"Sigur Ros" ( ) ?
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Topic: "Sigur Ros" ( ) ?
Posted By: R o V e R
Subject: "Sigur Ros" ( ) ?
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 12:32
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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 By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 12:35
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You don't. Most people just call is "Parentheses" or something.
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 12:37
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Thanks Stonebeard
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Posted By: jikai55
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:03
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Some say Parenthesis, Brackets, Untitled, or just Sigur Ros. ------------- 
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Posted By: puma
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:04
| I call it Untitled, it usually does the job |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:14
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I usually say "( )" It takes a while to pronounce it correctly but once you do, it's great. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Drakk
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:16
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Really? I'm always torn on which inflection to use.
Is it "( )" or "( )" ? ------------- [QUOTE=darkshade] [QUOTE=Sckxyss] I'm disappointed - neither of these players are avant-garde! Al di Meola. [/QUOTE] haha i know. but the poll itself is avant-garde [/QUOTE] |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:17
"( )" ------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Drakk wrote:Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:31
no no it is ( ) as on the Cover design
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date 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  !------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 13:52
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( My God!!! )
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date 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 By: Dean
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 15:02
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... ------------- What? |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 15:51
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If you're my high school math teacher, you pronounce it "premf-sees".
Course he also pronounced sophomores "southmores".....
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 15:54
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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 By: Syzygy
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 16:03
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!) ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 14 2007 at 16:57
Wow,.. Cool reference you guys are too much
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