Pronunciation thread

Super Phil

Super Phil

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Asking how to pronounce 'Sakae' in another thread got me to thinking about some of the other drum company names. I'm sure there are other threads on this, but oh well, I didn't do a search, lol. I'll start with a few off the top of my head. Feel free to add others.

Taye - pronounced TIE

Tama- I've always said TOM-UH. But I've heard others say TAME-UH. What do you think?

Paiste- from studying German, I believe this to be pronounced PIE-STEE.

Ddrum - I've always said DEE-DRUM. Anyone heard it differently?

Sakae- ???

What other ones are there?
 
Taye -
-----I thought Tie - eh

Tama-
---- Tam - ah

Paiste- from studying German, I believe this to be pronounced PIE-STEE.

----yes, exactly, except its Estonian

Ddrum - I've always said DEE-DRUM. Anyone heard it differently?

-----Yes

Sakae- ???

---Sack-Eye

Others to try ....AYOTTE, NATAL,
 
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
 
opentune said:
Taye -
-----I thought Tie - eh

Tama-
---- Tam - ah

Paiste- from studying German, I believe this to be pronounced PIE-STEE.

----yes, exactly, except its Estonian

Ddrum - I've always said DEE-DRUM. Anyone heard it differently?

-----Yes

Sakae- ???

---Sack-Eye

Others to try ....AYOTTE, NATAL,
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Tie-yay / Taye
Tah-mah / Tama
Pay-stee / Paiste
Sah-kigh / Sakae
Lude-wig / Ludwig
A-yo-tay/ Ayotte
 
Taye is definitely Tie
Tama Tam-a, to me but I have heard Tom-a
Sakae....Sa-Kie like pie
Ludwig Lood Vig
 
Push pull stroke said:
DW---I pronounce it "overpriced".
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I pronounce CB crappy basswood


ooohhh ! Wuhan Solo

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Is my drum kit set up and ready for my Chinese Cymbal Solo?
 
NATAL pronounced 'nerTAL' with the emphasis on the TAL part.

DUNNETT pronounced 'derNET' with the emphasis on the NET part.

Also, there's SONOR. I've always said SO-nor with the emphasis on SO.
I hear other people say it that way too but I just heard Gavin Harrison saying SOner.
 
Merlin5 said:
NATAL pronounced 'nerTAL' with the emphasis on the TAL part.

DUNNETT pronounced 'derNET' with the emphasis on the NET part.

Also, there's SONOR. I've always said SO-nor with the emphasis on SO.
I hear other people say it that way too but I just heard Gavin Harrison saying SOner.
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Where do the "r",s come in on Natal, or Dunnett? That would be a New York accent. I hear Sonar for Sonor as well
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/natal?s=t
 
GruntersDad said:
Where do the "r",s come in on Natal, or Dunnett? That would be a New York accent.
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He's probably from "Warshington" state. They add the letter R to random words.

In Philadelphia-eese, they remove letters... "He's probly from Washintin."
 
Paiste (pronounced Pie-Stee, the original Estonian and Finnish pronunciation is pie-ste [ˈpɑistɛ]) is a Swiss-based Estonian manufacturer and designer of cymbals. It is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. From Wikee
 
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GruntersDad said:
Where do the "r",s come in on Natal, or Dunnett? That would be a New York accent. I hear Sonar for Sonor as well
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/natal?s=t
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No I'm from London. The American way of saying, for example 'nerve' or 'nurse' is different from over here. The American way is to curl the 'ner' or 'nur' and make the r more pronounced. Whereas here the r is silent and the 'er' bit sounds like the word 'a' or 'uh'.

UK and US voices here:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/nurse
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/nerve

But for the purposes of typing on an international or mostly American forum, I think I should have spelled my phonetics more like this:

nuhTAL
duhNET
 
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