Written by Bad English on 24.05.2008 at 16:43

Written by Stigmatized on 24.05.2008 at 16:39

I want to know how to say these once and for all since I've heard several ways-

Windir
Valfar
and his real name - Terje Bakken

Windir - like you read but i like in italian internacionale
Valfar - a like but what something

Terje - e-emotions j like yes

Sorry man, still a bit confused.

Windir - so are you saying it's pronounced like "Win (as in normal english) dir (pronounced like "deer")?

Still not clear on Terje either. I'm retarded....I know.

Written by Stigmatized on 24.05.2008 at 16:48

Written by Bad English on 24.05.2008 at 16:43

Written by Stigmatized on 24.05.2008 at 16:39

I want to know how to say these once and for all since I've heard several ways-

Windir
Valfar
and his real name - Terje Bakken

Windir - like you read but i like in italian internacionale
Valfar - a like but what something

Terje - e-emotions j like yes

Sorry man, still a bit confused.

Windir - so are you saying it's pronounced like "Win (as in normal english) dir (pronounced like "deer")?

Still not clear on Terje either. I'm retarded....I know.

Yes Win like normal englsih and dir same like not deer but boeat I like in Win

In Terje letter J like (y) in yes

Written by Stigmatized on 24.05.2008 at 16:48

Written by Bad English on 24.05.2008 at 16:43

Written by Stigmatized on 24.05.2008 at 16:39

I want to know how to say these once and for all since I've heard several ways-

Windir
Valfar
and his real name - Terje Bakken

Windir - like you read but i like in italian internacionale
Valfar - a like but what something

Terje - e-emotions j like yes

Sorry man, still a bit confused.

Windir - so are you saying it's pronounced like "Win (as in normal english) dir (pronounced like "deer")?

Still not clear on Terje either. I'm retarded....I know.

Terje could be explained something like this:

The 'Ter'-part would be something like 'tearing (something apart)' without the 'ing'-ending.

The 'je'-part as K7 explained, like yes excluding the 's' of course

Hope it make sense.

Yeah, I see now. Thanks guys.

Just remember to keep an eye for J in all north-European languages. It's never pronounced like the English J, instead it's like the letter Y in words like yellow, year, young etc. Y itself is a vowel, similar to the German Ü and to the English "ew" sound in words like new.

This is a bit of a funny thread, but I can see the problems though. In Germany the "W" is pronounced "V" so you have Wodka (in English looks like W-O-D-K-A..haha).

There was a guy saying Hypocrisy like Hippo-chrissie here...very weird. I can't think of any names I have problems pronouncing though.

I always wondered what was the correct pronunciation for Therion. Is it THerion (TH as in "that" or as is "thing")? Or is it "Zerion" or "Terion?" And how do you pronounce the "e"? Oh shit (just came to my mind), and what about "i"? I have been to their show in Ukraine and I think they didn't say it once... So...

Written by Graveheart on 25.05.2008 at 23:03

Just remember to keep an eye for J in all north-European languages. It's never pronounced like the English J, instead it's like the letter Y in words like yellow, year, young etc. Y itself is a vowel, similar to the German Ü and to the English "ew" sound in words like new.

I latvian J are like Anti Jussi Niemi like in his names same in Swe Junatan dont know how explain in english

Written by K✞ulu on 05.06.2008 at 10:01

I always wondered what was the correct pronunciation for Therion. Is it THerion (TH as in "that" or as is "thing")? Or is it "Zerion" or "Terion?" And how do you pronounce the "e"? Oh shit (just came to my mind), and what about "i"? I have been to their show in Ukraine and I think they didn't say it once... So...

I dont know since thay are sweeds but I usualy say TH erion

Written by TheBigRossowski on 27.05.2008 at 16:43

This is a bit of a funny thread, but I can see the problems though. In Germany the "W" is pronounced "V" so you have Wodka (in English looks like W-O-D-K-A..haha).

There was a guy saying Hypocrisy like Hippo-chrissie here...very weird. I can't think of any names I have problems pronouncing though.

W and V for example in Polish are only one W Wisla, Wasrhaw, Wanchuver whatewer only one W
Kurwa

Try spell Sch in german Schalke, Schwarz

Written by Bad English on 05.06.2008 at 10:09

Written by Graveheart on 25.05.2008 at 23:03

Just remember to keep an eye for J in all north-European languages. It's never pronounced like the English J, instead it's like the letter Y in words like yellow, year, young etc. Y itself is a vowel, similar to the German Ü and to the English "ew" sound in words like new.

I latvian J are like Anti Jussi Niemi like in his names same in Swe Junatan dont know how explain in english

It's probably like that in most languages. English is exceptional here and Spanish also has its own way with the letter J (which is probably the same with Portuguese, though I'm not sure). And I heard the letter J doesn't exist in Latin.

Written by Graveheart on 05.06.2008 at 20:15

Written by Bad English on 05.06.2008 at 10:09

Written by Graveheart on 25.05.2008 at 23:03

Just remember to keep an eye for J in all north-European languages. It's never pronounced like the English J, instead it's like the letter Y in words like yellow, year, young etc. Y itself is a vowel, similar to the German Ü and to the English "ew" sound in words like new.

I latvian J are like Anti Jussi Niemi like in his names same in Swe Junatan dont know how explain in english

It's probably like that in most languages. English is exceptional here and Spanish also has its own way with the letter J (which is probably the same with Portuguese, though I'm not sure). And I heard the letter J doesn't exist in Latin.

J in Portuagese are , hard explain like ? in latvian spanisj its H Hockey but portuagese realy can not explain

I believe this hasn't been answered before (the search didn't say anything), but could a good Irish person tell me how to pronounce Mael Mórdha's name? Special thanks if you help me with the album's name (Gealtacht Mael Mórdha) and/or meaning.

Written by Sleep In Sorrow on 07.07.2008 at 21:53

I believe this hasn't been answered before (the search didn't say anything), but could a good Irish person tell me how to pronounce Mael Mórdha's name? Special thanks if you help me with the album's name (Gealtacht Mael Mórdha) and/or meaning.

PM tp Hobbit Vigo he knows irish he can help,

Written by Sleep In Sorrow on 07.07.2008 at 21:53

I believe this hasn't been answered before (the search didn't say anything), but could a good Irish person tell me how to pronounce Mael Mórdha's name? Special thanks if you help me with the album's name (Gealtacht Mael Mórdha) and/or meaning.

Mael Mordha is pronounced as if it were written in Portuguese "melh móra"
Gealtacht means "madness" and the pronunciation is as if it were written in Spanish "gyaltajt" or with Russian Romanization it'd be "gyaltakht"

Written by Ernis on 07.07.2008 at 22:22

Mael Mordha is pronounced as if it were written in Portuguese "melh móra"
Gealtacht means "madness" and the pronunciation is as if it were written in Spanish "gyaltajt" or with Russian Romanization it'd be "gyaltakht"

Ah, great! Thanks a lot, Hobbit Viggo! I feel a little stupid when I "discover" a band I really like and then can't even pronounce their name right.

Written by Sleep In Sorrow on 07.07.2008 at 22:39

Written by Ernis on 07.07.2008 at 22:22

Mael Mordha is pronounced as if it were written in Portuguese "melh móra"
Gealtacht means "madness" and the pronunciation is as if it were written in Spanish "gyaltajt" or with Russian Romanization it'd be "gyaltakht"

Ah, great! Thanks a lot, Hobbit Viggo! I feel a little stupid when I "discover" a band I really like and then can't even pronounce their name right.

No probs...you don't have to feel sorry....I bet even some band members (if not all) aren't able to pronounce the name....you see...Irishmen speak English...there's virtually no native Irish speakers left...and you know well enough how native English speakers pronounce foreign languages.....

Written by Ernis on 07.07.2008 at 22:44

No probs...you don't have to feel sorry....I bet even some band members (if not all) aren't able to pronounce the name....you see...Irishmen speak English...there's virtually no native Irish speakers left...and you know well enough how native English speakers pronounce foreign languages.....

Yeah, I know that... which's why it's interesting to see a band using Irish in their title and all, (even if it's a pain to figure out the pronounciation). We have an Irish pub in my city called Sláinte, and apparently, from what I've been told, it's pronounced something like "slontcha". We can't help but feel silly, though, for saying it wrong, lol.

Written by Sleep In Sorrow on 07.07.2008 at 23:07

Written by Ernis on 07.07.2008 at 22:44

No probs...you don't have to feel sorry....I bet even some band members (if not all) aren't able to pronounce the name....you see...Irishmen speak English...there's virtually no native Irish speakers left...and you know well enough how native English speakers pronounce foreign languages.....

Yeah, I know that... which's why it's interesting to see a band using Irish in their title and all, (even if it's a pain to figure out the pronounciation). We have an Irish pub in my city called Sláinte, and apparently, from what I've been told, it's pronounced something like "slontcha". We can't help but feel silly, though, for saying it wrong, lol.

it's SLAANHTYE

but if people speak quickly then they may sometimes say TYE as CHE....
and for English speakers CHE is definitely easier to say than TYE....

there are too many bands i dont know how to say it took me ages to figure our ensiferum i was ensif-erum which sounded gay and also for ages i say anaal nathrakh like anal haha but the double a makes it a longer sound like ahhhh anaaalll!

Written by Necrogeddon on 09.07.2008 at 22:26

there are too many bands i dont know how to say it took me ages to figure our ensiferum i was ensif-erum which sounded gay and also for ages i say anaal nathrakh like anal haha but the double a makes it a longer sound like ahhhh anaaalll!

I think ensi-ferum

I'm still not sure about GWAR, I think it's a silent "G", like you're saying War.

Written by [user id=42090] on 15.07.2009 at 10:12

I'm still not sure about GWAR, I think it's a silent "G", like you're saying War.

I've thought about the silent 'G', but I've always pronounced it anyway.

Now, I have to ask how do you correctly pronounce Queensrÿche. It's just that the ¨ on the y confuses me. Does it have any sort of accent, or do you just pronounce it normally. I mean, do you pronounce that y like an e, or like an i?

Written by tulkas on 15.07.2009 at 11:32

Now, I have to ask how do you correctly pronounce Queensrÿche. It's just that the ¨ on the y confuses me. Does it have any sort of accent, or do you just pronounce it normally. I mean, do you pronounce that y like an e, or like an i?

I'm more confused about the ch sound. Is it like in character, chicken or machine? I think it's the first one but I'm not sure. As for the ÿ, I think it functions more like an I than an E. So the whole word rhymes with "Dean's bike", not "Dean's dick" or "Dean's bitch" or anything else.

Written by Graveheart on 15.07.2009 at 12:26

Written by tulkas on 15.07.2009 at 11:32

Now, I have to ask how do you correctly pronounce Queensrÿche. It's just that the ¨ on the y confuses me. Does it have any sort of accent, or do you just pronounce it normally. I mean, do you pronounce that y like an e, or like an i?

I'm more confused about the ch sound. Is it like in character, chicken or machine? I think it's the first one but I'm not sure. As for the ÿ, I think it functions more like an I than an E. So the whole word rhymes with "Dean's bike", not "Dean's dick" or "Dean's bitch" or anything else.

I've always pronounced it like Reich.

Written by tulkas on 15.07.2009 at 11:32

Written by [user id=42090] on 15.07.2009 at 10:12

I'm still not sure about GWAR, I think it's a silent "G", like you're saying War.

I've thought about the silent 'G', but I've always pronounced it anyway.

Now, I have to ask how do you correctly pronounce Queensrÿche. It's just that the ¨ on the y confuses me. Does it have any sort of accent, or do you just pronounce it normally. I mean, do you pronounce that y like an e, or like an i?

Pronounce it as Queens Reich, that's how the band and almost everyone else pronounces it. So the ch being pronounced as X in phonetic notation, just like one pronounces the ch in Loch Ness, so as a nice guttural.

Silent G? No lol it's pronounced just as it looks

Written by Dangerboner on 15.07.2009 at 14:28

Silent G? No lol it's pronounced just as it looks

since when is X as in Loch Ness a silent G?
And Queensryche is not pronounced as it looks cause then it would be pronounced as Queens Rich, and that is not the case cause like I said it is pronounced as Queens Reich (as in Third Reich)

I'm talking about Gwar.

Written by Dangerboner on 15.07.2009 at 14:44

I'm talking about Gwar.

Oh, I see, totally different band name