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siLLy puPPy 
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 17:44 |
I know everyone out there has experienced a band or two that has a name that is either in a foreign language or just plain weird enough to give no clues or just have an ambiguous spelling that can suggest various ways of saying their name. I figured it would be a good idea to start a thread where we can help each other out with how to say a band name correctly.
For example, for the longest time i was calling the band HAKEN as "hockin" like "hockin' a loogie! but i found out the band name actually rhymes with "bacon"
My first question for the French speakers out there is how did Catherine Ribeiro pronounce the first band name before they become Alpes. Was 2 BIS pronounced TWO BISS or TO BE. I would guess the second but who knows in the wild world of prog.
Here's some ones i just learned SUJAN STEVEN (soof-yawn stevens)
BON IVER (bone e-vair)
PERE UBU (pear o-boo)
Any other inquiries of band names please post here! I'll be posting more when i can think up more
Edited by siLLy puPPy - July 04 2016 at 17:45
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Atkingani
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 17:54 |
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I think that 2BIS might be 'deux-bis' or début (English = debut).
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 18:06 |
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Yes is pronounced "Affirmative".
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 18:23 |
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There's a similar thread somewhere in which somebody explained how to pronounce "Änglagĺrd" (can't remember the title of the thread, though).
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 18:24 |
 The Dark Elf wrote:
Yes is pronounced "Affirmative". |
LOL. I think you are right. Except for their last few albums where i pronounce them "DEFINATELY NOT!"
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 18:26 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
There's a similar thread somewhere in which somebody explained how to pronounce "Änglagĺrd" (can't remember the title of the thread, though). |
I did a quick search for a similar thread but didn't find anything. I figured it would be good to have a general thread on how to pronounce band names since i come across quite a few that leave me baffled
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 18:27 |
Atkingani wrote:
I think that 2BIS might be 'deux-bis' or début (English = debut). |
Ahh, deux makes sense. Does the BIS pronounce the S at the end?
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 19:28 |
siLLy puPPy wrote:
Atkingani wrote:
I think that 2BIS might be 'deux-bis' or début (English = debut). |
Ahh, deux makes sense. Does the BIS pronounce the S at the end? |
Actually, bis is Latin. Meaning: twice, again. Maybe a jeux de mots (play on words). I believe also that the S is not pronounced in French. 
Edited by Atkingani - July 04 2016 at 19:53
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 22:43 |
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SUNN O))) (sun)
i've always thought it was sun oh
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Posted: July 04 2016 at 23:07 |
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Sithu Aye = C 2 A
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 12:43 |
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What?
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 12:47 |
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One that I asked a while back in a different thread.
Do you pronounce IZZ as "is" or as "I Z Z" (or "I Zed Zed") or as Izzy? I've always gone with "is"
Another one that was previous discussed was Haken (as in rhymes with bacon or more like hock-in).
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 14:19 |
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Xiu Xiu (shu shu)
thought it was zoo zoo
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 14:33 |
rushfan4 wrote:
One that I asked a while back in a different thread.
Do you pronounce IZZ as "is" or as "I Z Z" (or "I Zed Zed") or as Izzy? I've always gone with "is"
Another one that was previous discussed was Haken (as in rhymes with bacon or more like hock-in).
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As you do. "is"
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 15:37 |
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I only pronounce "Gentle Giant" with hard G's.
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 15:55 |
Dean wrote:
Bis can also mean encore! |
That's the case for Portuguese: Bis! Bis! Bis! (with the S clearly pronounced). There's also a verb, bisar (to perform an encore), regular and conjugated in all tenses and persons.
For the French language, I found that either pronunciations occur: /bi, biz/ but the one with the final S being pronounced is certainly more correct.
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 17:11 |
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Xiu Xiu (shu shu)
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No, no. Those words start with X, which means you have to append the syllable "ig" to the front of it. Like how the name Xavier is pronounced Igzavier. So it would be "igziu igziu". 
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 17:30 |
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I puzzled with Gojira ??
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 17:43 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
I puzzled with Gojira ?? |
I believe that is the original Japanese name for Godzilla, Go-jeer-ah
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Posted: July 05 2016 at 17:46 |
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