seem right

[@filomenarocca2794]

Lojban can't be like Esperanto cause Lojban isn't like Esperanto. Esperanto is one of the most grammatically sloppy languages in the world, whereas Lojban is probably the most grammatically precise. People are lazy when it comes to speech. In other words, Lojban has no native speakers because it takes like a lifetime to become "fluent".

[@craigdaniel5624]

Also, Esperanto aspires to being an international language (but was developed as one for Europe and thus has European features rather than neutral ones), whereas Lojban mostly doesn't try (but has people who wish it would), but does strive for cultural neutrality (and thus distinctly isn't European-like).

[@gunkmoney]

+CoolMan86 Gaming When I say "a" instead of "æ", the "a" is pronounced "ah" not "æ"

[@guidoylosfreaks]

/sið'naf/

[@moondust2365]

For all the Bronies who are only watching this now that are too lazy or have too low a screen resolution or just blurred eyes and no glasses/contacts, the MLP fansongs in the background at around 0:45-ish onwards are (left to right, top to bottom): • Ponybeat (I think) • Keep Calm And Canter On (Is that even a song? I seriously don't know since I'm late to the fandom) • Crusaders (Are We There Yet?) - Black Gryph0n ft. Baasik • Lullaby for a Princess • Wonderbolt • The Ultimate Mandopony Collection • El Pony (Vol. 2) • Mirrors - Aviators

[@monmonkkk]

I say it the french way (yea) (and i don't know the special alphabet i'm sorry i'll try the best i can) K (not accentuated) z ee d n a(french a) f (french f if u know what i mean :) ) yeah that's kinda weird Kappa

[@evy2031]

Why is his set a brony =3 set?

[@ernisato]

I don't kown why I pronounce it Zhindaf :/ I'm not the only one, right? I'm not that special :'v

[@ThePhantom710]

What about "kheed-nahf" with a uvular trill?

[@Abdul54cp]

I knew you were brony btw because i searched intro, had mlp picture in background and outro too

[@Cristhian318]

+Abdul54cp me too... I don't know why, but I had seen that coming --w--

[@MTmerm]

I've been watching your videos instead of doing my Physics homework... I think these videos teach me more...

[@shavuklia7731]

Hi Xidnaf! Great videos, very educational and entertaining!:) May I ask - have you ever happened to be called 'autistic'? (or have you gotten that diagnosis?) I used to think a lot about this condition for myself for many years, but eventually I let go of it and now I'm just 'me' and that's it (no labels needed). However, you do portay some autistic traits in your mega cool videos, so I was just wondering what your response would be. You seem like a very, very, very cool dude - wish you had been my friend in high school!:) Bya! Sha

[@Xidnaf]

+Sha Vuklía Hi, I'm glad you like my videos! When I was really young I was diagnosed with "borderline asperger syndrome," which as I understand it is now part of the "autism spectrum." Thing is, the reasons they diagnosed me with that at all when I was young have gotten WAY better as I've gotten older, so I have no idea if I'd still be on the spectrum at all anymore. So yeah, because of that uncertainty I don't generally apply the term to myself.

[@itsannagrimm]

+Sha Vuklía hi, can I ask you what would those autistic traits be exactly? I'm really curious, because I haven't really noticed any (or didn't realize they could be considered autistic) in Xidnaf's videos.

[@Xidnaf]

Anna Grimm I think the wikipedia page on "asperger syndrome" sums it up well: "significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests." Most of the time I really didn't like playing with other kids, and I really really liked routine and when it was broken I didn't cope well. All of which is sort of still true, but to a much lesser extent :P

[@itsannagrimm]

yeah, I know what asperger is, I just didn't notice any signs of it in your videos, so that's why I was asking Sha Vuklía what gave them that idea, that's all ;p

[@shavuklia7731]

+Anna Grimm Alright then, because you're asking: 1) he is very analytical (his videos - at least, his wording - are made with mathematical precision) and he has a great eye for detail (which is basically one and the same thing, but whatver) 2) he doesn't show emotions while talking (except for 'excitement', but no vague-ish emotions in the background), 3) his videos are very asexual (yea, this might sound weird, but most people include some form of sexual element in their 'work' or whatever, though this absolutely doesn't have to be explicit. If you don't get this point, never mind.) And well, that's it. Don't worry, I don't mean anything in a bad way. I used to be Asperg-ish too, but I learned (*am learning) the social games [most] people play in their lives.

[@jackbhogal]

What about treating the x as the phonetic x? So the x is pronounced like the "ch" in "Loch Ness."

[@neilsumanda1538]

Jack Bhogal the Greek letter 'Chi'.. or the ovular trill of the Germans..

[@johnathanpenczek5499]

Hmm not sure if brony or needing attention. Wait you know bab seeds..... Definitely a brony /)

[@Xidnaf]

johnathan penczek (\ :)

[@MightyAlex200]

>doesnt notice wall is super legit

[@sofia.eris.bauhaus]

MAH KERMENT GAHD FERTURED! ERMAHGERD!! but seriously, this made me happy. i love you videos. :) ps: how about gerdnerf? :P

[@HeyHax]

psst /)

[@Xidnaf]

(\

[@almostayoutuber-gamesandmo3368]

Zid-naf,

[@nitorishogiplayer3465]

I'm glad "ks-" didn't win. That's the way one does it in English but those people probably don't even know about word-initial 's in English

[@ranshibuki9659]

well, since I'm like part korean part indonesian it's sometimes Shiidnahf or shaednahf (you know the korean "ae" letter, like in "aerobic") or sidnahf or I just like to call him "that guy with the dope channel name"

[@_thank_you_]

Lol just found you yesterday and this is just the greatest /)

[@felixfrederickarchery877]

I don't know why but if an X is at the start of a word, I always pronounce it like the Cyrillic "Ж"

[@The42Horsepower]

Bob Sonder's option sound Gaelic to me. Don't know why.

[@abrcndomino]

What about /shidnaf/?

[@SyIZaSEXYbeast]

Regarding the dipthong, (AE) Its possible he pronounces it as in latin with an I sound like EYE

[@jrkjalique]

I just realized i cannot uniquely pronounce letter X if at the beginning of the word.

[@ארדקרן]

Esperanto doesn't have a rule that makes you add a Hx sound. That's why it's popular.

[@lowencraft1404]

Although I pronounce it your way (prob bc I first heard of you in artefexian's phonology), another way to say it is [3idnæf]

[@Duncan3]

i pronounce it like the most popular pronunciation except the z sound is replaced with a cks sound (like ox)

[@liamskeen2884]

I missed the poll, but I use the invoiced uvular fricative, because of Yiddish heratige.

[@66LordLoss66]

Xidnaf is based on Lojban? What does it mean?

[@kyungsoonation6189]

wow that song takes me back! (a couple years)

[@djleonard14]

How about now double the time has passed

[@planetarytennis8463]

How do you learn Logban?

[@Stardust-zk5ge]

What with the MLP in the background and BGM?

[@friendlybiscuit7359]

For some reason I always mixed up the d and the n so I pronounced it "zindaf"

[@umaprilfools6736]

And why not X as Zh, and F as R in french?

[@Jaqexizr]

Anyone want to suggest how I should pronounce my username? I've used it forever and I'm still undecided...

[@ButlerWoodstock]

Jæqëzūr (Jack-eh-zur)

[@genessab]

"Haruhi"

[@ButlerWoodstock]

Yah-zi-jur.

[@FranciscoJxL]

jack 'ekzi zur

[@ButlerWoodstock]

Ja-zek-ur.

[@jordifaxon2839]

Where do you learn lojban? I am genuinely curious

[@Kraigon42]

I don't recognize one single poster and it's driving me nuts. It looks like it might be spelling "Eurobeat", but it reminds me of an Archie cover.

[@AlinaLynn]

When I first saw it, I pronounced it as [ɕinaɸu] probably from exposure to Japanese. The first and last vowels are kinda devoiced and I don't know why I left out the d. It sounds a little like "shnaf".

[@zacharythornton5834]

I like the pronunciations of your name, but why those letters? is there meaning behind them?

[@TheodoreKloba]

I found your channel too late to vote, but did you have any commenters suggest pronouncing the "X" as /d͡z/ like in Albanian? Years ago when I had time to make conlangs for fun, I had this orthographic convention in one. And yes, I meant to put in // instead of []. I don't want to appear pushy.

[@msgrtuning]

peut-être que c'est parce que je suis français mais je prononcer gzidnaf

[@MatthewMcVeagh]

I always thought of it as "ZIDnaff", but I didn't know about the Lojban connection. What does it mean in Lojban? I thought it might be "fandix" backwards, because you're a fan of dictionaries? :D

[@HaitianHero48]

I'm just going to say that how you just phonetically spelled out the pronunciation of your name, in the beginning of the video, was the coolest thing ever.

[@ArturoStojanoff]

Do you actually speak Lojban?

[@Xidnaf]

Arturo Stojanoff Not really. Like a lot of languages, I know a few words and a bit about the grammar but that's it.

[@ArturoStojanoff]

Xidnaf Lol, I can relate.

[@passerbypassinbi]

['zɪd nəf] was my initial pronunciation, likely due to being raised in Southern US. However, I greatly favored the last one upon hearing it.

[@ParallaxRS]

the 'ksidnaf' sound would lend itself to greek pronunciation, Ξιδναφ in Greek to be exact ;)

[@milessaxton]

More times than not I pronounce it more like [sid-nif] or [ksid-nuf] with minor offshoots of each depending on how it rolls off the tongue

[@MemberHomei]

Yes, and what does Xidnaf mean?

[@alexshi2357]

Why are their ponies behind him?