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+81 11-16-2010 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy (Post 957273)
Admit it, you've came across a band you wouldn't be be able pronounce even if your life depended on it. So if you still have extreme difficulty pronouncing Sigur Ros, or can't figure out how you would ever tell someone about !!!, or even are still quite unclear about how the **** you'd say Autechre, just ask here.

I can't figure out how to pronounce Meshuggah. Care to help, MBers?

Sigur Rós = See-er rose
!!! = Any three repeated sounds but I think "chk chk chk" is pretty widely acknowledged.

Janszoon 11-16-2010 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by +81 (Post 957359)
Sigur Rós = See-er rose

Is that really how it's pronounced? I've always said it as "sig-er" and then something like "roast" minus the "t".

+81 11-16-2010 08:24 PM

I'm pretty sure the 'g' is silent but I've heard it a few ways. "Roas", as you say, sounds correct.

Queen Boo 11-16-2010 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by +81 (Post 957359)
Sigur Rós = See-er rose

I know its wrong because its icelandic but I always call Sigur Rós "sugar rose" in my head, just out of laziness....

+81 11-16-2010 08:41 PM

I'll take 'sugar rose' over 'sigger ross', which I often hear, any day.

Queen Boo 11-16-2010 08:50 PM

Ew, 'Sigger Ross' sounds like country or a crappy jazz band or something. Just generally unappealing.

NSW 11-16-2010 10:36 PM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Sigur_ros.ogg

Sounds like the "g" is pronounced. Like "See-gur Roas"

Janszoon 11-16-2010 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife (Post 957451)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Sigur_ros.ogg

Sounds like the "g" is pronounced. Like "See-gur Roas"

"Cigar Roast"

Violent & Funky 11-16-2010 10:51 PM

I always feel like a dummy for not knowing how to pronounce people's last names. For the longest time I thought John Frusciante was John Froosh-e-ant-e. :laughing: And J. Mascis was always J. Mas-es, never pronounced the "c".

The worst of all is how long I thought the Arctic Monkeys's 'Brianstorm' was 'Brainstorm'... :o:

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra 11-16-2010 11:02 PM

Hmmm, well It's not technically a band name. But I for the life of me wonder how the hell you pronounce the Ruins album "Hyderomastgroningem".


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