jb lamptoast-morsley
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Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 12:59
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It has been brought to my attention that I have been pronouncing Zun Zun Egui Zun Zun Egg why instead of Zun Zun Eg wee. I also pronounced Dungen Dung en instead of dungeon. I truly am very sorry.
How about you?
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tyroneshoelaces
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 13:01
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I've always been confused by The The. Is it Thee The, Thee Thee, The The or The Thee?
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Squid Tempest
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Edited Feb 12, 2015, 13:38
Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 13:38
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I'm still not sure about Sunn O))) or Sigur Ros. Can anyone help?
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Lawrence
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 13:44
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Well there's that Misfits offshoot Samhain which I always thought was 'sam-hane' but found out the correct pronunciation was 'shah-van'...
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Lawrence
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 13:46
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I think it's always been a matter of confusion especially on the radio.
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Andfurthermoreagain
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Edited Feb 12, 2015, 13:46
Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 13:46
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Squid Tempest wrote: I'm still not sure about Sunn O))) or Sigur Ros. Can anyone help?
I always used to call them (phonetically) 'Sun Oh' until I read that the 'O)))' is an unspoken symbol aping the Sunn amplifiers logo (and representing the proverbial sun).
I say The Beta Band as in "beeta" whereas John Cusack says "bay-ta" in High Fidelity, but presumably this is merely the American pronunciation of the word.
On a slightly different note (and I was only thinking of this, this morning), there used to be a local band knocking around called The Pedantics (never heard em, never wanted to) but I also never had the heart to say "Excuse me, I think you'll find you should be called The Pedants". Oh, the irony, oh the smart-arsery :-)
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Sin Agog
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 13:49
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There's a long-running conceptual noise band from Japan called The Gerogerigegege whose name I won't even begin to try to pronounce. I think their fans (of which there seems to be a metric ton on the internet) just call them Gero.
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billding68
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:24
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Einsturzende neubaueten
The prince logo squiggle thingy
Flying lizards
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Sin Agog
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:27
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Hol' up! What's tricky about The Flying Lizards? (Apologies in advance if you have a cleft lip or a speech impediment).
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Sin Agog
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:30
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I still cant be bothered to pronounce Bjork's name Byerk.
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