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    Posted: October 14 2007 at 12:32
Hi
Forgive my ignorence
but, let me know, when you talk about "SIGUR RÓS" ( ), album
how do you pronounce the tittle?

I mean ,how do you say it, verbally?








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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 12:35
You don't. Most people just call is "Parentheses" or something. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 12:37
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:03
Some say Parenthesis, Brackets, Untitled, or just Sigur Ros.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:04
I call it Untitled, it usually does the job
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:14
I usually say "( )"
It takes a while to pronounce it correctly but once you do, it's great.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:16

Really?

I'm always torn on which inflection to use.
 
Is it "( )" or "( )" ?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:17
Originally posted by Drakk Drakk wrote:

Really?

I'm always torn on which inflection to use.
 
Is it "( )" or "( )" ?

"( )"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:31
Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:


Originally posted by Drakk Drakk wrote:

Really?


I'm always torn on which inflection to use.

 

Is it "( )" or "( )" ?
"( )"



no no
it is

( )

as on the Cover design






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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:45
It depends where you come from. Apparently the authentic Hopelandic pronunciation places equal stress on both brackets: ( ). However, in the UK most RP speakers and the majority of southerners place the stress on the second bracket: ( ), whereas northeners tend to stress the first bracket: ( ). As you can probably imagine, there were some hilarious misunderstandings when the album was first released LOL!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:52
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 14:53
Back when I used to play it on the radio, when announcing it, you just make a parentheses gesture with your hands toward the microphone.  The audience can hear it, I'm pretty sure. Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 15:02
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

It depends where you come from. Apparently the authentic Hopelandic pronunciation places equal stress on both brackets: ( ). However, in the UK most RP speakers and the majority of southerners place the stress on the second bracket: ( ), whereas northeners tend to stress the first bracket: ( ). As you can probably imagine, there were some hilarious misunderstandings when the album was first released LOL!
Then there were those who place a rising intonation on the ), turning the whole thing into a question?
 
Incidentally, according to Sigur Rós you can call the album anything you like...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 15:51
If you're my high school math teacher, you pronounce it "premf-sees".
 
Course he also pronounced sophomores "southmores".....
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 15:54
I don't actually call it anyhow, it's very strange. I've always written about it

But if I call it somehow, I like to call it "Untitled" (just like someone mentioned here), because it's in the vein of the pieces, who are themselves "Untitled". "Untitled music", expressing so much. Heart
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 16:03
Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

It depends where you come from. Apparently the authentic Hopelandic pronunciation places equal stress on both brackets: ( ). However, in the UK most RP speakers and the majority of southerners place the stress on the second bracket: ( ), whereas northeners tend to stress the first bracket: ( ). As you can probably imagine, there were some hilarious misunderstandings when the album was first released LOL!
Then there were those who place a rising intonation on the ), turning the whole thing into a question?
 
Incidentally, according to Sigur Rós you can call the album anything you like...
 
Indeed - I didn't mention AQI (Australian Question Intonation), perhaps because it seems to have disappeared from English speech patterns as abruptly as it appeared, although it is still prevalent in Australia and on the West coast of the USA.
 
Which reminds me of the famous correspondence between Victor Hugo and his publishers. Anxious to find out how his latest novel was selling, he sent them a postcard which read '?'. The publishers replied with a postcard which read '!'. (it's true! look it up if you don't believe me!) 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2007 at 16:57
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

It depends where you come from. Apparently the authentic Hopelandic pronunciation places equal stress on both brackets: ( ). However, in the UK most RP speakers and the majority of southerners place the stress on the second bracket: ( ), whereas northeners tend to stress the first bracket: ( ). As you can probably imagine, there were some hilarious misunderstandings when the album was first released LOL!

Then there were those who place a rising intonation on the ), turning the whole thing into a question?

 

Incidentally, according to Sigur Rós you can call the album anything you like...

 

Indeed - I didn't mention AQI (Australian Question Intonation), perhaps because it seems to have disappeared from English speech patterns as abruptly as it appeared, although it is still prevalent in Australia and on the West coast of the USA.

 

Which reminds me of the famous correspondence between Victor Hugo and his publishers. Anxious to find out how his latest novel was selling, he sent them a postcard which read '?'. The publishers replied with a postcard which read '!'. (it's true! look it up if you don't believe me!) 



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