Is moogerfooger pronounced mouger fouger?

junebughunter · Post by **junebughunter** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:07 pm

I often wonder since MOOG is prounced Moooozzzhh or Mouge does that mean moogerfooger is pronounced moozsher foozsher or is it in fact moo-(as in cow)-grr-(as in lion)-foo-(as in gangsta)-er(as in idiot answer)

Anybody know for sure, cause I would feel like an idiot saying moozhserfoozsher

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:30 pm

Haha!

I don't think anyone knows the answer to this one!

theglyph · Post by **theglyph** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:46 pm

Dr. Moog talks about how his name is pronounced on the Moog DVD (extras)! I would assume Foog would follow the similar pronunciation!

BTW if you can't get the Moog DVD he explains that the pronunciation is used in different ways in his family (e.g. Muug or Moog).

mee3d · Post by **mee3d** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:09 pm

mowger fowger!

MC · Post by MC » Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:08 pm

No no no, it's spelled moogerfooger, but it's pronouced throat warbler mangrove.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:22 pm

Ask a 100 people how they would pronounce it, and see which is most common.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:42 pm

A bit off topic, but how do the Japanese pronounce Roland? I heard they don't have an L sound!

theglyph · Post by **theglyph** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:54 pm

I hear they are building a roandfoand. insert the L if you like.

In the movie he pronounces his name mowg!

mee3d · Post by **mee3d** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:01 pm

MC

Sorry, but I have Bob, on camera, pronouncing it MOWGER FOWGER (thats ger, as in grrr).

Mal

Sweep · Post by **Sweep** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:04 pm

Boeing 737-400 wrote:A bit off topic, but how do the Japanese pronounce Roland? I heard they don't have an L sound!

Yes, they do. They just don't put it where you'd expect. Ask Jelly Harriwell. She was Jelly all the time she was in Japan.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:36 pm

I'm confused even further now!

Sweep · Post by **Sweep** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:42 pm

Dave Bristow would be the person to ask about Japanese pronunciation. Did anyone ever hear him demonstrate the speech synthesis function on the Yamaha CX5M - which only worked if you input everything in a parody of a Japanese person speaking English. If you tried to get it to say `hello' it didn't know what you were on about, but if you typed `haro' it would greet you in a heavy Japanese accent.

I can't remember where the synth put `l' sounds, only that it couldn't recognise them in `hello.'

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:53 pm

The only thing funnier than Japanese people trying to say Ls and Rs is English speakers trying to pronounce Japanese correctly!

Actually, Japanese doesn't have L or R, it has its own sound that is inbetween, though it's usually transliterated as "R" (as in Harajuku). A name like "Roland" is a bit of a mystery actually...

sundaeclubber · Post by **sundaeclubber** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:17 am

The name was only changed to Roland because Europeans didn't know whether the name of the previous company was Ace-Tone or Acetone (as in dimethyl ketone...)

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:29 am

sundaeclubber wrote:The name was only changed to Roland because Europeans didn't know whether the name of the previous company was Ace-Tone or Acetone (as in dimethyl ketone...)

Are you serious?!! I had no idea that Roland was once Acetone. I had an Acetone bass amp for a long time:

It wasn't the greatest amp but it got me through a lot of gigs! My favorite part was the "Tone Selector"...

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Is moogerfooger pronounced mouger fouger?

Is moogerfooger pronounced mouger fouger?

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