How do you pronounce ...

[Andy in Sig]

Inspired by Arbitrary's mention of the well known stroppy little git on the shoelaces thread, I remembered that someone once picked me up for pronouncing Jamiroqaui as Jammy Rockwhy, inisisting that the stress be on the fourth letter.

How would you pronounce it? A mate of mine suggested that most of the letters are silent and it is in fact pronounced tw*t.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I think your mate has it entirely correct.

 

[zimzum42]

jer mirror kwai

 

[zimzum42]

The music is ok, it's the knobber who makes it that's the problem....

 

[alecstilleyedye]

The music is ok, it's the knobber who makes it that's the problem....

i like the music, but yes, i wouldn't want to spend any time with him. that said, i'd rather he was the fastest "star in a reasonably priced car" than simon cowell.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I pronounce it "Lightweight Pretend Funkster". Paradoxically, I have no particular problem with him, but I can't stand his godawful music.

 

[Arch]

I'd say "Jam mirror kwai" myself, but I wouldn't do it very often...

 

[zimzum42]

It's lucky the one song they wrote sounds ok, cos they all sound the same....

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I have to say though, always loved the Virtual Insanity video.. made me chuckle at his madness and dancing stylee.

And someone has taken it a stage further

He does across as being a bit of a c*ck though, bless him and all his fast cars.

 

[Shaun]

Jam ear rock why

Hearing / seeing it wrong reminds me of this advert from many moons ago!

 

[HLaB]

I think I pronounce the "O" more:

jam mirrow quai

 

[asterix]

Inspired by Arbitrary's mention of the well known stroppy little git on the shoelaces thread, I remembered that someone once picked me up for pronouncing Jamiroqaui as Jammy Rockwhy, inisisting that the stress be on the fourth letter.

How would you pronounce it? A mate of mine suggested that most of the letters are silent and it is in fact pronounced tw*t.

Confusingly the poster is in fact ABITRARY. What IS an Abitrary?

Is it my imagination, or have shoelaces become much stronger in recent years?

I'm sure that up till the age of about 23 I was breaking about a set a week, but these days an average set outlives a pair of shoes and can easily go on to do a couple of conker seasons.

Why can't breadboxes be as resilient? I've never had a breadbox whose door didn't jam within 1 second of use.

Maybe a cultural exchange between the shoelace and breadbox industry is in order.

(.. BTW it's shoes that have become weaker and no longer last as long as the shoelaces)

 

[dantheman]

i pronounce it Jamiroqaui


















so surely, i must be right...

 

[Andy in Sig]

But you could be giving the Chinese pronunciation value to "q" so how do we know?

 

[Chromatic]

I'm with Andy in Sig's mate and Sh4rkybloke, I pronounce it tw*t too.