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Oookay. According to Moog himself, "Moog" may be correctly pronounced either way: mogue OR moooog. The story is that originally, it was pronounced as "Moooog." His wife was a teacher, and she was tired of her very young students making cow sounds whenever they would say her name. Therefore, she asked that it be pronounced "Mogue."

My source: http://www.imperialdrag.com/chatter/articles/kbm796.html

Today, Bob diplomatically says, "Either is correct."

My question to ILM: Ui? Is it YOU-ee, OOO-ee, or maybe even OOO-eye?

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Saturday, 31 May 2003 18:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Cylob is pronounced 'sigh lob' because it's shitr for 'cybernetic lobster'

― mei (mei), Sunday, 1 June 2003 06:42 (twenty-three years ago)

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

*bzzzzzzzt!*

Wrong answer! You don't get the cookie. "Tejada" is pronounced Theh-heh-dah (if you're into correct pronunciation) or Teh-hay-dah (if you want to Anglicize it). No way in the world would I ever be able to accept the pronunciation of that last name with the first syllable sounding like "Tay".

Sorry. I just happen to be a bit picky about the only other language (i.e., the language aside from English) I know.

On the subject of Lene Lovich (or her first name, more precisely): It would indeed be pronounced Lay-nah. I've seen on some fansite how that's the correct pronunciation of that first name.

Can't think of anything exotic I would need pronunciation help with. Sorries.

― Dee the Lurker (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 1 June 2003 07:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Tatsuya Yoshida's(Ruins) band Koenjihyakkei, is it Ko-An-Jee-HAi-Key? or Ko-In-Juy-Heya-Key?
also the "Duul" part of Amon Duul, is it "Daal"?

― Jrvision (visionjr), Sunday, 1 June 2003 07:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Japanese words tend to be pronounced exactly as they're written, without syllabic emphasis, so it would be ko-en-ji-hya-kay. (The hya is written 'h(i)-ya', but you don't pronounce the 'i', and the 'a' is a short vowel, cut off by the 'k'.)

(And 'Les Rita Mitsouko' should be 'lay ree-ta mitso~ko', because the 'u' denotes a lengthening of the 'o' sound. But.)

I always (mentally) pronounced Labradford 'labradorford', but I think that was just because I read the word wrong.

― cis (cis), Sunday, 1 June 2003 18:18 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

OK, I need help with... Le Tigre

Cheers

― lee, Monday, 16 June 2003 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

luh TEE-greh

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Uz jsme doma?
The livedisc I have has a Canadian introducing them as "oos mé douma"

Alamaailman Vasarat? I can sort of imagine it, by just doing a really bad finnish immitation and saying it really quickly.

also the "Duul" part of Amon Duul, is it "Daal"?

Well, ü is usually pronounced like a Norwegian "y"(sorry)
So say it like Amon Dyyl (the y-sound being like the one that starts the word "yes")
Of course, I might be way off, I've never said the bandname out loud in my life.

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 09:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Amon Duul is pronounced Ammon Dool (like pull).

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 09:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Alamaailman Vasarat? I can sort of imagine it, by just doing a really bad finnish immitation and saying it really quickly.

Uh-luh-muh-ee-l-muh-n wuh-suh-rut. The Finnish "a" is pronounced like the "u" in "hut" or "fun", and "i" like the "i" in "killer". The nouns are pretty much the same as in other Scandinavian languages.

Well, ü is usually pronounced like a Norwegian "y"(sorry)
So say it like Amon Dyyl (the y-sound being like the one that starts the word "yes")

Erm, I think you're wrong; "ü" is indeed pronounced like "y", but it isn't the y-sound of "sorry" or "yes". Ü/y sounds somewhat like the "u" in "duke" or "dune", but I'm not sure whether there is an exact English equivalent for that sound.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 10:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for the AV pronounciation tip.
Damn, I feel like a dork for the Ü one now; no wonder I got crap grades in German class back in junior high.

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...

Califone: cuh-LIF-oh-nee / cal-if-own
It always rhymed with "telephone" for me.

― adœm michâil, Sunday, 8 February 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

hayguhl or hi gal obv

deh-rih-dah quickly

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 9 February 2004 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)

to rococo rot?
arvo part?

― zappi (joni), Monday, 9 February 2004 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Cadillaca?

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Monday, 9 February 2004 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

toe
roe
coe
coe

rote

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 9 February 2004 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

air
vo

peart

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 9 February 2004 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

AR Kane

is it EYYY ARRRR Kanr
or just ARRRRR Kane

― justin (Justin M), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

Pere Ubu anybody?

― gas coin, Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

peer ooboo is how i've always pronounced it.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I knew someone who pronounced Mogwai's name as "Mow-gwai". I was like, dude, have you ever fucking seen Gremlins?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I would say pair oboo, père being French for father,

― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Avey Tare =
"Avey" sounds like "Davey"
"Tare" sounds like "tear" as in "tear that open"

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Not exactly "exotic", but: J.C. Chasez, anyone?

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Friday, 12 March 2004 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Kelis

Kuh-LEECE I think it is, but I'm not sure.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 12 March 2004 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Since it has been a few years and more people know of them now:

Notwist:
NOT-wist or
NO-twist?

― Zach S (feedback), Friday, 12 March 2004 06:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I would say pair oboo, père being French for father

I think you meant to type "pair OOboo" (and while pere does mean father, here it does not--it's a familiar way to refer to someone, like "Mr./Monsieur" but without the respect that implies)

― no opinion, Friday, 12 March 2004 08:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I always feel vaguely stupid attempting to say Einsturzende Neubauten - usually I just pause in the conversation and someone else will fill in for me :-)

I get annoyed with Shellac Of North America emphasising the wrong syllable in Shellac.

Should Xymox be Zim-mox or Zie-mox?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 12 March 2004 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

So what's the given pronunciation for "!!!" ?

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 12 March 2004 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Not exactly "exotic", but: J.C. Chasez, anyone?

It's pronounced: Justin-wannabe

Mark, it's pronounced as chuk-chuk-chuk, if I remember correctly.

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I think chik chik chik. But I also heard once that they wanted people to pronounce it with any sound they felt good about.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"Location Location Location."

I say "Note-vist", but I'm making fun of them when I do. It's "No Twist".

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 12 March 2004 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Onimo, Einsturzende Neubauten was given upthread as:
ein-SHTUR-tsen-deh NOI-bow-ten
Which is almost right. Should be EIN-shtur-tsen-deh

― no opinion, Friday, 12 March 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Not where I live, buddy.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I knew someone who pronounced Mogwai's name as "Mow-gwai". I was like, dude, have you ever fucking seen Gremlins?

haha, was he chinese? "mo gwai" (roughly rhymes with "snow guy") means "monster" in cantonese.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, the second sylable in Einstürzende is more like Shtyoor than shtur -- hold your lips as if you were going to say "shtoor" but say "shteer" instead.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

This has been bugging me for years now. How do you pronounce Curt Boettcher's last name?

― maypang (maypang), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

BETCH-er

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Interesting.

― maypang (maypang), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Except not really -- the vowel sound is between "oh" and "ee" -- try saying ERT and then leaving out the R sound.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Please explain--where do you live? I thought stress was pretty much always on the first syllable in German.

― no opinion, Friday, 12 March 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I live in Frankfurt, dude. Emphasis on "ein" and "stürz" are pretty equal around here.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

okay so i'm a big amon tobin fan and am torn in regards to the pronouncing of his name.
all my friends call him aye-mon, but kid koala pronounced it ah-mon once - which is it¿

also kinder atom, is it kind-er or is it kin-der¿

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Not exactly "exotic", but: J.C. Chasez, anyone?

Sha-ZAY

― Lesley, Saturday, 13 March 2004 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

naw, pere ubu is named after the french play.

― emma, Saturday, 13 March 2004 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)

this is a bit of an embarrassing one ... how do you say Isley (as in the Isley Brothers)?

is it eye-lee, or could it be (gr)izzly?

― tod (tod), Saturday, 13 March 2004 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Eyes-lee

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 13 March 2004 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah? thanks

― tod (tod), Saturday, 13 March 2004 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...

I have noticed my that there is a misprint in the first word of my first name . It's Rose Mary .
Not Roase Mary .Please make the correction as it
won't allow me to do it .
Thank You .

― Rose Mary M . Connors, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

???

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

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