Name a Christian band that you are not sure how to pronounce

by oldschooldoom Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:19 pm

Name a Christian band that you are not sure how to pronounce.
Oh there are so many.
But for starters I will just name one that I've had doubts about
and give the correct pronunciation.

Xinr was a short lived Christian band from the northwest US.
They were just about to hit it big when 2 of their members died tragically on a motorcycle.

http://firestreamvault.com/band.php?id=4070#.Vd6HGpejTdc
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/XINR/3540268525

I wasn't sure how to say Xinr. Was is Zinner or was it X-inner? Come to find out, it is pronounced ex-sinner just like the more famous Christian band of the same era called X-Sinner.

FYI, Xinr was started in 1984, X-Sinner was started in 1988.

Your turn, name a band that is often mispronounced.

by alldatndensum Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:52 am

Schletvalk

How in the world do you pronounce that?

by oldschooldoom Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:49 am

Oh you tried to trick me.

It's actually spelled

Slechtvalk

Those Dutch!!

by Friday13th Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:53 am

interesting
Paramaecium is spelled so close to the microscopic organism that I just say "para-mee-see-um", but is that correct? Should it be "para-may-see-um"? I dunno.

by Guest Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:35 am

oldschooldoom wrote:FYI, Xinr was started in 1984, X-Sinner was started in 1988

Actually X-Sinner began playing at their home church, Set Free Ministries in Corona, Calif. before 1988

I have a live recording of them playing at Fairmont Park in Riverside with Redeemer & Towne Cryer from the summer of 1987. (Made it myself)

As for the thread question, "Uthanda" comes to mind.

by oldschooldoom Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:42 am

James B. wrote:
oldschooldoom wrote:FYI, Xinr was started in 1984, X-Sinner was started in 1988
Actually X-Sinner began playing at their home church, Set Free Ministries in Corona, Calif. before 1988

I have a live recording of them playing at Fairmont Park in Riverside with Redeemer & Towne Cryer from the summer of 1987. (Made it myself)

As for the thread question, "Uthanda" comes to mind.

Towne Cryer started in 1992

by ThomasEversole Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:40 am

alldatndensum wrote:Schletvalk

How in the world do you pronounce that?

Slechtvalk is Dutch for "Peregrine" as in the Peregrine Falcon. I found a site that has an audio pronunciation of the word.
http://en.dicios.com/nlen/slechtvalk

On a unrelated note alldat, changing your avatar from one of your homemade guitars to your (or someone else's) naked bottom painted as a pumpkin is very unappealing visually, to say the least.
Sorry, but if I wanted to see naked obese people, I'd watch TLC.
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Not a Christian band (though I understand some members were involved with Christian projects) but I had no idea for the longest time how to pronounce Eluveitie until I heard a band member pronounce it themselves.

Most people don't know how to pronouce the project name "Hguols".

Most people have some variation of "huh-gools" or "aych-gowls". Its actually pronounced "Fulse (rhymes with Pulse)". Being that Hguols is the word Slough backwards, and the term Slough meaning to "shed as skin" is pronounced like "sluff", it makes perfect logical sense to also pronounce Slough backwards.
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What gets me is when band names on a CD are like the band аркона - then I've got to look up English letters to butcher the phonetics. (аркона is Arkona by the way - still don't know if that's Ark-ah-nah or Ark-oh-nah. I tend to pronounce it the latter one.)

by hellig Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:46 am

Paramaecium - Para (as in 'paralegal' with a hard first 'a') mecium (the 'e' sounds like the 'a' in 'fast')

by oldschooldoom Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:52 am

Thomas, this is great!!! Thanks for this link, it will come in handy
http://en.dicios.com/all/

by Blake Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:28 am

Not sure how to pronounce Mashiaj. I have been saying "Mash-eye-adge". I think it means Messiah in English

by Livna Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:19 pm

Schlecvaulk

by metaldude Thu Aug 27, 2015 2:09 pm

This is a little embarrassing, but I'm unsure how you pronounce Veni Domine.

by Nyx74 Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:00 pm

alldatndensum wrote:Schletvalk

How in the world do you pronounce that?

You have to be Dutch to pronounce that correctly! hahaha Smile

The pronunciation of the CH in SleCHtvalk is like clearing your throat just before spitting ( i know, that's lame Wink

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How about Pÿlon, from Switserland?

by eatbugs Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:00 pm

ThomasEversole wrote:
Most people don't know how to pronouce the project name "Hguols".

Most people have some variation of "huh-gools" or "aych-gowls". Its actually pronounced "Fulse (rhymes with Pulse)". Being that Hguols is the word Slough backwards, and the term Slough meaning to "shed as skin" is pronounced like "sluff", it makes perfect logical sense to also pronounce Slough backwards.

That. I always wondered about that. Thanks!

Also, I probably butcher "Borgazur."

by CrimsonWarrior Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:08 pm

What about Frosthardr? I have no clue how you say that.

Also, Vardøger. I don't know how to say it but I assume that Norwegians do.

by eatbugs Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:12 pm

So...any black metal band (especially European ones).

by messiaen77 Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:21 pm

metaldude wrote:This is a little embarrassing, but I'm unsure how you pronounce Veni Domine.

Veh-nee Doh-mee-nay

by oldschooldoom Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:28 pm

messiaen77 wrote:
metaldude wrote:This is a little embarrassing, but I'm unsure how you pronounce Veni Domine.
Veh-nee Doh-mee-nay

Thank you for the correct pronunciation of Veni Domine.
I always forget the proper way to say it shortly after I'm corrected by my Latin speaking Romanian friends.

by deathisgain Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:29 pm

Stryper and Stryken. Razz

by d@v!d Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:38 pm

deathisgain wrote:Stryper and Stryken.

Ay, English phonetics!

by oldschooldoom Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:48 pm

Now my time to be phunnie

OK wisenheimers, how do you pronounce
Name a Christian band that you are not sure how to pronounce J0Qe39P

by Guest Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:04 pm

I know it is pretty elementar, but I have been curious for a long time and it looks a proper situation to ask:

Gardian has changed their name to guardian. Does the letter "u" make any difference in pronuciation?

by metaldude Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:39 pm

How about Caracao De Heroi?

by eatbugs Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:24 pm

Non black metal: Impellitteri.

Is the final "I" short or long?

by ThomasEversole Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:42 pm

oldschooldoom wrote:Now my time to be phunnie

OK wisenheimers, how do you pronounce

When I saw Antestor at Cornerstone Festival 1999, Ronny was the vocalist, who was also vocals for Vaakevandring.
Vok-eh-vawn-dring - phonetically similar to its English definition, "Walk and Wandering"

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