The 'how do you pronounce X' thread

[Eikman]

After I realized today that i pronounced "Mezzanine" completely wrong all those years, namely by saying 'nine' as in 'number nine', and since there occur questions about bandnames or tracktitles every once in a while, i thought it would be interesting and fun (well, mostly fun) to create a thread where we can 'discuss' things.....

for a start, maybe someone can tell me how to pronounce the following:

Akufen

[King of Snake]

I'd probably say "ah-coo-fun"

[Eikman]

i'd probably go with "ah-coo-fen", but i've heard people pronounce it "ey-coo-fen" as well

[ceramic'cow]

at first glance, and having never heard of them:

ack-yoo-fen.

cos it sounds a bit like an over-the-counter painkiller

[joethelion]

I always say it "aaah-koo-fen"

[lukeyd]

how about autechre?

altho to be fair, the band themselves arent too sure and over 5 or so valid pronunciations

[vacant]

Oh-Tech-Er... but with more of an A sound to the O... that's from a one of the guys in the band (forget his name) so pretty solid...

[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)