xp Ingres rhymes with Hongro, right?
― budo jeru, Saturday, 16 December 2023 03:21 (four months ago) link
David Sylvian in "The Devil's Own"...
"the ticking of the clock in-ex-OR-a-bly goes on"
― mr.raffles, Saturday, 16 December 2023 04:03 (four months ago) link
I recall Green Gartside saying he only learnt how to pronounce Jacques Derrida correctly after he'd recorded and released the song
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 16 December 2023 04:12 (four months ago) link
xxp Uhh YES, yes it does!! ROFL!
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 16 December 2023 04:15 (four months ago) link
wait, how are you pronouncing Ingres/Hongro for them to rhyme?
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 16 December 2023 11:09 (four months ago) link
correctly
― mark s, Saturday, 16 December 2023 11:16 (four months ago) link
Ingres should be pronounced 'Ang%#'
― plax (ico), Saturday, 16 December 2023 11:21 (four months ago) link
"o" is apparently pronounced "ooh" in Norwegian, and "ø" is the u sound in "ur"
gonna start calling Ingres "Oongrur" (ok I will probably never say Ingres out loud ever, but if I do)
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 16 December 2023 11:32 (four months ago) link
You mean it isn't pronounced HANG-grə?
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 16 December 2023 16:07 (four months ago) link
Another painter: on Game Theory's "Chardonnay", Scott Miller sings, "gonna take Ernst, Dali and De Chirico", pronounced "CHEER-i-co". Funny, since he had been a student of painting.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 16 December 2023 16:40 (four months ago) link
"o" is apparently pronounced "ooh" in Norwegiancan confirm as I once heard a pack of teenage girls in Bergen shout "YOOLOO"
― jaymc, Saturday, 16 December 2023 16:48 (four months ago) link