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ZEROthirtythree
10-03-2005, 05:34 PM
Sigur Ros? Is it sugar ross? or siegh-ger roose?
How about Kaada, or Mogwai?
Help plz. kthx.
:p
superpeer
10-03-2005, 05:36 PM
How can you mispronounce Mogwai? Must be an American thing.
Happymeal
10-03-2005, 05:37 PM
haha sugar ross:lol:
on a live video it's "sigah ross"
pikester
10-03-2005, 05:39 PM
Nobody ever pronounces it right. It makes me sad.
As for how to actually pronounce it, I refer you to: http://sigur-ros.co.uk/band/pronunci.php
Little Man being Erased
10-03-2005, 05:39 PM
Sigur Rós pronunciation:
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/pronunci.php
EDIT: **** I'm slow today.
pikester
10-03-2005, 05:42 PM
Sigur Rós pronunciation:
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/pronunci.php
EDIT: **** I'm slow today.
I win again :cool:
superpeer
10-03-2005, 05:43 PM
Hmm, I got that right. \m/
/Continental Europe advantage ++
(Hail to the thief)
10-03-2005, 05:47 PM
i have always pronounced it
as
shug-er ree-ohs
How about Sufjan Stevens?
superpeer
10-03-2005, 05:50 PM
How about Sufjan Stevens?
Depends where he's from. :p
pikester
10-03-2005, 05:51 PM
Soof-yon Stee-vens.
I was going to say it in my post before, because his name almost always comes up in pronounciation threads, but I figured it had been said enough.
I was wrong again.
ZEROthirtythree
10-03-2005, 05:53 PM
So is Mogwai... mog-way?
and is Kaada.... kay-da?
Bartender
10-03-2005, 05:55 PM
Mog-why, I think.
And I've always pronounced Kaada kind of like Carda.
superpeer
10-03-2005, 05:55 PM
So is Mogwai... mog-way?
and is Kaada.... kay-da?
I'd pronounce it Mogwhy, but that's just me.
BEATEN
And I'd say Kah-dah.
This would be so much easier if you all knew the phonetic alphabet. :angry:
I say Mog-why, as well.
Mog-way sounds really akward.
Bartender
10-03-2005, 06:08 PM
And I'd say Kah-dah.
This would be so much easier if you all knew the phonetic alphabet. :angry:
I was debating how to phrase my phonetic Kaada for quite a while.
Zappa
10-03-2005, 06:13 PM
It's mog way or the high-way.
Dave de Sylvia
10-03-2005, 06:29 PM
This would be so much easier if you all knew the phonetic alphabet. :angry:
The thing about the phonetic alphabet is that people pronounce things differently.
Wanker
10-03-2005, 06:42 PM
I think it's phoenetically pronounced 'seeyor rose.'
and I pronounce Mogwai as 'Mogwhy.' I dunno why.
The NPC
10-03-2005, 06:48 PM
How about Sufjan Stevens?
Stfu Stevens.
italic zero
10-03-2005, 06:49 PM
Einstürzende Neubauten is pronounced Ein-stoort-SEND-uh NOY-bow-ten.
mr_jackalope
10-03-2005, 07:46 PM
It's mog way or the high-way.
Get on the highway, you're rather wrong.
This would be so much easier if you all knew the phonetic alphabet. :angry:
I do know the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Slight edit for misreading.
Zappa
10-03-2005, 07:50 PM
Einstürzende Neubauten is pronounced Ein-stoort-SEND-ay NOY-bow-ten.
Ein-stoort-SEND-uh is what my German education would lead me to believe.
italic zero
10-03-2005, 08:42 PM
Sorry, my dastardly Spaniard slipped in there.
br3ad_man
10-04-2005, 02:46 AM
Pere Ubu?
Happymeal
10-04-2005, 06:41 AM
Ian Mackaye (Mack-KAE? Mack-KAI?)
J. Mascis
Someone in punk said "Mack-Eye"
ZEROthirtythree
10-04-2005, 05:13 PM
It's mog way or the high-way.
I was at a resturant for lunch today, and while I was eating I remembered this quote and I started laughing. I hope no one else saw me giggling. :p
sr800bkAGAIN!
10-04-2005, 05:38 PM
Ian Mackaye (Mack-KAE? Mack-KAI?)
J. Mascis
i say Mace-iss.
pikester
10-04-2005, 07:00 PM
Frou Frou: Froo Froo or Frow Frow?
Bartender
10-04-2005, 07:02 PM
Froo froo.
Zappa
10-04-2005, 07:07 PM
I was at a resturant for lunch today, and while I was eating I remembered this quote and I started laughing. I hope no one else saw me giggling. :p
I'm glad you got a kick.
YDload
10-04-2005, 07:10 PM
It's "MOG-why," haven't you ever seen the movie Gremlins?
Electrocution
10-04-2005, 07:22 PM
Yeah you uncultured heathens.
Zappa
10-04-2005, 07:34 PM
I didn't say it was "mog way," I was just supplying a clever quip.
YDload
10-04-2005, 07:41 PM
I know but you might confuse people.
Also when people say "Godspeed You! Black Emperor" do they really say the first two words as exclamations?
Zappa
10-04-2005, 07:46 PM
I always do. I think most people use the ! like a comma, though.
Bartender
10-04-2005, 07:47 PM
I do. It's fun, it confuses people.
Not that I've had many people to say "Godspeed You! Black Emperor" to.
Jacaranda
10-04-2005, 07:53 PM
How to say: Gogol Bordello and Xiu Xiu?
I just say Gogol Bordello like how it looks like but it seems like a tricky name like that.
Bartender
10-04-2005, 07:56 PM
I've always just said zoo zoo for Xiu Xiu. I've never heard of the other one before.
...Xiu Xiu?
I think it's "zoo-zoo"
edit: beat
Zappa
10-04-2005, 08:00 PM
Xiu Xiu should be more of a "zhoo zhoo," shouldn't it?
Anxious
10-04-2005, 08:02 PM
Xiu Xiu should be more of a "zhoo zhoo," shouldn't it?
Yeah.. sounds right.
and by the way, I get dibs on saying !!! is pronounced chick chick chick.
Electrocution
10-04-2005, 08:13 PM
Xiu Xiu is pronounced "shoo shoo". I have that on high authority.
What like you've seen them live twice or something?
And I say godspeedyoublackemperor because I feel awkward saying those words.
What like you've seen them live twice or something?
And I say godspeedyoublackemperor because I feel awkward saying those words.
That's what I do for andyouwillknowusbythetrailofdead.
sr800bkAGAIN!
10-04-2005, 08:27 PM
i like the name Godspeed! You Black Emperor better. it actually makes sense.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor just sounds like two incomplete sentences.
The NPC
10-04-2005, 08:30 PM
Vanhignboothren
Anxious
10-04-2005, 08:39 PM
Someone in punk said "Mack-Eye"
It is Mack-eye
YDload
10-04-2005, 10:18 PM
What? Why would it be anything except Mac-K? People named Kaye have their name pronounced like the letter itself, and I would expect no different from that guy named Ian.
Anxious
10-04-2005, 10:27 PM
I always used to think that, but, REINER, (the mod in Punk) said his teacher used to know him, and he pronounced it Mack-eye.
mr_jackalope
10-05-2005, 11:39 AM
Xiu Xiu is pronounced "shoo shoo". I have that on high authority.
The singer pronounces it that way, but in Mandarin Chinese Pinyin it is technically "Shee-oh Shee-oh," with the 'ee' part going really fast and the 'sh' being palatalized. But it doesn't really matter anyway.
mr_jackalope
10-05-2005, 01:50 PM
Ennikk.
Electrocution
10-05-2005, 03:46 PM
pixiesfanyo is soooooo good at pronouncing things.
ask him.
moosepirate
10-08-2005, 10:42 PM
sebadoh
sr800bkAGAIN!
10-08-2005, 10:51 PM
sebadoh
seh buh dough
moosepirate
10-08-2005, 11:10 PM
seh buh dough
thats a short e, as in "meh" or "bleh"?
Scott Herren
10-08-2005, 11:11 PM
!!!
Scott Herren
10-08-2005, 11:12 PM
How about Jeremy Enigk?
Jer-m-me
sr800bkAGAIN!
10-08-2005, 11:56 PM
thats a short e, as in "meh" or "bleh"?
yeah.
sr800bkAGAIN!
10-08-2005, 11:57 PM
!!!
chik chik chik.
Killtacular
10-08-2005, 11:58 PM
chik chik chik.
This man is correct.
Zappa
10-08-2005, 11:58 PM
The Fresh Prince.
sr800bkAGAIN!
10-08-2005, 11:59 PM
The Fresh Prince.
will smith
Scott Herren
10-09-2005, 12:01 AM
chik chik chik.Trick question. There is no pronounciation for !!!. Any sound repeated 3 times will do.
YDload
10-09-2005, 12:03 AM
Trick question. There is no pronounciation for !!!. Any sound repeated 3 times will do.
So this was just a trick to show us how indie you are?
So this was just a trick to show us how indie you are?
So this was just a trick to show us how indie you are?
gaslight
10-09-2005, 04:04 AM
Mogwai = Mog-why.
It's like in Gremlins, it's a Japanese word that means "ghost".
mr_jackalope
10-09-2005, 05:13 PM
Mogwai = Mog-why.
It's like in Gremlins, it's a Japanese word that means "ghost".
It's Chinese, the word is "móguài" or 魔怪.
pixiesfanyo
10-09-2005, 06:24 PM
pixiesfanyo is soooooo good at pronouncing things.
ask him.
hey. guess who's getting owned tomorrow in chem class.
Scott Herren
10-09-2005, 06:39 PM
erlend oye
Parfait
10-09-2005, 06:44 PM
Parfait.
Bartender
10-09-2005, 06:44 PM
erlend oye
Am I right in thinking he's Norwegian?
Scott Herren
10-09-2005, 06:54 PM
Am I right in thinking he's Norwegian?
yes you are
mr_jackalope
10-09-2005, 08:04 PM
erlend oye
Ay-lend oü would be my guess, with the "ay" being like in "way" and and the ü being like that of a French u (an ee with rounded lips).
gaslight
10-09-2005, 08:26 PM
It's Chinese, the word is "móguài" or 魔怪.
True story, I always get the two confused.
Scott Herren
10-09-2005, 10:18 PM
Ay-lend oü would be my guess, with the "ay" being like in "way" and and the ü being like that of a French u (an ee with rounded lips).
It's actually Er-lend believe it or not.
fleas_fingers
10-10-2005, 06:01 AM
how do you pronounce "bjork"?
Scott Herren
10-10-2005, 06:02 AM
b-york
Lydisk
10-10-2005, 06:35 AM
seegoor rose
Lydisk
10-10-2005, 06:38 AM
Ay-lend oü would be my guess, with the "ay" being like in "way" and and the ü being like that of a French u (an ee with rounded lips).
you are so wrong it hurts
erlend øye - i think his name is somewhat unpronouncable to you guys.
Scott Herren
10-10-2005, 06:45 AM
I am pretty sure it is pronounced oy-e-ay. I know that his first name is pronounced er-lend.
Lydisk
10-10-2005, 07:03 AM
i am norwegian.
the first e is pronounced like a Norwegian "Æ" which is halfway between an a and an e
so its Ærlend.
Øye - the Ø is between an o and an e. Øie
Scott Herren
10-10-2005, 07:09 AM
well thanks for clearing that up, but what do those actually sound like. you should post a audio clip. I just know when Eirik was talking to him at the KoC concert he was calling him Er-lend. :)
b-york
I think I read that it actually sounds more like "B-yerk" in the proper accent. But that's how Americans pronounce it, and nobody makes fun of us.
mr_jackalope
10-10-2005, 02:44 PM
you are so wrong it hurts
erlend øye - i think his name is somewhat unpronouncable to you guys.
That's why I said it was a guess. One Swedish guy I knew (I know, not exactly Norwegian, but still) said that 'rl' isn't really pronounced like that, but more like a retroflex l. And the guy put o instead of ø, which completely changes everything.
tekniqz
10-11-2005, 07:45 PM
sufjan stevens
is soof-jan or suff-jan?
Happymeal
10-11-2005, 07:47 PM
^Soof-yan
Killtacular
10-11-2005, 07:48 PM
seegoor rose
Wrong. See-ur Roce, and make sure to roll the R, like a Spanish rr. Roce is like race, but with an O.
Kaden
10-11-2005, 08:00 PM
Wrong. See-ur Roce, and make sure to roll the R, like a Spanish rr. Roce is like race, but with an O.
nope, it's si-ur. The i is like the i in "with".
Killtacular
10-11-2005, 08:22 PM
nope, it's si-ur. The i is like the i in "with".
That's pretty much the same.
Kaden
10-11-2005, 08:26 PM
That's pretty much the same.
oh is it? I thought you meant see-ur with the i sounding like the e's in "sleep". Sorry if I misunderstood.
If that is what you meant though, they're different ya hooker.
Killtacular
10-11-2005, 08:39 PM
The way the website mp3 has it, it's pronounced like an ee, as in seek, or sleep.
Kaden
10-11-2005, 08:48 PM
The way the website mp3 has it, it's pronounced like an ee, as in seek, or sleep.
I haven't listened to the mp3, but the website says:
"sigur rós si-ur rose (the i is like the i in "hit". "rose" is said very quickly)"
i as in "hit", that's what it says.
italic zero
10-11-2005, 09:02 PM
In that context, the two sound almost identical.
Tsuruka
10-12-2005, 02:41 PM
see oor ross
moosepirate
10-24-2005, 08:00 PM
The Spinanes
Electrocution
10-24-2005, 08:08 PM
Jaga Jazzist.
Like it looks, or "yaga yazzist" or something because they're foreign?
This has been bothering me for days.
How do you pronounce dredg?
YDload
10-25-2005, 12:47 AM
This has been bothering me for days.
How do you pronounce dredg?
si-ur ros, the i is like in "hit" and the "ros" is pronounced very quickly.
si-ur ros, the i is like in "hit" and the "ros" is pronounced very quickly.
what?
Menomena?
i say meno-meana. my brother said it like those crazy puppet things "menom-ena" and i nearly gave birth to my intestines...
moosepirate
10-28-2005, 08:13 PM
The Spinanes
still
and "Farrar", as in Jay
Killtacular
10-28-2005, 11:26 PM
This has been bothering me for days.
How do you pronounce dredg?
Like the word dredge, as far as I know.
Lydisk
10-29-2005, 05:59 AM
Jaga Jazzist.
Like it looks, or "yaga yazzist" or something because they're foreign?
its Yaga Yassist
and you pronounce the "a" as in Arthur
twistinside
10-29-2005, 10:23 AM
frusciante?
Lydisk
10-29-2005, 10:26 AM
frooshantay
Zappa
10-29-2005, 11:10 AM
Barbarian?
Bar-BEAR-ee-in.
Or am I missing something?
sweboy
10-29-2005, 02:40 PM
Hmm, I got that right. \m/
/Continental Europe advantage ++
123
Icelandic - Cheap rip-off of Swedish. Basically.
Lydisk
10-29-2005, 03:14 PM
123
Icelandic - Cheap rip-off of Swedish. Basically.
lol no.
sweboy
10-29-2005, 03:38 PM
Ok, ok, you're right. It's a cheap rip-off of Norwegian. And Norwegian is a cheap rip-off of Swedish.
Kämpeflott! ;)
superpeer
10-29-2005, 05:46 PM
Swedish is a cheap ripp off of Swahili.
Häküna Matäta!
Electrocution
10-29-2005, 10:14 PM
its Yaga Yassist
and you pronounce the "a" as in Arthur
yah-guh yahzz-ist?
Iskandar
10-29-2005, 11:31 PM
I always say:
Mog-way (some say wee)
See-gour Ross
I'm probably wrong.
Lydisk
10-30-2005, 09:06 AM
Ok, ok, you're right. It's a cheap rip-off of Norwegian. And Norwegian is a cheap rip-off of Swedish.
Kämpeflott! ;)
haha du tar feil fjollete svenske.
Lydisk
10-30-2005, 09:07 AM
yah-guh yahzz-ist?
thats about it.
lilsolsman
11-26-2005, 09:07 AM
What about Frou Frou?
Sorry, it's already been answered.
Sorry for bumping this thread. :\
Bartender
11-26-2005, 09:13 AM
Just "froo froo", I think.
lilsolsman
11-26-2005, 09:45 AM
Just "froo froo", I think.
I used to pronounce it like a german; Frau Frau.
But i'm pretty sure you're right. :)
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