Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Music Lounge
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Sigur Ros: pronunciation?
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedSigur Ros: pronunciation?
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
James Lee View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: June 05 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 3525 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: Sigur Ros: pronunciation?
    Posted: September 12 2005 at 00:07
Someone out there has to have a definitive answer. I refuse to pay $300+ to see a band if I can't at least ask for the tickets properly.
Back to Top
stonebeard View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 27 2005
Location: NE Indiana
Status: Offline
Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 00:17

i alwas thought is was SIG (as in "signature) UR (said like "yer") ROS (with a long O like in "roz")

i might be wrong.

i probably am wrong.

"taak" is gonna be a nice album.

$300 is too much for a ticket to almost any band.

except for maybe a reunited pink floyd with roger waters.

radiohead has a new album coming out soon.

i'll get that.

i don't know why many people don't like radiohead more.

probably "pablo honey."

and i think "hail to the thief" is one of their greatest records.

it's horribly underrated on this site.

the same with "OK computer"

....

 

 

well, anyway.....
My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want!
Back to Top
Bryan View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: April 01 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 3013 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 00:25
I pronounce it Seger (as in Bob Seger) Rose (as in the flower).
Back to Top
Zac M View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 03 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 00:28
Originally posted by Useful_Idiot Useful_Idiot wrote:

I pronounce it Seger (as in Bob Seger) Rose (as in the flower).


That's the way I undestood it was pronounced as well.
"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."

-Merleau-Ponty
Back to Top
Trotsky View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: October 25 2004
Location: Malaysia
Status: Offline
Points: 2771 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 00:50
JAY-EM-SS   DEE-EEN ... (oh sorry they're from Iceland, you say, I thought it was Ireland) ...
"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”

"No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present."
Back to Top
James Lee View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: June 05 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 3525 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 00:57
Yeah, forget about VIP seating...The Joint's small enough to get away with General Admission...and I won't have to actually say the name to get the tickets.

BTW stonebeard: I agree completely about OK Computer.


Edited by James Lee
Back to Top
Poxx View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 03 2005
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 231 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 02:55

Original pronunciation: S-I-G-U-R R-O-S

In american: S-EE-G-OU-R R-O-S. The "R-O-S" is the tricky part, so be careful when you try it, you may have to move your tongue in previously unknown patters.

In english: S-I-G-U-R R-O-S.

 
Back to Top
hotbelly View Drop Down
Forum Groupie
Forum Groupie


Joined: August 04 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 41 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 04:36

si-ur rose (the i is like the i in "hit". "rose" is said very quickly)

That's from the band's website.

files.sigur-ros.co.uk/mp3/sigur.mp3 That's a recording of correct pronunciation.
Back to Top
Logos View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer


Joined: March 08 2005
Location: Finland
Status: Offline
Points: 2383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 08:10
Why is it that you Americans just don't know how to pronounce anything? Sigur Ros is Sigur Ros - simple as that.

Edited by Logos
Back to Top
ummagumma08 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 06 2004
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 280 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 16:34

Quote si-ur rose (the i is like the i in "hit". "rose" is said very quickly)

It's nothing like "rose"! It's a different vowel quality! [something approximately like cardinal vowel #7 (for those of you familiar with Daniel Jones' cardinal vowels set)] And furthermore, the vowel in "rós" isn't diphthongized like the vowel in "rose", and it isn't long! 

And you might also want to articulate a to some degree palatalized "g" in between the vowels in "Sigur"

Back to Top
The Ryan View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: June 16 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 17:09

Originally posted by James Lee James Lee wrote:

Someone out there has to have a definitive answer. I refuse to pay $300+ to see a band if I can't at least ask for the tickets properly.

Dude!, it's on the website.
Back to Top
frenchie View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer


Joined: July 30 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 2234 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 17:19
i thought the website said it was

Sii-urr Ross (as in ross from friends)

silent G?
The Worthless Recluse
Back to Top
ummagumma08 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 06 2004
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 280 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 17:30
Very close to silent, but I hear it, and due to it's palatization it's even harder to pick out as a sound, it almost melds in with the vowels. 
Back to Top
con safo View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer


Joined: March 17 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 1230 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 17:32
I've always pronounced it Seger-Ross

dunno
Back to Top
Ty1020 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 24 2005
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 721 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 17:56
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/pronunci.html

That should answer any pronunciation-related questions about Sigur Ros.

Only a few hours until Takk is out!


Edited by Ty1020
Back to Top
CrazyDiamond View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: June 20 2005
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 466 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 18:04

ehm.. how is Opeth pronounced?  

Seriously, I'm not joking!
Back to Top
con safo View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer


Joined: March 17 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 1230 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 18:20
Originally posted by CrazyDiamond CrazyDiamond wrote:

ehm.. how is Opeth pronounced?  

Seriously, I'm not joking!


Sound it out.....
Back to Top
Ty1020 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 24 2005
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 721 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 18:29
Originally posted by CrazyDiamond CrazyDiamond wrote:

ehm.. how is Opeth pronounced?  

Seriously, I'm not joking!


As dumb as it sounds, I always wondered the same thing . As far as I know it's supposed to be the obvious "Oh-Peth," but I've always called them "Oh-Pith" for some reason.
Back to Top
CrazyDiamond View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: June 20 2005
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 466 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 18:38

Originally posted by <SPAN =bold>Ty1020</SPAN><BR> Ty1020
wrote:

As dumb as it sounds, I always wondered the same thing . As far as I know it's supposed to be the obvious "Oh-Peth," but I've always called them "Oh-Pith" for some reason.

Same as you. Mah.. 

 

Originally posted by <SPAN =bold>con safo</SPAN> con safo wrote:

Sound it out.....

What do you mean?

___BYE___
Back to Top
Arsillus View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: March 26 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 7374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2005 at 19:41

"Sigyor R-oh-ss"

 
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.261 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.