Warwick

[-Asdfgh-]

Maybe I am being pedantic, but video makers, please remember the second w is silent!

 

[mmbongo]

Maybe I am being pedantic, but video makers, please remember the second w is silent!

Not according to Warwick, unless the company has been pronouncing its own name wrong for 30 years.

 

[Gorn]

The second W is silent if you're British and your name is Warwick.

 

[Skokiaan]

In German there are no silent letters.

 

[Gorn]

I couldn't find a clip of Hans-Peter Wilfer saying Warwick, but Ove Bosch pronounces the W, and I think they have pretty similar accents.

 

[Goatrope]

Not pedantic at all. Just inaccurate.

 

[MaddAnthony_59]

In German there are no silent letters.

Ja, Like Wenge, pronounced Wengee!

Weir Lieben DuetschLand Mein Brudders!

 

[blixild]

In German, the letter "W" is pronounced like "V" in English.
So the proper German pronunciation would be "Vahr-vick." I'm not sure if the company uses this though.

Disclaimer: I only have a low-intermediate level of German knowledge and could be wrong.

 

[TMARK]

In German, the letter "W" is pronounced like "V" in English.
So the proper German pronunciation would be "Vahr-vick." I'm not sure if the company uses this though.

Disclaimer: I only have a low-intermediate level of German knowledge and could be wrong.

Das Stimmt!

 

[Fishyfishfish]

Ok

 

[jjk2007]

I don't care how you pronounce it.....as long as it keeps bringing the thunder!!

 

[Systolic]

I believe Andy Irvine pronounces that second "w" as well. So....ya....

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Not according to Warwick, unless the company has been pronouncing its own name wrong for 30 years.

I stand corrected. But I will start a brand of basses called Heidelberg which will be officially pronounced 'Simon'.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I believe Andy Irvine pronounces that second "w" as well. So....ya....

I'm in the UK and people refer to the basses here just as they would refer to the place name. No second w pronounced.

Any, it makes it clearer to me why people sometimes refer to them as "''wicks" when phonetically in the UK you'd shorten it to "rick" if you had to.

 

[Systolic]

I'm in the UK and people refer to the basses here just as they would refer to the place name. No second w pronounced.

That's understandable. Seems to be incorrect, but understandable nonetheless.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I stand corrected. But I will start a brand of basses called Heidelberg which will be officially pronounced 'Simon'.

Not really- it's not like the UK pronunciation is right and EVERYONE else is wrong.....

 

[socialleper]

Andy Irvine always pronounces both "W"s and he is their spokesman.

 

[Indiedog]

In German, the letter "W" is pronounced like "V" in English.
So the proper German pronunciation would be "Vahr-vick." I'm not sure if the company uses this though.

Disclaimer: I only have a low-intermediate level of German knowledge and could be wrong.

Yeppers...for instance, the car should be pronounced "Folks-Vagen"

 

[goodformetal]

So then BMW = BM

 

[physics]

Sheesh, I was hoping more for a discussion of the characteristics and tone of Warwick basses rather than a tutorial on the pronunciation of the manufacturer's name.