PorkPieGuy
Platinum Member
Avedis - ah-VEE-dus - Ahv-veh-dis
You're right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDrir6Mi-o
(check out 5:28)
Never heard them called "AV-eh-dus."
Avedis - ah-VEE-dus - Ahv-veh-dis
I live in NC....
YAMAHA-
ya Ma hah
Stress on the Ma
My Bulgarian friend calls DW
duh duble veh
Check this one out for the Japanese pronunciation of Yamaha
Yamaha
Hey is Dunnett "done it" or "duhnette" ?
Ludwig - I also use the german "looooodvigg" but just to mess with people.
Hey is Mapex "mop ex" or mah pecs or May Pex or Mape Ex ?
Guru - "Goo Roo"
"Not all" drum names are stoopid #NATAL
What part? I grew up just north of Winston, live in VA now.
I have really hard time with Vater... Like is it like water but with "V"? or Vader ( Darth Vader) but with "t"?
Whenever the letter "e" is pronouced with an "ee" sound, you can be sure it's an anglicization. In every other European language, be they of germanic, latin, slavic or Finnish-ugric (as in the case of Paiste) origin, it's always "eh".
So I'm confident "Paiste" is correctly pronounced "Pie-steh".
So I'm confident "Paiste" is correctly pronounced "Pie-steh".
Whilst 'pie-stee' is the widely accepted pronunciation adopted by the company itself, it looks like the origins of the word are pretty much as you're describing.
According to Wiki: Paiste (pronounced Pie-Stee, the original Estonian and Finnish pronunciation is pie-ste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paiste
But regardless, it's their company and if they're laying claim to pie-stee as being correct, then I see no reason not to follow suit.
What about UFIP? I always sounded out the letters (you eff eye pee) because I knew they were an abbreviation . However, I watched a Greenbrier Percussion demo video the other day, and Mr. Whitesides said he was playing some "oooh fip" cymbals. Would someone like to weigh in on this one?
Interesting thread ! For a French messing sometimes with prononciation!
How do you (English language people) pronounce "Premier" ? It's a French word everybody here pronounce it in French (Pre-mié) but do you say prémeer ??
Sure, the name has been internalized by drummers and industry figures in the English speaking world to the extent that you might say that 'PIEstee' is a de facto "correct" pronounciation. But I'm still 100% certain that Erik Paiste himself does not pronounce his name like that!
Call it whatever the hell you like mate.