How do you pronounce Moog?

[Matthew_84]

Argh. My kids work at the sandwich shop, D'Angelos. I drive them nuts pronouncing it DAN-jel-oze. They always say Dee-ANN-jel-oze.

As for the OP, I pronounce "Moog" by saying "al-loo-MIN-ee-um."

Haha, that's funny. I've always pronounced D'addario as Da-darr-ee-oh. I've always pronounced the R&B artist D'Angelo as Dee-an-gel-oh. I've never even thought twice about it.

 

[carsbybigd]

I believe that "D'Angelos" is different as the "A" is capitalized , where in "D'addario" the "a" is not . 1. Dee-An-Gello( like jello with a G)-s
2. Dee-a-Dairy-O-s

I could be wrong .... Wouldn't be the first time !

 

[Joe Nerve]

This has nothing to do with whatever you guys are talking about. I didn't read any of this thread , not even the OP, but the title reminded me of something I may have mentioned here before.

I was at NAMM once and when we passed the Roland booth, my band mate wanted to get some info on something. I told him when he talks to the guy he should say Rollind (as opposed to row-land), and use the word as many times as he possibly could, just for fun. It was awesome. The Roland guy didn't wince one, never corrected him, never cracked even the least bit of a smile. I became a real Roland fan after that for some reason. I own 2 cubes, and love em both .

 

[BazzTard]

best name spelling was a guy called Antoine, but spelt Andwun

really guys,if you can't spell it,don't use it for your kid's name. ignorance is not an excuse.

 

[Matthew_84]

I have had this song in my head since you posted this. Thank you for doing so!

My wife had some family friends over for dinner tonight, and it turns out that only the women came. While I was eating cheesecake and they were chatting away, I kept my sanity by singing "mahna mahna" in my head.

 

[HaphAsSard]

We had a long a thread about this a while back. Apparently the D'Addario family mispronounces their own name. They pronounce it as duh-DAIRY-oh while the correct Italian is dah-DAH-ree-oh.

Actually dahd-DAH-ryoh is a better approximation. Double consonants are pronounced longer than singles and sequences of i/u+vowel are most often diphthongs (in Italian that is).

mispronounces their own name (...) He's mispronouncing his own surname (...) They mispronounce it because the family mispronounces it.

You keep saying that, but if it's their own surname, there's no mis-, they just pronounce it the frigging way they want (and oftentimes differently to other branches of the same families, which is fine too).

I always pronounced it Epiphany too, until I met Mr Epifani a couple weeks ago. I thought it was a play on spelling/words - not an actual name.

I guess most people think it's some sort of a "Tammi" or "Teri" -style fancy spelling, but nope, it's an Italian surname with the typical final -i, either a masculine plural = (of the) Epifanios, or perhaps a Latin genitive singular = Epifanio's.
Epifanio is of course the local version of the Greek name Epiphanius (a couple of saints with this name), so there's an ultimate correlation with the word "epiphany".

Its not my fault some guy doesn't use simple phonics to pronounce his name. This M-oh-g stuff sounds like Joe Dirt trying to add an e to the end of his name.

Bullogna. Do you go out of your way to rhyme "Paul Shaffer" with "staffer", or "Giamatti" with "fatty"? What about "Roosevelt"? Do you insist on saying "ruse-velt" (actually correct for some people with this surname) just to make a point?

 

[FilterFunk]

if it's their own surname, there's no mis-, they just pronounce it the frigging way they want (and oftentimes differently to other branches of the same families, which is fine too).

^This.

 

[Hopkins]

Bullogna. Do you go out of your way to rhyme "Paul Shaffer" with "staffer", or "Giamatti" with "fatty"? What about "Roosevelt"? Do you insist on saying "ruse-velt" (actually correct for some people with this surname) just to make a point?

Way to get offended over an obvious joke, take yourself too serious do ya?

 

[HaphAsSard]

Way to get offended over an obvious joke, take yourself too serious do ya?

Not offended now, wasn't when I posted, either, and technically it's you I've taken too seriously it seems.

 

[5StringBlues]

FAR OUT

 

[Phil Mastro]

I was told how to pronounce it a long time ago by someone who had spoken directly with Robert Moog. I always found it strange how stubborn some people would be about not wanting to hear the proper pronunciation. There's actually a music store in Montreal where even the employees (and probably owners) pronounce the name wrong.

I vaguely remember them telling me it was pronounced like a bog, mog.

Is the store still open? They had nice stuff, but I was kinda put off by the attitude and clientele.

 

[bass12]

I vaguely remember them telling me it was pronounced like a bog, mog.

Is the store still open? They had nice stuff, but I was kinda put off by the attitude and clientele.

Hmm, French pronunciation of Moog perhaps? They're still open (as far as I know). I think the clientele was pretty varied. As for the people in the guitar department, I would often stop by to see my friend who worked there and he was always very down-to-earth and helpful with customers. I don't know who works there now.

 

[Nephilymbass]

I say moog like a cow would I suppose lol. I once got into a debate over how to pronounce piezo. It was totally pointless anyways lol

 

[Batmensch]

Mogue ...