POLL: When pronouncing the band name "Sunn O)))", do you personally pronounce the long 'O' vowel thingy at the end?

Like Robert Downey Jr's character chanting right before he's executed in Natural Born Killers.

Oh,this was "do you", not "how do you". My mistake.

Lol

Generally, yes, even though I know I'm not supposed to, but simply saying 'Sun' opens up a realm of potential confusion.

I also pronounce the brackets.

I pronounce it "Sunn Whoaaaaaaa....!"

It's a trademark symbol so no, not really.

I know I shouldn't but I can't help saying the O)))

never.

I say it, but in tones low enough that only elephants and whales can hear it.

This is still a question in 2016?

(No)

no )))

I don't pronounce the symbol at the end, but I do pronounce the double-N, just so people know I'm not talking about the newspaper or the star.

i usta know Stephen! it's "sun"

You do not pronounce the parenthesis. George I wonder where you got the idea for this poll from

I pronounce it "sun freur".

no, not when speaking, but when reading the name, i mentally "pronounce" the O

Have you heard of that doom band, son?

when pronouncing the band name "Sunn 0)))" i personally trace a glowing pentagram in the air with my hands, upon completion of which, the earth begins to tremble with a force no great, no voice of mortal man could be discerned above the din

*a force so great
dammit why do I always fuck up my warlock shit

I've never had to pronounce it. If someone asked me if I knew "Sun" I don't think I'd immediately grasp that they were talking about this band. Better to say "Sun... uhh spelled out Sun O parenthesis parenthesis parenthesis?"

BTW, you''re not supposed to pronounce the 'o' in dog latin.

I say "Sunn-oh"

sunn

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cnMsc5HMuC0/hqdefault.jpg

you fool! you failed to keep your face veiled in shadow as you spoke the sacred name

99% no, 1% "The Sunny O's" (h/t trishyb)

It's pronounced 'Sunny D' iirc.

"Did you hear about the Scott O))) collaboration?"

"What, like a collaboration of Scotts?"

You need to say the forbidden vowel in this case.

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I just say sunn but then I also call him stephen malley

It ain't a "vowel thing", it's a symbol/icon/graphic, like the Nike swoosh

I just say sunn but then I also call him stephen malley

― oh, amazonaws (wins), Monday, June 20, 2016 1:04 AM (1 hour ago)

Ha, I have a friend called that who is also a reasonably successful musician and I am constantly imagining the Malley/O'Malley supergroup.

I say the O most of the time

I don't pronounce it, but I kind of breathe it silently through my sinuses, like the 4th sound in the "Om"

i recently found out the word 'bonafides' isn't pronounced the same way as the word 'bonafide' with an added s but i think i'll still continue to say it the wrong way because i think everyone else assumes it's pronounced that way

sunn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzIN3EgBIHg )))

i recently found out the word 'bonafides' isn't pronounced the same way as the word 'bonafide' with an added s but i think i'll still continue to say it the wrong way because i think everyone else assumes it's pronounced that way

― de l'asshole (flopson), Monday, June 20, 2016 2:16 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, that's one where saying it right makes you sound fussy and elitist. Plus "bo-na-fieds" is more fun.

I say "Sun" but will resort quickly to "Sun-O" if I can tell someone doesn't know who I'm talking about.

Yeah, there's def things you sound kind of like a dick for pronouncing correctly, like "phò"

"Sunno" definitely works for lowering the pretention factor when talking about a brilliant but kind of absurd band

Also, when I started listening to them, there was a major label band called "The Sun"

Well, for one thing, it's not an "O". https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b4/f2/1f/b4f21f63e758d1d837ceccf9f7195f81.jpg

That's not a band

It's the source of their name though. Not written with an "O" on their sleeves either. http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/7/6/4/1764.jpg

Sunn only. With weight on the nns to help differentiate from Shiny McYelloworb.

It's the source of their name though

Via the Earth album 'Sunn Amps & Smashed Guitars", which itself derived from a mishearing of the Be Bop Deluxe lyric "Sad amps and smashed guitars." Or so I have read.

So I think 'Sadd O)))' is probably the correct pronunciation.

by appending it to the name they are definitely tempting you to pronounce the symbol, which I think is, like those gouranga things people leave on bridges, some sort of invocation of the cosmic they want to trick you into for you own good. the lack of a definitive answer makes having a go more appealing, this being my fav approach so far itt:

I don't pronounce it, but I kind of breathe it silently through my sinuses, like the 4th sound in the "Om"

maybe you're supposed to say "sun" and then close your eyes and look into infinity

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Sunny (Drop) D)))

who the fuck would i ever have a convo with irl where this would come up?

("oh"))))))))

30 get it wrong

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in before System, impressive

I say "Sun" followed by a pursed-lipped, coquettishly camp "Oooo!"

say "new" instead of "noy" or else look pretentious

vidgin' crié sean nü sunnO)))