sobersides

n. a very serious person; a grumpy old man. Old sobersides can’t manage to laugh at anything.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Childress	['tʃildris]
Glooscap	-	New World Mythology
Sirius	SIR-ee-əs (English), SEER-ee-əs (English)	Astronomy
Nero (1)	NEER-o (English)	Ancient Roman
Peters	['pi:təz]
Yekaterina	ye-kah-tye-REE-nah, ee-kah-tee-REE-nah	Russian