Epiphone: Epiphone or Epiphone

[mrbell321]

How do YOU pronounce "Epiphone"? I searched the web on this and people get stupid angry about it. I tried searching talkbass and came up w/ 1 relevant thread and no one answered that particular question.
So... founders nickname was "Epi" he was Greek so he said "-phone" meaning sound. So, given that almost every angry person on the web says its "Epi-fon". However, the ancient Greek word was pronounced with a long e at the end. So, "Epi-fon-ee". However, he was NOT ancient Greek, he was Greek-American, so perhaps "fon"?
It is also said it was a play on "Epiphany", but that could have been a retcon.

I personally prefer "Epi-fon-ee", because "Epi-fon" sounds like you forgot what you were saying in the middle of the word.

 

[Febs]

Telephone
Megaphone
Sousaphone
Epiphone

The "-phone" is pronounced the same in each.

 

[mrbell321]

So, you don't think they were going for a pun?

 

[chuck norriss]

Mmm Epiphone Jack Casady. Epiphone Emperor Regent. Mmm.

 

[bowthing]

I like to sharpen things, so I'm going with "Epip-hone".

 

[carl h.]

It's not a real Gibson, so phon ee (FON)

 

[zhollywood]

Whenever I hear someone say epi-phone-ee I cringe.
EPI-FONE ftw.

 

[Ric5]

Telephone
Megaphone
Sousaphone
Epiphone

The "-phone" is pronounced the same in each.

+1

 

[bryan gibson]

I personally prefer "Epi-fon-ee", because "Epi-fon" sounds like you forgot what you were saying in the middle of the word....


I knew a guy that did that once upon a time. All of a sudden he had a brainstorm, though, and just outtta the blue changed it up. Go figure....

 

[letsrumble]

 

[zachoff]

Epipwn3d... By noobz.