Is that an EPPY-FANNY?

chingas · #1 02-21-2007, 01:01 PM

...so said the salesperson from a West LA music store.

Anybody come across some, er, "creative" pronunciations and/or spellings of brands?

...I know I've probably butchered a name or two.

Selta · #2 02-21-2007, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by chingas

...so said the salesperson from a West LA music store.

Anybody come across some, er, "creative" pronunciations and/or spellings of brands?

...I know I've probably butchered a name or two.

As far as I know, that's how the company name is said. Epi-fawn-ee.
However, I did run into a store that didn't know who/what a "Shadow-sky" was.

chingas · #3 02-21-2007, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

As far as I know, that's how the company name is said. Epi-fawn-ee.

As in "Epiphany"-yes. The salesperson would say eppy-fanny. I wasn't sure if it was somekind of inside joke.

I've heard Warwicks called "war-icks". Or Pedulla as "pe-dilla".

Selta · #4 02-21-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chingas

As in "Epiphany"-yes. The salesperson would say eppy-fanny. I wasn't sure if it was somekind of inside joke.

I've heard Warwicks called "war-icks". Or Pedulla as "pe-dilla".

Nope, it's not an epiphany. Epi (epiphone) fawn (a lot like "lawn") eeee (long e). Call their shop sometime

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chingas · #5 02-21-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

Nope, it's not an epiphany. Epi (epiphone) fawn (a lot like "lawn") eeee (long e). Call their shop sometime

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Well, I guess that's a new name I just butchered!

Shoewreck · #6 02-21-2007, 02:32 PM

There's a well-known (in my city) luthier who's last name is Sandovskij. Probably that's the cause why he doesn't write anything on his basses and guitars...

Selta · #7 02-21-2007, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by chingas

Well, I guess that's a new name I just butchered!

That's OK. I did up until about 2 weeks ago too! :P

idoru · #8 02-22-2007, 05:46 AM

I was at a mexican restaurant (here in Oz). The same idiot waitress who spilled my beer asks my wife:

"How are your quessadillas?"

Yep, pronounced as it appears. You'd think, being that it's on the menu, they'd at least teach the staff how to say it...

HotTubesGrooves · #9 02-22-2007, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by chingas

As in "Epiphany"-yes. The salesperson would say eppy-fanny. I wasn't sure if it was somekind of inside joke.

I've heard Warwicks called "war-icks". Or Pedulla as "pe-dilla".

It should, as far as I'm aware, be pronounced "War-ick". The 2nd W is silent. That's how we pronounce it in the UK anyway, for the City and the basses.

TheDarkReaver · #10 02-22-2007, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by HotTubesGrooves

It should, as far as I'm aware, be pronounced "War-ick". The 2nd W is silent. That's how we pronounce it in the UK anyway, for the City and the basses.

agreed.

Lazylion · #11 02-22-2007, 10:23 AM

I remember lonnybass' hilarious post about the nearsighted sound man who squinted at his preamp and asked what an "Anemic F-1X" was.
I lol'ed so much that I made it my sig for a while!

Stanley Design · #12 02-22-2007, 06:27 PM

My local store has heard of very few names on this board, I don't even bother listening to their pronounciations when I ask if they can order stuff. I have some fun with them though and stump them on brands that "noone's heard of" such as....

Stewart
QSC
BBE
Accugroove
Aguilar
Glockenlang
Avatar
G&L
Bergantino
Orange
etc etc....

This is a store where the employees are full grown men, I am friends with them all, and they all play in respectable bands, a couple went to audio engineering school and records bands in a studio. These are people that have no idea about our little world!

GaryM · #13 02-22-2007, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by HotTubesGrooves

It should, as far as I'm aware, be pronounced "War-ick". The 2nd W is silent. That's how we pronounce it in the UK anyway, for the City and the basses.

That's how I've always pronounced it. However, since the company was founded in Germany perhaps it should be pronounced vahr-vik?

chingas · #14 02-22-2007, 06:49 PM

Since it has become painfully apparent that I am one of the offenders, we should turn this into a thread to clear the air on how these names should be pronounced...

spudmaster34 · #15 02-22-2007, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

Nope, it's not an epiphany. Epi (epiphone) fawn (a lot like "lawn") eeee (long e). Call their shop sometime

.

I have heard it pronounced epi- phone

GaryM · #16 02-22-2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by chingas

Since it has become painfully apparent that I am one of the offenders, we should turn this into a thread to clear the air on how these names should be pronounced...

Yes please. I'm even more confused about the pronunciation of "Epifani" since I read this thread. I thought it was pronounced the same as the word "epiphany". However:

chingas says "As in "Epiphany"-yes."

but

Ray Salamon say "Nope, it's not an epiphany."

and suggests "Epi-fawn-ee" which sounds really odd to me, but may nonetheless be correct.

Jimbow · #17 02-22-2007, 07:40 PM

Let's throw Jaco into the ring.

Jock-oh or Jay-co?

GaryM · #18 02-22-2007, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbow

Let's throw Jaco into the ring.

Jock-oh or Jay-co?

According to the unsourced story on Wikipedia - Jock-oh.

spudmaster34 · #19 02-22-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GaryM

According to the unsourced story on Wikipedia - Jock-oh.

I believe that is how it was when he was a child, but when he was a young teenager it changed to Jack-Oh

Funky Doctor · #20 02-22-2007, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Lazylion

I remember lonnybass' hilarious post about the nearsighted sound man who squinted at his preamp and asked what an "Anemic F-1X" was.
I lol'ed so much that I made it my sig for a while!

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That's awesome.