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How about Urusei Yatsura?

OOD-sayee yachts-da.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

whoa gygax, I just said that out loud and it came out in perfect japanese accent.
Good job on the phonetics there.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

hehe, thanks! ^_^

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought I was possesed by Toshiro Mifune or somebody for a second.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

mego = may-go
keiji haino = KAYeejee HIGHeeno
Nagisa Ni Te = Na-gee-sa Nee Tay (

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 8 October 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

--Joao Gilberto
--Antonio Carlos Jobim

I know how to pronounce the Gilberto (the g is pronounced the same is it is in "gee, whiz" right?), but it's the Joao I'm not so sure about.

And I know how to pronounce the Antonio Carlos, but the Jobim throws me. "joe-BEAM"? "hoe-BEAM"?

― Lingbert, Friday, 8 October 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Joao = Huwow?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

I thank you.

― Lingbert, Friday, 8 October 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 8 October 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

In portuguese, that would be "joh-OW"

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 10 October 2004 01:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Laibach?

― Sasha (sgh), Sunday, 10 October 2004 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Lie'-bahch

Sufjan?

― frankE (frankE), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

SOOF-YON

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

SOOF-yan

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

it's "roo-BAY", actually.

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

HAH

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

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

touche.

(pron. "toosh-AY")

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

ef you see kay

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, good luck in Japan!

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

"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 (twenty-one years ago)

so does Rafael Palmeiro.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

"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 (twenty-one years ago)

Tetsu Inoue?

― bill neil (inabillity), Monday, 25 October 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― briania (briania), Monday, 25 October 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

Tetsu Inoue

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

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 25 October 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

And emphasis on BÜR, btw.

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

sufjan = soof-yawn

― the leglo (the leglo), Thursday, 28 October 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

Merzbow?

― Every country has their stupid (AaronHz), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Mertz-bow (as in bow-wow)

― Ol' Dirty Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― Ol' Dirty Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

thought so

― Every country has their stupid (AaronHz), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Pete Doherty is Pete Dokkerty, right?

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 12:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Depends where you come from

― Ol' Dirty Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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