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Posted by Daru Jericho, 21.05.2006 - 14:33
Post here band names you have difficulty or are unsure how to pronounce. Hopefully someone will know the answer!

As for me:
Akercocke
Anaal Nathrakh
04.06.2006 - 08:52
Raiden
Down Under Staff
Elite
Written by Lucas on 03.06.2006 at 11:54

Was here (and on MSv2) a few times before. I remember Richard explaining it like Day-a-side. There was something about English and American too. Man, my memory sucks.

Well, here's the story. English, and most other areas pronounce it Day-i-side, like you've been saying. Deicide means the killing of a god, or 'deity' (day-i-ty). So that's where Day-i-side comes from. Americans though, as they like to be different and everything like to pronounce it like Dee-i-side (dee rhyming with pee). So that's the story

@Linak: Were you being sarcastic? :-S
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04.06.2006 - 13:32
Lucas
Mr. Noise
Elite
Ah yes, that was it. Thank you.
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04.06.2006 - 21:26
Linak
I Own You Bitch
Written by Raiden on 04.06.2006 at 08:52

Written by Lucas on 03.06.2006 at 11:54

Was here (and on MSv2) a few times before. I remember Richard explaining it like Day-a-side. There was something about English and American too. Man, my memory sucks.

Well, here's the story. English, and most other areas pronounce it Day-i-side, like you've been saying. Deicide means the killing of a god, or 'deity' (day-i-ty). So that's where Day-i-side comes from. Americans though, as they like to be different and everything like to pronounce it like Dee-i-side (dee rhyming with pee). So that's the story

@Linak: Were you being sarcastic? :-S

Not at all, I really meant it, I had wondered how to pronounce that name for such a long time
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05.06.2006 - 01:52
Daru Jericho
Written by [user id=12595] on 04.06.2006 at 08:12

About Yngwie Malmsteen...In his official site...it says that it is pronounced: Ing-Vai...not Ing-Wee



Then I guess we'll have to take the site's word for it.
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05.06.2006 - 03:18
Raiden
Down Under Staff
Elite
Written by Linak on 04.06.2006 at 21:26

Written by Raiden on 04.06.2006 at 08:52

Written by Lucas on 03.06.2006 at 11:54

Was here (and on MSv2) a few times before. I remember Richard explaining it like Day-a-side. There was something about English and American too. Man, my memory sucks.

Well, here's the story. English, and most other areas pronounce it Day-i-side, like you've been saying. Deicide means the killing of a god, or 'deity' (day-i-ty). So that's where Day-i-side comes from. Americans though, as they like to be different and everything like to pronounce it like Dee-i-side (dee rhyming with pee). So that's the story

@Linak: Were you being sarcastic? :-S

Not at all, I really meant it, I had wondered how to pronounce that name for such a long time

Ahh ok then, well in that case, no problem! :p
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11.06.2006 - 22:01
Valentin B
Iconoclast
nostradameus is tricky...nostradamois or nostradamus(with umlauts on u) or what??
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11.06.2006 - 22:40
Empty Spaces
Unburied At Dusk
Does anyone know how to pronounce Necrophagist?
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11.06.2006 - 22:59
Insineratehymn
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Written by Empty Spaces on 11.06.2006 at 22:40

Does anyone know how to pronounce Necrophagist?

That one is easy. It's "Neck-row-fayj-isst".
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12.06.2006 - 00:51
Trifixion
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I thought the 'pha' was more of a faj (long A) sound than a fayj sound??
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12.06.2006 - 01:22
-tom-
Mr FancyPants
Written by [user id=5630] on 11.06.2006 at 22:59

Written by Empty Spaces on 11.06.2006 at 22:40

Does anyone know how to pronounce Necrophagist?

That one is easy. It's "Neck-row-fayj-isst".

nek roff ag ist
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12.06.2006 - 07:38
Insineratehymn
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Written by [user id=8232] on 12.06.2006 at 00:51

I thought the 'pha' was more of a faj (long A) sound than a fayj sound??

That is EXACTLY what I mean. The "ay" in "fayj" is how I represent the long "A" sound.
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12.06.2006 - 08:17
Dangerboner
Lactation Cnslt
*fah-gist

How do you pronounce !T.O.O.H.!? I'm guessing you pronounce it as "too?"
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12.06.2006 - 08:55
Insineratehymn
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Written by Dangerboner on 12.06.2006 at 08:17

*fah-gist

Thank you. Now I know how to correctly pronounce it. I have been wondering about how you really have it pronounced.
Written by Dangerboner on 12.06.2006 at 08:17

How do you pronounce !T.O.O.H.!? I'm guessing you pronounce it as "too?"

Yes, you pronounce it the same way you pronounce the number "two".
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13.06.2006 - 00:02
Dangerboner
Lactation Cnslt
Now that I think about it I might have typed it wrong. The "a" sounds the same as it does in the words fag, bad, ect. The way I typed it kinda made it sound like ahhh instead of how it should sound. Man, I'm bad at explaining.
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13.06.2006 - 00:04
Trifixion
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Written by Dangerboner on 13.06.2006 at 00:02

Now that I think about it I might have typed it wrong. The "a" sounds the same as it does in the words fag, bad, ect. The way I typed it kinda made it sound like ahhh instead of how it should sound. Man, I'm bad at explaining.

Hah I explained that bad too, that's what I meant to put as well.
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13.06.2006 - 00:09
Dangerboner
Lactation Cnslt
lol right on. Hey, at least everyone understands now.
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13.06.2006 - 00:13
Korpklo
Account deleted
Savatage - does it rhyme to garage or mage (or something completely else)?
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13.06.2006 - 00:18
Trifixion
Account deleted
Rhymes just like garage I believe. Might want to get a second opinion though
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15.06.2006 - 16:02
Lucas
Mr. Noise
Elite
Isn't it a dictionary word? Oh, that was Savage.

Well, I'd say it rhymes with garage. But make the second 'a' a bit longer.
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15.06.2006 - 16:17
Daru Jericho
Yes, it rhymes like garage. It's basically pronounced similarly to the dictionary word sabotage but the 'b' of course is substituted with a 'v'.
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15.06.2006 - 16:36
KryptoN
imperceptible
Anyone know how to pronounce Tuatha De Danann?
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15.06.2006 - 16:38
-tom-
Mr FancyPants
is vlad tepes pronounced like 'tapes' or 'teppys' or something else?

anyone know for sure?
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15.06.2006 - 16:42
Zombie, M.D.
It could be regional, but the way I heard it in school was "tapes".
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15.06.2006 - 22:53
Valentin B
Iconoclast
well you know we pronounce "Vlaad Tzepesh"(only really short "z",and a long,clean,and "latin" "a"-something like "aaah")
And no-one ever replied to my post,concerning nostradameus...
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16.06.2006 - 14:34
Lucas
Mr. Noise
Elite
Oh, sorry, but that's because I don't know them.

Nostradameus. I guess (!) that it would be like this:

Nos - Short 'o' like in 'nocturnal'.
stra - as in stratocaster, Stratovarius
da - long 'a', not short like in 'dad'
meus - make it rhyme to 'deus'. (Latin, means 'God')

Hope I'm correct and you get it..
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16.06.2006 - 15:51
-tom-
Mr FancyPants
clandestine blaze

ive been thinking it with the last syllable as 'teen' but ive heard it pronounced 'tine' (like wine)
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16.06.2006 - 16:04
Lucas
Mr. Noise
Elite
My first thought when I read it was 'teen', but then again 'tine (wine)' makes sense too..

But hey, it is in the Dictionary.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/clandestine
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16.06.2006 - 16:20
Stigmatized
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Here's one I'm probably gonna be killed for....but what about Quorthon?
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16.06.2006 - 16:28
Lucas
Mr. Noise
Elite
*Shoots Dream_of_Hate in the head, and thus kills him*

Hmm, tough one. I'm really gonna have trouble being able to explain this.

Pronounce the 'Qu' as in Question. Make the 'e' an 'o'. Then just say 'thon' with a short 'O'.

That wasn't too difficult.
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16.06.2006 - 19:55
Stigmatized
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Written by Lucas on 16.06.2006 at 16:28

*Shoots Dream_of_Hate in the head, and thus kills him*

Hmm, tough one. I'm really gonna have trouble being able to explain this.

Pronounce the 'Qu' as in Question. Make the 'e' an 'o'. Then just say 'thon' with a short 'O'.

That wasn't too difficult.

*Lies in a pool of his own blood, not sure if he died fromt he gunshot or confusion over how to say the name*
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