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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:39 am
by Hobo
redziller wrote:I trust we all say see-kwen-ser not see-KWEN-ser
Ah, the greatest, but least known of the Jedi!

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:32 am
by bigmoog
apart from trying to pronounce JEDI and Wookie names........



Wahn* : is it waaarn or Warn as in barn

Atem : is it AT-emmm or ay-temm


etc

*one hell of an out there track by any standard

BM recovers composure again :arrow:

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:36 am
by Hobo
bigmoog wrote:apart from trying to pronounce JEDI and Wookie names........



Wahn* : is it waaarn or Warn as in barn

Atem : is it AT-emmm or ay-temm


etc

*one hell of an out there track by any standard

BM recovers composure again :arrow:
I have always assumed the former for Wahn and the latter for Atem. What's your preferred pronounciation BM?

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:46 am
by bigmoog
same here.


any others come to mind?

when a very young BM, I had trouble with zeit ! was it zeeeet, zit or zitte

ms BM who is a fluent german speaker corrected me years ago : its Z-EYE-T, with a slight emphasis on the eye-t, depending

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:55 am
by Hobo
bigmoog wrote:same here.


any others come to mind?

when a very young BM, I had trouble with zeit ! was it zeeeet, zit or zitte

ms BM who is a fluent german speaker corrected me years ago : its Z-EYE-T, with a slight emphasis on the eye-t, depending
In "Birth of Liquid Pleiades." , the correct pronounciation is Plee-uh-deez.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:55 am
by epsilon75
What about force Majeure :arrow: is it Major :? Midge-Ure ? i give up :arrow:

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:56 am
by Hobo
epsilon75 wrote:What about force Majeure :arrow: is it Major :? Midge-Ure ? i give up :arrow:
:lol:

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:59 am
by bigmoog
try saying force majeure after a bottle of Jacks :arrow:




:D

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:01 am
by 24db
bigmoog wrote:apart from trying to pronounce JEDI and Wookie names........



Wahn* : is it waaarn or Warn as in barn

Atem : is it AT-emmm or ay-temm


etc

*one hell of an out there track by any standard

BM recovers composure again :arrow:
I asked me mother....she should know she's German

R-tem
Varn

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:02 am
by 24db
Hobo wrote:
bigmoog wrote:apart from trying to pronounce JEDI and Wookie names........



Wahn* : is it waaarn or Warn as in barn

Atem : is it AT-emmm or ay-temm


etc

*one hell of an out there track by any standard

BM recovers composure again :arrow:
I have always assumed the former for Wahn and the latter for Atem. What's your preferred pronounciation BM?
Neither I'm affraid Mick :(

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:03 am
by epsilon75
bigmoog wrote:try saying force majeure after a bottle of Jacks :arrow:




:D
I find "The Origin of Supernatural Probabilities" a nightmare to blurt out after a bottle of JD :oops: :arrow:

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:04 am
by bigmoog
good.thats cleared that up. thread closed

BM advises her indoors to not to speak german with a thames ditton accent

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:04 am
by redziller
24db wrote:
Hobo wrote:
bigmoog wrote:apart from trying to pronounce JEDI and Wookie names........



Wahn* : is it waaarn or Warn as in barn

Atem : is it AT-emmm or ay-temm


etc

*one hell of an out there track by any standard

BM recovers composure again :arrow:
I have always assumed the former for Wahn and the latter for Atem. What's your preferred pronounciation BM?
Neither I'm affraid Mick :(
From school I'd say varn & artem

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:05 am
by bigmoog
artem : did you go to Grarmmar school then?

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:10 am
by bigmoog
LOG OSS or low goss?


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