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    Posted: February 20 2007 at 15:57
An ignorant question! 
 
How is the word 'Zeuhl' pronounced? 
 
Does it rhyme with "drool", or with "hurl", or with "boil"...or maybe it is more like two syllables, say "zee-ewl" or "zer-erl"...?
 
I'm hoping one of our Kobaian experts can enlighten me.
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Points: 11746 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 16:00
If Christian Vander pronunces it like it would be pronunced in french, it would be Z-euh-L.

I don't know how to explain that pronunciation to english speakers though. Confused

It would be quite similar to the -eu as pronunced in Deustch...

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I've always thought it rhymes with 'boil'.
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Points: 8191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 16:02
I call it the Magma genre anywaysLOL
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Points: 4981 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 16:02

In one song where they actually sing, "da zeuhl wortz mekanik,"

it rhymes with the word "dull."
 
So I'm guessing that it that's proper prononciation.
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Points: 21106 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 16:05
Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

I've always thought it rhymes with 'boil'.


That's correct - "tsoil" is a close approximation (from an English/American point of  view).
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Points: 4981 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 16:37

^^^

That's not how they pronounce it in the songs...Confused
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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 19:05
Mike is right. it is pronounced the German way, as can be heard on "Magma Live", where Klaus Blasquiz names the band members, or on MDK, where they sing "Da Zeuhl wortz Mekahnik". for English ears it sounds like "tsoil". in general it can be said that if you pronounce their words the way a German would pronounce them you will be right in 95% of the cases, with a bit of Hungarian thrown in for the pronunciation of words like "Köhntarkösz" (the "sz" is pronounced Hungarian)


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Points: 5109 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 20:23
I always thought it was the same as the mythical god from "Ghost Busters," pronounced Zool.
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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 20:42
Originally posted by inpraiseoffolly inpraiseoffolly wrote:

In one song where they actually sing, "da zeuhl wortz mekanik,"

it rhymes with the word "dull."
 
So I'm guessing that it that's proper prononciation.

it rhymes with "boil" there


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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 20:46
for those who are curious: here the link to a (rudimentary) dictionary for Kobaia:
http://myhome.hanafos.com/~jangminsu/magma/MAGMA-KOBAIAN-dictionary.html


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Thank you all for your help! 
 
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Points: 20239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 22 2007 at 03:23
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

I've always thought it rhymes with 'boil'.


That's correct - "tsoil" is a close approximation (from an English/American point of  view).
 
That's almost how I would say but the S being pronounced halfway in a Z and I's keep the H before the L
 
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