The 'how do you pronounce X' thread

[munga]

sufjan stevens

i always pronounced it "suf-jan" kinda like.... um... "stuff" & "pan."
heard it pronounced on a public radio interview as "saf-yen" and from wikipedia they say its "soof-yon"

i like my version the best.

there is also -

Apoptygma Bezerk
Osymyso
Royksopp
Thelonious Monk (though at this point, i think we all probably pronounce it the same.)

[BeautifulBurnout]

How do you guys pronounce "Rowla"?

I always pronounce it row... as in rowing a boat, but others of my friends pronounce it row... as in argument.

Dunno which is correct.

[Eikman]

where's the difference?

[big screen satellite]

royksopp

Roik Sopp

how about.....

Sven Vath

is it:

vaff

or

vaith

or somit else?

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

royksopp

Roik Sopp

how about.....

Sven Vath

is it:

vaff

or

vaith

or somit else?

I would say Sven Veht, with a kind of shallow "e" sound as is "get" and a hard t at the end, cos most european languages don't have the th sound.

[Eikman]

it's Väth, so pronounce it like an ä, dammit!

[Eikman]

i thought Ian speaks norwegian, so he should be able to tell us how to pronounce 'Röyksopp"

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Originally Posted by Eikman

i thought Ian speaks norwegian, so he should be able to tell us how to pronounce 'Röyksopp"

indeed so! at last it comes in useful!!!

ö (or ø as it appears in norwegian - ö is the swedish equivalent - danes use ø) - it's pronounced more like 'ir' in dirty - but without any hint of an 'r'.

however:

'y' in norwegian is also classed as a vowel, almost like saying 'eeyuh' very quickly - it's all about your tongue really - it should be touching your back teeth on both sides of your mouth, with your lips fairly rounded

so røyksopp suddenly sounds far more complicated than it actually is...

it means 'smokemushroom' - make of that whåt you will...

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by Eikman

it's Väth, so pronounce it like an ä, dammit!

and an ä sounds like what, if it is not the e sound in get?

[Eikman]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

and an ä sounds like what, if it is not the e sound in get?

hard to explain in english, since you don't have that native sound, and therefore no words with it.

it's like the 'e' in get, but longer and you need to open the mouth more