Artist names you're unsure of how to pronounce

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  1. PhoenixWoman

    PhoenixWoman Forum Resident

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    I think Ostrichfarm is very close. I think the first syllable of her last name is pronounced as "en"..."en-day-gay-o-chell-o".
     
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  2. jmxw

    jmxw Fab Forum Fan

    I grew up in the area he's from and he was always "man-jee-OWN" [with the "jee-own" kind of slurred together as you said] or with the slight "ee" added on the end was an acceptable variation because of the Italian derivation...
     
  3. JoeRockhead

    JoeRockhead Forum Resident

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    genya raven
     
  4. KingPrawn19

    KingPrawn19 Forum Resident

    Isn't that like Henry Mancini pronouncing it Man-seeny but Italians in Italy would say Man-cheeny - as you hear with Italian footballers with the name?
     
  5. Christian Hill

    Christian Hill It's all in the mind

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  6. bob_32_116

    bob_32_116 Forum Flaneur

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    I don't think so. It's the double 'c' in Italian that makes the "ch" sound, as in "Puccini" and "Cappuccino". Single 'c' is pronounced like 's', as in "Arancini" (and "Mancini").
     
  7. imail724

    imail724 Forum Resident

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    Sigur Ros
     
  8. Michael Macrone

    Michael Macrone Forum Resident

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    I'm afraid this is not correct. Single "c," double "c," same difference before the vowels "e" and "i." Both produce the sound we designate in English with "ch." A double "cc" is pronounced with bit more stress than a single "c," but that's it.

    To create a hard "c" ("k") sound before an "e" or "i," you add an "h." Again, this pertains after a single "c" or a double "c."
     
  9. bob_32_116

    bob_32_116 Forum Flaneur

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    Your name suggests Italian descent, so I must assume you know better than I do.

    So in that case, what's the verdict on "Mancini"? How would an Italian living in Italy pronounce it?
     
  10. KingPrawn19

    KingPrawn19 Forum Resident

    No the famous 1980s Italian international footballer definitely pronounced man-chini and definitely spelt Mancini.
     
  11. rxcory

    rxcory proud jazz band/marching band parent

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    Japanese pronunciation is actually very straight-forward. There are only 5 vowels and their pronunciation doesn't change:

    a = ah
    i = ee
    u = oo
    e = eh
    o = oh

    Therefore it's pronounced ryoo-eechee. Written as 龍一
     
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  12. Swamiji

    Swamiji Forum Resident

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    Any non-native German speaker try Einstürzende Neubauten.
     
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  13. christian42

    christian42 Forum Resident

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    Yes, and it's not that hard. But perhaps you meant "non-native Germanic, not including English, speaker"? :)
     
  14. christian42

    christian42 Forum Resident

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    No, it's not the other way around. Standard British English would not pronounce the R in SHAR-Day, while Standard American English would. If you then want to go into different dialects and sociolects, be my guest, but that doesn't change the main statement.
     
  15. KingPrawn19

    KingPrawn19 Forum Resident

    Going back to Mancini it must be something to do with Italians outside Italy in English speaking countries slightly anglicising the pronunciation as in the 1960s/1970s here in England we also had a footballer called Mancini (Terry Mancini) from the English Italian community and he pronounced it like Henry Mancini the composer (obviously an Italian-American). Whereas the Italian footballer was from Italy itself and who pronounced it Man-CHINI.
     
  16. smallworld

    smallworld Forum Resident

    It also depends on the listener. I've heard many Americans ask why British broadcasters refer to Barack Obama as "Obalmer."

     
  17. christian42

    christian42 Forum Resident

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    Ah, but that is the intrusive R, at least if you're referring to what the presenter says in the very first sentence. "Barack Obama-r-arrived in Britain..." An intrusive R appears when a word ending in a vowel is followed by a word that begins with a vowel sound.

    If you listen at 1.28 in the video, you can hear how it's pronounced when Obama's name is followed by a consonant - no R anywhere.

    And of course the intrusive R doesn't apply to Sade, since the sound following the SHAR is a consonant.
     
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  18. Michael Macrone

    Michael Macrone Forum Resident

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    mahn-CHEE-nee.
     
  19. Moshe

    Moshe "Silent in four languages."

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    An interviewer asked Prince “How do you pronounce it?” Prince said “You don’t.”
     
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  20. DaveinMA

    DaveinMA Some guy

  21. lastdamdown

    lastdamdown Forum Resident

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    Hillsboro, OR
    "MURL" or "MARE-ul" Haggard?
     
  22. lastdamdown

    lastdamdown Forum Resident

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    Hillsboro, OR
    Mark Kozelek. Tony Iommi.
     
  23. Sebastian saglimbenI

    Sebastian saglimbenI Forum Resident

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    New york
    .....NAR...CO?!
     
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  24. Markyp

    Markyp Forum Resident

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    Eye O Me
     
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  25. Synthfreek

    Synthfreek I’m a ray of sunshine & bastion of positivity

    Sugar Minott
     
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