Artists whose names you're pretty sure you are mispronouncing

[Kinetic]

Like Oby Onyioha, or any Nigerian boogie artist for that matter! Anyone wanna tell me how to say this? I've only realised I had this problem recently when I started doing a weekly radio show. I go to say the name and I'm pretty sure I am messing it up badly. Not as bad as this NZ cat yesterday who pronounced Renee Geyer by saying something like Ron Geeves!

Rep your mispronounched artist names.

 

[batmon]

Cymande = Simi-nade???





Si-Man-Day...

 

[sticky_dojah]

That Michelle Girl. N'degochellomello or something. I'm not even sure how to write it....

 

[Kinetic]

batmon said:Cymande = Simi-nade???





Si-Man-Day...




Always tricky: I usually pronounce this 'Sar-Mun-Day' but sometimes I change it up to more like 'Psy-Mun-day.'

 

[Manduro3000]

 

[Manduro3000]

 

[luck]

sticky_dojah said:That Michelle Girl. N'degochellomello or something. I'm not even sure how to write it....




Meshell Ndegeocello = mee-shell nn-day-gay-oh-chello.

 

[luck]

Manduro3000 said:

= "The Artist."

 

[luck]

Kinetic said:batmon said:Cymande = Simi-nade???





Si-Man-Day...




Always tricky: I usually pronounce this 'Sar-Mun-Day' but sometimes I change it up to more like 'Psy-Mun-day.'




= sah-mahn-day.

 

[luck]

For you Jazz dudes: I'm heading you off.

 

[sticky_dojah]

Thx luck. And I always say it more like Psy-Mandy...oh well...

 

[luck]

That's fine. I used to think it was pronounced Bow-cage for the longest time.





Another good one: Wardell Quezerque = war-dell kah-zerk

 

[james]

David Bowie. I pronounce it so that it rhymes with "joey," and I'm pretty sure that's not right.





Speaking of pronunciation, I heard some kinda wild shit a while back: I know dudes know about "nib" ("N.I.B.") and "dire maker" ("D'Yer Mak'er"), but whatchinz know about "sizzney" (CSNY)? I heard a dj say that, and I about fell out! I was about to call the station! I mean, I consider myself a progressive, but that shit was over the line.





Not music-related, but my favorite pronunciation lately is the deep-Chiburban Ladies Of A Certain Age who say "top notch" so it sounds like "two-wop new-watch." Whenever I hear it it makes me want to buy them some sort of uninvolved cocktail so I can listen to them talk about TJ Maxx or whatever for a few more minutes.

 

[Almond]

james saidavid Bowie. I pronounce it so that it rhymes with "joey," and I'm pretty sure that's not right.







Yes, that is correct. Bowie rhymes with "Joey."

 

[stratasphere]

Pretty much any Turkish folk/psych artist. I can spell them but that's about the extent of it.

 

Kemialliset Yst??v??t.





Though it might rhyme with Charalambides.

 

[pickwick33]

I remember watching a Jerry Lewis telethon in 1981 when Ed McMahon announced that "Pat Benotter" would be one of the featured guests. And this was when Pat Benatar's fame was peaking, but I guess her fame hadn't spread to older generations yet.

 

[james]

Almond said:james saidavid Bowie. I pronounce it so that it rhymes with "joey," and I'm pretty sure that's not right.







Yes, that is correct. Bowie rhymes with "Joey."

Eh, I don't know about that. He's said himself that he cribbed his name from o.g. Jim Bowie (whose name is pronounced "BOO-ee"), and George Clinton says "BOO-ee" somewhere on Mothership Connection.





Perhaps a UK affiliate can confirm or deny.

 

[Bon Vivant]

Akinyele. I'm probably spelling it wrong, too.

 

[kitchenknight]

I'm pretty sure Akineleye is more concerned with where you put it...