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Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
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Location: At the back, behind the guitarist.
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I do realise the exact details of broad Yorkshire may be wasted on a Texan, sorry mrblanche.
I live near a town which is regarded as the centre of the Pennines, a range of hills down the middle of the UK, I once had an American stop outside my house and ask the way to the 'Pee-9' sener. I managed to keep a straight face and sent him East, which technically speaking is correct. |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3828
Location: "Hit The North"
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| Quote: | I've never liked them enough to ever need to ask that question.
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glw, that's the funniest post-in of the year so far 
Blanche, I think "yeth" is really pushing it into pretentiousville; it's not a Spanish guitar, it's Japanese. Most Spanish (and almost all Latin Americans) don't pronounce "z" as "th" anyway. That's just a Castillian thing caused by deference to some short-tongued, long dead, king. I found out pretty quickly in Andalucia that "th th th th th, uno thervetha" talk just made me sound poncey.
Whatever the phonics, there's an alarming number of owners who pronounce it "Ibeenhad" |
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cbates44
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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Location: Fairmont, WV
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| I realize the thread is pretty cold, but I just got here. As for the Epiphone, I used to pronounce it Epi-fone. Then I realized it was probably Epif-oh-nee, and felt like a minor idiot. Today I went to the Epiphone site and discovered I was right the first time. The company was at one time operated by Epimanondas (Epi) Stathopuoulo, a Greek. Ergo, Epi, from his given name, and phone from the Greek for sound. |
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
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If one of us had been bright enough to check the website in the first place it'd have saved us a lot of debate, mind you what else do you do on a forum?
Welcome to the board BTW, I was going to say have a look around but you're already back to Jan '06...go you!
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| Welcome in, CB. Nice to see this one warmed up again. How does one pronounce Yngwie? |
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
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| Quote: | | How does one pronounce Yngwie |
...bearing in mind this is a family site. |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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Location: London, UK
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| Ive always pronounced it Yengy, as in 'See you next Tuesday' |
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Is that a cockney thing? Apples and pears, arfur pound and the like...never did understand you lot. |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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Location: London, UK
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See = C
You = U
Next = N
Tuesday = well you get the idea.. |
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Tim
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Tim
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Touched by Ingwee's solo's |
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