How do you pronounce.........

[Dan Gould]

5 hours ago, GA Russell said:

Plas, as in Plas Johnson?

Same as "sand".  I have some concert recordings with Plas with intro tracks and that's how they said it.

[sonnymax]

3 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Same as "sand".  I have some concert recordings with Plas with intro tracks and that's how they said it.

Another possibility is "plahss" how to pronounce "Plas"

[JSngry]

9 minutes ago, sonnymax said:

Another possibility is "plahss" how to pronounce "Plas"

And also, keep in mind that:

P is for pure, the spiritual side of you.

L is for lively, your life is full of energy!

A is for accord, the harmony you spread.

S is for sensational, you know how to make a splash!

[Rabshakeh]

Okay. What about Jouk Minor?

Is he a soft giouk or a hard yook?

And is it short for something?

I actually asked a French friend these questions a year ago and he acted like I had gone insane and claimed that there was no such name, which I felt was harsh.

Edited June 10, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[GA Russell]

7 hours ago, sonnymax said:

Another possibility is "plahss" how to pronounce "Plas"

 

11 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Same as "sand".  I have some concert recordings with Plas with intro tracks and that's how they said it.

How about the "s?"

[carville]

On 6/10/2021 at 11:22 AM, Rabshakeh said:

Okay. What about Jouk Minor?

Is he a soft giouk or a hard yook?

And is it short for something?

I actually asked a French friend these questions a year ago and he acted like I had gone insane and claimed that there was no such name, which I felt was harsh.

soft giouk

last name pronounced meenore, emphasis on the nore. 

What an excellent musician he is!

[Rabshakeh]

5 hours ago, carville said:

soft giouk

last name pronounced meenore, emphasis on the nore. 

What an excellent musician he is!

Thanks!

[GA Russell]

How about Albert Ayler?

[Niko]

Just play the first seconds of "My name is Albert Ayler"...

[clifford_thornton]

On 6/10/2021 at 11:22 AM, Rabshakeh said:

 

I actually asked a French friend these questions a year ago and he acted like I had gone insane and claimed that there was no such name, which I felt was harsh.

Haha! He is very much a real person.

[GA Russell]

6 hours ago, Niko said:

Just play the first seconds of "My name is Albert Ayler"...

Thanks Niko!

[GA Russell]

Milestones' post reminds me...

Jan Garbarek

[Joe Bip]

You can hear it here:

https://forvo.com/word/jan_garbarek/#no

[GA Russell]

6 hours ago, Joe Bip said:

You can hear it here:

https://forvo.com/word/jan_garbarek/#no

Joe, thanks for that!

I don't see how I can get it to work without downloading something or signing up with my email address.  Is there a button to click somewhere?

[Joe Bip]

I've used this site for years and, for me, there's always a button with the triangle "play" icon. 

The recording is someone saying Yan GAR-bar-ek

That means I had it almost exactly right; I would usually tend to say Yan Gar-BAR-ek.

[Niko]

What makes this particular case potentially tricky is that it's a Polish name, Garbarek's father was Polish ... So unless the pronunciations in the two languages coincide, it also depends on Jan's preferences which of the two pronunciations he prefers for his name...

[clifford_thornton]

yeah, I pronounce(d) it the second way.

 

the first, I guess, is more correct according to that site (and sounds pretty good).

I was kind of surprised that, in Danish, Bent Axen is pronounced just like it looks!