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Old 12-01-2010, 04:52 AM   #81 (permalink)
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Haha it makes it sound more exotic - I guess 'tame' is kinda... lame?
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Old 12-01-2010, 05:24 AM   #82 (permalink)
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I don't know German so I always second guess myself when saying Einstürzende Neubauten... my guess is ein-shterr-zend-a noy-bau-ten.
I pronounce it like: ein(ain)-shturr-tzendeh noy-bau-ten

Ugh...it's extremely hard for me to write pronunciation.
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Old 12-02-2010, 03:50 AM   #83 (permalink)
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despite popular opinion slayer is not pronounced 'slayer' it is pronounced 'F*CKING SLAYER!!' although this might be because all the fans of that band are complete morons, who knows
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Old 12-02-2010, 06:49 AM   #84 (permalink)
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despite popular opinion slayer is not pronounced 'slayer' it is pronounced 'F*CKING SLAYER!!'
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although this might be because all the fans of that band are complete morons, who knows
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Old 12-02-2010, 08:17 AM   #85 (permalink)
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Anyone have any info on how to pronounce U2?
The letter U and the numeral 2.

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I don't know German so I always second guess myself when saying Einstürzende Neubauten... my guess is ein-shterr-zend-a noy-bau-ten.
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My question: how do you say Autechre? I have no idea. Anyone else?
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Old 12-02-2010, 09:30 AM   #86 (permalink)
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NEU!
Is it New or Noo?
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Old 12-02-2010, 09:53 AM   #87 (permalink)
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My question: how do you say Autechre? I have no idea. Anyone else?
Check the first page.
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NEU!
Is it New or Noo?
It's noy like in 'neubauten' a few posts above
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It's noy like in 'neubauten' a few posts above
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:57 PM   #90 (permalink)
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Ah. Thanks. (And obviously I'm revealing myself as not a very good thread reader. ) So was a correct pronunciation ever decided on? I've always pronounced it "OH-teh-ker," but it seems like more folks prefer the "AW" sound at the beginning.
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