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I still look at Ummagumma and think "uhm-MAG-yewm-ma"

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link

I think Joao = Huwow?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link

The Portuguese Gi is pronounced zhee (like Zha Zha Gabor, but with ee as the vowel) so it's Zheel-bair-toe, with accent on the bair. And it may be that J is pronounced the same, but is used in front of a, o, and u, so Zhobeem and Zhaow.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 8 October 2004 23:08 (nineteen years ago) link

I thank you.

― Lingbert, Friday, 8 October 2004 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh, that's right I forgot. "Zhaow" sounds right, I've heard that before.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 8 October 2004 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link

In portuguese, that would be "joh-OW"

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 10 October 2004 01:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Laibach?

― Sasha (sgh), Sunday, 10 October 2004 01:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Lie'-bahch

Sufjan?

― frankE (frankE), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:30 (nineteen years ago) link

SOOF-YON

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link

SOOF-yan

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link

how do you pronounce Fuck's name on the radio so the FCC doesn't arrest you?

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link

François De Roubaix - the 'Roubaix' part, I've been saying "rue-bye"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Jürgen Paape - 'Jürgen' I know, but 'Paape'="Pop"?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:43 (nineteen years ago) link

it's "roo-BAY", actually.

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:43 (nineteen years ago) link

how do you pronounce Fuck's name on the radio so the FCC doesn't arrest you?

i would never arrest you for that! as for the other fcc, you might just have to describe the name rather than say it, using such tender euphemisms as "making love" or "knocking boots."

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:48 (nineteen years ago) link

HAH

you don't use caps in YOUR name, f.c.c.

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:50 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah, but i don't use caps in their name either!

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:54 (nineteen years ago) link

touche.

(pron. "toosh-AY")

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link

ef you see kay

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:51 (nineteen years ago) link

a bit prosaic, but a solid option if you don't lisp.

or rhymes with "suck" or "luck"

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link

uck-fay in piglatin. c'mon Thea, get creative!

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link

How about Urusei Yatsura?
OOD-sayee yachts-da.

Maybe in Scottish! In Japanese it's "Ooh-Ru-Say-Ee Ya-Tsu-Ra"--Just like it looks

― Good Dog, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha, good luck in Japan!

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link

"uck-fay in piglatin. c'mon Thea, get creative!"

uck-fay ou-yay, ax-gy-gaaaay!

...

ugh, i hate pressure to perform.

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:21 (nineteen years ago) link

so does Rafael Palmeiro.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link

gygax, no need for luck. I speakee the Japanese.?@“ú–{‚É10”NŠÔ?Z‚ñ‚Å‚¢‚é‚æ

― Good Dog, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link

"so does Rafael Palmeiro."

i have no idea who this is but i'm sure you've zung it again.

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Tetsu Inoue?

― bill neil (inabillity), Monday, 25 October 2004 18:37 (nineteen years ago) link

"so does Rafael Palmeiro."
Baseball player, viagra pitch-man.

― briania (briania), Monday, 25 October 2004 18:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Haven't heard the definitive answer for Kelis yet.

DeRogatis sez KAY-liss! I think me and Nas are on the same page.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 25 October 2004 18:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Tetsu Inoue

First just like it looks, tet-soo. Then, in-oo-oh-ay.

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 25 October 2004 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link

except that trailing "U"s are rarely given any emphasis (although i'm sure that Good Dog would disagree).

tets anew uh ay

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 25 October 2004 19:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Ciara = Chara???

-- AaronHz

Ciara is normally pronounced 'KEER-ah', but it sounds like she pronounces it 'SEE-AR-ah'

― Graeme (Graeme), Monday, 25 October 2004 20:45 (nineteen years ago) link

No Icelanders here, are there? I'll try:

Ágætis byrjun: I believe it's OW-gye-tis bür-yoonn, where
-- "gye" has a hard g and rhymes with "die";
-- the ü is the y-sound Tuomas describes repeatedly above;
-- the "yoonn" should be a short syllable

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 10:48 (nineteen years ago) link

And emphasis on BÜR, btw.

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 10:51 (nineteen years ago) link

so, to clarify is sufjan really "soof-yawn"? Cus' that's
not nearly as much fun to say as "soof-gin". Dammit, this means ive been saying it wrong over the radio for a year now. why dotn you tell me these things!

― holysandalkcsc, Thursday, 28 October 2004 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link

gygax! I don't want to be a dick about this but nickn is right:

Tet-soo ee-no-ooh-ay

― Good Dog, Thursday, 28 October 2004 04:17 (nineteen years ago) link

sufjan = soof-yawn

― the leglo (the leglo), Thursday, 28 October 2004 13:45 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Merzbow?

― Every country has their stupid (AaronHz), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 10:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Mertz-bow (as in bow-wow)

― Ol' Dirty Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 11:37 (nineteen years ago) link

... assuming it's pronounced the same as Merzbau of course

― Ol' Dirty Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 11:38 (nineteen years ago) link

thought so

― Every country has their stupid (AaronHz), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 11:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Pete Doherty is Pete Dokkerty, right?

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Depends where you come from

― Ol' Dirty Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

I've never heard "St. Etienne" pronounced. Do people pronounce it in full-on French mode, or Anglicize the pronunciation?

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link

I've always said "Saint eh-TYEN".
I might be wrong.

― Every country has their stupid (AaronHz), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 01:17 (nineteen years ago) link

I think I say 'Saint' the English way.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 01:22 (nineteen years ago) link

I was questioning the pronunciation of Geogaddi the other day. I say jee-oh-GOD-ee, but I then realized it could also be pronounced jee-AH-gud-ee, as in "geography", or any number of different ways.

― bill neil (inabillity), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 01:43 (nineteen years ago) link

MUM - the icelandic band? there's an accent on the U.
also, husker du, should be hoosker doo, shouldn't it? but everyone i know, myself included, has always pronounced it husker doo. anyone else?

― bg, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 10:50 (nineteen years ago) link

If it's pronounced in Icelandic, the ú = a more rounded, and long, English "oo", or more precisely a German "u". So approx "moom"

― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 11:33 (nineteen years ago) link

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