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R o V e R
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Topic: "Sigur Ros" ( ) ? 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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Posted: October 14 2007 at 12:35 |
You don't. Most people just call is "Parentheses" or something.
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 12:37 |
Thanks Stonebeard
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:03 |
Some say Parenthesis, Brackets, Untitled, or just Sigur Ros.
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:04 |
I call it Untitled, it usually does the job
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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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Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:16 |
Really?
I'm always torn on which inflection to use.
Is it "( )" or "( )" ?
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:17 |
Drakk wrote:
Really?
I'm always torn on which inflection to use.
Is it "( )" or "( )" ? | "( )"
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R o V e R
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:31 |
moreitsythanyou wrote:
Drakk wrote:
Really?
I'm always torn on which inflection to use.
Is it "( )" or "( )" ? | "( )" |
no no
it is
( )
as on the Cover design
Edited by R o V e R - October 14 2007 at 13:32
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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  !
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:52 |
( My God!!! )
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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.
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 15:02 |
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 ! |
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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What?
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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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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.
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 16:03 |
darqdean wrote:
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 ! |
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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Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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R o V e R
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Posted: October 14 2007 at 16:57 |
Syzygy wrote:
darqdean wrote:
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 ! |
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!) |
Wow,..
Cool reference
you guys are too much
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