Ok, I have two more for this thread:
1. Pere Ubu. I have never known how to pronounce the first word in that band's name. I always just get by with sort of mumbling it but I'd love to know how it's really supposed to be pronounced.
2. Sun Ra. Everyone I've ever heard pronounce this has said it as "sun rah" except, and this is a very big exception, on this on live album of his that I have it sounds distinctly like one of his band members is addressing him as "sun ray". And I may be wrong here, but I think the Egyptian god Ra is pronounced "ray" even though, again, everyone always seems to pronounce it "rah".
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