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* Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merioneth, Baroness Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of Mann, Duke of Normandy, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Sovereign of the Order of British India, Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of Burma, Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Sovereign of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Sovereign of the Order of Canada, Sovereign of the Order of Australia, Sovereign of the Order of New Zealand, Sovereign of the Order of Barbados, Sovereign of the Order of Valour, Sovereign of the Order of Military Merit, Sovereign of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Sovereign of the Queen's Service Order, Sovereign of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of St. Andrew, Sovereign of the Order of Logohu, Sovereign of the Order of the Star of Melanesia. To you, though, it's "Your Majesty." Or "Ma'am."

* In the last book of the ''My Teacher Is An Alien'' series by Bruce Coville, the main characters meet a giant weird alien whose name is [[TheUnpronounceable unpronounceable]] by a human and is something like "Uhuurbeegdjyuli". They decide to refer to it as "Big Julie" (which is also the name of a character in the musical ''GuysAndDolls''.

* There is also that one guy whose unpronounceable name means roughly "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast He-Who-Devours-Your-Entrails-And-Thoroughly-Enjoys-It". But, if you so prefer, you may call him {{Lobo}}.

* [[{{Superman}} Kal-El]] becomes Clark.
* Starfire from the TeenTitans is officially "Princess Koriand'r", but is known as "Kory" for short.

** More precisely, it was to be Wang "At"[[hottip:*:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_laws_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China#Wang_.22At.22]] (Just copy and paste the whole URL, damn punctuated formatting) ''(Chinese: 王@, Pinyin: Wáng "at")''. Apparently, it was a pun on the Chinese word for "love him" ("@" is pronounced as "ai-ta", which is similar to 爱他, literally "love him").

** More precisely, it was to be Wang "At" (See here:[[hottip:*:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_laws_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China#Wang_.22At.22]]) ''(Chinese: 王@, Pinyin: Wáng "at")''. Apparently, it was a pun on the Chinese word for "love him" ("@" is pronounced as "ai-ta", which is similar to 爱他, literally "love him").

** More precisely, it was to be Wang "At" (See here: [=~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_laws_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China#Wang_.22At.22~=]) ''(Chinese: 王@, Pinyin: Wáng "at")''. Apparently, it was a pun on the Chinese word for "love him" ("@" is pronounced as "ai-ta", which is similar to 爱他, literally "love him").

** More precisely, it was to be [[{{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_laws_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China#Wang_.22At.22}} Wang At]] ''(Chinese: 王@, Pinyin: Wáng "at")''. Apparently, it was a pun on the Chinese word for "love him" ("@" is pronounced as "ai-ta", which is similar to 爱他, literally "love him").

** More precisely, it was to be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_laws_in_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China#Wang_.22At.22 Wang At]] (Chinese: 王@, Pinyin: Wáng "at").

** More precisely, it was to be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_laws_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China#Wang_.22At.22 Wang At]] (Chinese: 王@, Pinyin: Wáng "at").

--> "Perhaps my core name would be easier for the average fleet officer. Call me Thrawn."

The TropeNamer is ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', although it's not a confirmed example. While it was revealed by the Pythons that Tim the Enchanter was scripted with another name that John Cleese could never remember, there is no evidence of it being long or unpronounceable.

** And finally, we have Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who is known not by any of these names, but by his childhood nickname '''[[TheCaligula Caligula]]'''.

** Also Yelizaveta Volka, also known as "Bounce".

* The ''{{Metroid}}'' sprite webcomic ''[[http://www.zebeth.com Planet Zebeth]]'' has the hilarious Trabnagian tribe, the members of which all have ridiculously long names. The first one to appear introduces himself shortly as Syracuse, and his real name is Syracuse von Alfredo Jacobson Smith de Sanguine Jones the eighth of the Trabnagian tribe. And that's shorter than average.

** No kidding -- in her ''StarTrek'' novels, most of her aliens have colossal names that get shortened considerably. For example, the Romulan Commander Ael i-Mhessian t'Rlaillieu. "Call me Ael." Or the [[DolphinsDolphinsEverywhere Delphine]] scientist Hwiii ie'ee u-Ulak! ha'. It's pronounced "Wheee!"

** Even the name of the Tinker Gnome's ''mountain'' falls under this trope -- it's only called Mount Nevermind because the first human explorers made the serious mistake of asking their gnome guide where he was from. After the first six or seven [[strike: syllables]] seconds of rapid pronuciation, they interrupted with 'Nevermind', which the gnomes then adopted as the official name of the mountain for reasons of aesthetics.

* In [[TheChroniclesOfNarnia The Horse and His Boy]] Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah is more commonly referred to as Bree, though he himself finds his companions name, Shasta, quite a mouthful. Bree is a talking horse by the way.

**Suparman is a common Javanese name, and there is a politician named Betmen Sebayang in Central Java.

**Suparman is a common Javanese name, and there is a politician named Betmen in Central Java.

* A well-known child in the middle east was named "Batman bin Suparman."

* ''Everquest'' features an efreeti lord by the name of Lord Doljonijiarnimorinar, who is usually just called "Lord Bob."

*TeenTitans has Larry From the episode, ''Fractured''. His real name is [[TheUnpronounceable nosyarG kciD]]. But Beast Boy had trouble pronouncing it, so he suggested the alternate name, [[{{Understatement}} which Larry liked]].

*TeenTitans has Larry From the episode, ''Fractured''. His real name is [[TheUnpronouncable nosyarG kciD]]. But Beast Boy had trouble pronouncing it, so he suggested the alternate name, [[{{Understatement}} which Larry liked]].

*TeenTitans has Larry From the episode, ''Fractured''. His real name is [[TheUnpronouncable nosyarG kciD]]. But Beast Boy had trouble pronouncing it, so he suggested the alternate name, [[{{Understatement}}which Larry liked]].