The 'how do you pronounce X' thread

[bavarianbeer]

"Xiu Xiu" is pronounced kind of like "sue sue," I think. Maybe with a sharper vowel sound, like "s'you, s'you."

[big screen satellite]

ok, how abouts...

potenital underworld remixer:

Robag Wrhume (and while were at it 'Wighnomy' Brothers)...

Row - bag Room?

Whig - no - me?

as for Aukfen, i used still say Alf Ken for some reason ?!?!

[Eikman]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

Robag Wrhume (and while were at it 'Wighnomy' Brothers)...

[row-bag room] sounds about right if you pronounce it the english way, but it's the inverted form of a eastern-european name (Gabor), so the "a" is pronounced more like after than bag

Wighnomy Brothers = [why-no-me] (no 'g', i'm pretty sure about that)

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by Eikman

Wighnomy Brothers = [why-no-me] (no 'g', i'm pretty sure about that)

what in the pronuciation or the spelling??

[Eikman]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

what in the pronuciation or the spelling??

pronunciation

[sola sistim]

i pronounce Akufen as "ah-coo-fen"

as for Autechre, havnt we gone over this? like a while ago?
i pronounce Autechre as "Awe-tek-ar" or something..

[Tom]

Or-Tea-Tree.

The band themselves said it like that a few weeks ago on Leno. The name was lifted from a conversation with an old lady suggesting they get some lavender oil, OR TEA TREE oil.

[luke]

I actually heard that too. I was a bit taken back by it, but it does make sense when you think about it.

[Tom]

Yeah it does.

Imagine if she suggested something else, like

"..get some lavender oil, OR KY JELLY"

Then they'd be 'Auckicheli'!

[luke]

You raise a valid point! I am sure there's another band who's name was lifted from a conversation.. can't think of it at the moment.. I think it's a rock type band..