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mirah?

'autechre' is a combination of the words 'audio technical research', so i'd assume it would be pronounced like the respective parts of those words. in an interview, autechre themselves pronounced it aw-TEK-ah (imagine thick british accents)

― tim, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sutekh?

― electric sound of jim, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two weeks pass...

Excellent thread..."mowg" shattered my brain, too. Gillian Welch does indeed come with a hard "g", but Ryan Adams seems to pronounce her last name "welsh"; just as well, since welching sounds like something you'd do in a public lavatory when nobody's watching (not ME, natch).

― Tim, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

hegel = hi gal! (pay attention ethan)

― mark s, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I asked some of my Japanese friends how one pronounces Fushitsusha. A big ole ? appeared on their face.

― nathalie, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eight months pass...

*is* it loo-o-mo?

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:54 (twenty-three years ago)

tom ze = tome zhaya

― gygax!, Thursday, 16 January 2003 18:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Yoy Division = tribute band available for barmitzvahs

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Thursday, 16 January 2003 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

what about charalambides? i've been saying it sharra-lawm-beeds.

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Thursday, 16 January 2003 18:36 (twenty-three years ago)

"Mynci" I've heard pronounced as the midpoint between "monkey" and "minky" -- but I could be wrong.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 January 2003 18:38 (twenty-three years ago)

50 Cent

.. is that pronounced "Fifty Cent" or "fiddy se" ?

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 20 January 2003 18:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Aceyalone?

Avey Tare?

Lene Lovich?

― justswondering, Tuesday, 21 January 2003 00:12 (twenty-three years ago)

a c alone

im pretty sure

― juiceboxxx, Tuesday, 21 January 2003 01:11 (twenty-three years ago)

So. Akufen?

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 01:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Lene Lovich?

I've heard it pronounced "LEE-na" or "LAY-na." Last name is "LUH-vitch."

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 01:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Laynah Luvvitch is correct. Man, you lot need German lessons.

Einstuerzende Neubauten has been explained more than enough. Neu! is, was and ever more shall be pronounced Noy, and Moog is indeed meant to rhyme with Vogue or rogue, although mass mispronunciation over the years has rendered the correct pronunciation pretty much obsolete.

ow do u prononce catatonia. dunno wot happen to them decent band has she topped herself yet?

I'd pronounce Catatonia dead...ha ha ha.

Mynci is indeed either monkey or minky depending on ehre you're from - the band say mernkee, Welsh as they are.

Autechre is Ortekra as far as I know - the band, as I recall, have traditionally left it up to the listener to make up their own minds.

I had a friend who used to pronounce Unwound "Unwoond".

your friend has the right idea.

― Charlie (Charlie), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 05:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Laynah Luvvitch is correct. Man, you lot need German lessons.

I took German for a year. :-)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 06:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Avril Lavigne?

― Ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 14:33 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

No, seriously

― Ferg (Ferg), Saturday, 22 February 2003 20:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Haujobb?

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 22 February 2003 21:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, and Bauhaus

― Ferg (Ferg), Saturday, 22 February 2003 21:47 (twenty-three years ago)

bow (what you do in front of the queen, if you're not a violinist)- house. accent on the bow.

― nickn (nickn), Sunday, 23 February 2003 05:19 (twenty-three years ago)

OK, this isn't a pronunciation question, but I need to know: is "Jesus Lizard" or "the Jesus Lizard"? I've been typing the former, but it reads weird to me.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Monday, 24 February 2003 20:44 (twenty-three years ago)

LOO MOW???

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Monday, 24 February 2003 20:48 (twenty-three years ago)

AH-vrul Luh-VEEN

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 February 2003 20:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I believe the "loo OH" sound in "Luomo" is dipthonged -- so it's more like "Lwoah" (one syllable, like "Bjork," WHICH IS NOT FUCKING PRONOUNCED "BEEEEE-YORK").

LWOAH-mo.

Italian for "the man."

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 24 February 2003 20:55 (twenty-three years ago)

yay jbr (pronounced jibber)

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:05 (twenty-three years ago)

So, anyways, Jesus Lizard or the Jesus Lizard?

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:08 (twenty-three years ago)

l'rally-zay d'new-day? lay rally-zes de-nudes? lez rall-eye-zes de-new-dess? lara lee da-noids?

― summerslastsound (summerslastsound), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:13 (twenty-three years ago)

What a great thread. Here's one that I have no idea about and have to pronounce fairly regularly:

Sainkho Namtchylak

She's a tuva singer. Help!

― cprek (cprek), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:45 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

John Tejada? Erlend Oye?

Autechre is pronounced Oh-Teck-ruh, emphasis on the 'chr' bit.. you

may simply by referring to them as " the 'chre ", pronounced

"The Kruh".

― Nik (Nik), Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Tejada has got to be Tay Hah Dah (accent on the Hah). Unless you meant the John part.

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 15 March 2003 08:09 (twenty-three years ago)

How about Xiu Xiu?

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Saturday, 15 March 2003 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Shee-you Shee-you?

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 15 March 2003 17:10 (twenty-three years ago)

How does one pronounce that Super Furry Animals album: Mwng

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 15 March 2003 17:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Okay so unless anyone can convince me otherwise I'll keep saying it "HOW-yob"

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:15 (twenty-three years ago)

keiji haino = key-jee high-no?
borbetomagus = bor-bet-om-oh-gus?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs = lay-m-as-hell?

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey Noh, Kay-ee-gee (K E G)

i assume Borbetomagus is said like it's a dinosaur. bor-b'-TOM-uh-gus.

no one has any idea about Rallizes?!

― summerslastsound, Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Rallizes is hard because it's probably wrong no matter how you say it. but DENUDES is probably spoken just that way.

kAy-gee? Really? i always said KEE-ji. and HI-no not HAY-no. But you're probably right.

what about Nagisa Ni Te? na-gee-sa-ny-tay?

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:39 (twenty-three years ago)

poe-pull-voo
ah-mon-dool

it's like a Sumarian chant

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:40 (twenty-three years ago)

NAH-geese-ah NEE-tay?

yr probably right about Rallizes. i'll stick with 'rally-zay' and be wrong but perfectly content.

― summerslastsound, Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:43 (twenty-three years ago)

right on. that's how i say it too, though french pronunciation doesn't make a lick of sense. what does it mean anyway? do you know?

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:46 (twenty-three years ago)

haven't the foggiest. the name seems to have sprung from an etymological cul de sac. one of us needs to corner Mizutani and force full disclosure at knifepoint.

― summerslastsound, Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Keiji Haino = kuh-HEE-jub-buh-HOO-nie-o
Pink Floyd = puh-HINK uh-fluh-HIB-ble-bib-bul
Borbetomagus = bluh-HOR-ja-MA-ter-buh

― Simon H., Sunday, 16 March 2003 02:54 (twenty-three years ago)

i always pronounced "Mwng" like "schwing"

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 16 March 2003 04:43 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

xinlisupreme? how do you say it?

― xnelio, Sunday, 30 March 2003 22:33 (twenty-three years ago)

i was wondering that. is it like "ex inlee supreme" or "zinlee supreme"?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 30 March 2003 22:44 (twenty-three years ago)

my roomate tells me the chinese pronunciation would be "shinlee supreme", but these folks are japanese.

― xnelio, Sunday, 30 March 2003 23:04 (twenty-three years ago)

A friend of mine used to insist on pronouncing Siouxsie as "Sushi" and Bauhaus as "Boohooz,"....both of which irritated me greatly.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 30 March 2003 23:11 (twenty-three years ago)

I think it's funny that N. thinks that pronouncing kraftwerk properly is funny.

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 30 March 2003 23:15 (twenty-three years ago)

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