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

[Late]

Ward Herr Mang

[maren]

Dawl-fee

That depends on what part of the world you are from. I'd say Dahl-fee.

Eric D's cousin, with the same last name, says "Dawl-fee."

[maren]

Just thought I'd throw this out: Paul Motion... in an interview I read years ago, he said it's not "mo-shun", but "mo-TEE-un".

Think I read his say somewhere that it's a Turkish name, thus the "unexpected" pronunciation.

Maybe I should post this on the "Definately" thread, but I believe it is spelled:

MOTIAN

[maren]

?? GRACHAN MONCUR III ?

GRAY-SHUN MON-COOR

THE THIRD

I always said "Eye-Eye-Eye".

[RDK]

Just thought I'd throw this out: Paul Motion... in an interview I read years ago, he said it's not "mo-shun", but "mo-TEE-un".

Think I read his say somewhere that it's a Turkish name, thus the "unexpected" pronunciation.

Maybe I should post this on the "Definately" thread, but I believe it is spelled:

MOTIAN

I've always pronounced it "Mo-tee-un" as well, but I swear I've got a live recording somewhere where Charlie Haden (who knows him well) introduces him as "Mo-shun."

[RDK]

Does anyone know if Kenny uses a hard or soft "G?"

[couw]

gee, that's a hard one....

[Late]

Kenny Zhee!

[maren]

Just thought I'd throw this out: Paul Motion... in an interview I read years ago, he said it's not "mo-shun", but "mo-TEE-un".

Think I read his say somewhere that it's a Turkish name, thus the "unexpected" pronunciation.

Maybe I should post this on the "Definately" thread, but I believe it is spelled:

MOTIAN

I've always pronounced it "Mo-tee-un" as well, but I swear I've got a live recording somewhere where Charlie Haden (who knows him well) introduces him as "Mo-shun."

Well, looks like we all stand corrected -- because apparently Paul went with the flow and stopped "correcting" people in about first grade! -- according to this Fireside Chat with Paul Motian:

FRED JUNG: Let's lay the confusion to rest. How is your name pronounced? "Motion" or "Motian?"

PAUL MOTIAN: "Motion." I have been doing that for the last thirty years, but before that, I used to pronounce it "Motian" and people used to say "Motan" or "Moden." But when I was a kid, even as far back as kindergarten, people would say, "Paul Motion," so I said, "OK, from now on, if anybody asks me, I am going to say 'Paul Motion' and I am going to spell it the same way." So that is where it stands. Someone once said to me, "It doesn't make any difference, as long as they know who you're talking about." Even with people like Billie Holiday, names being misspelled all over the place. So anyway, that is that story.

[Ed S]

Throatwarbler mangrove

[Shawn]

This is a quote from Jim that I'll never forget....

"Say it once, say it twice...boring jazz piano with Amos Trice"

[ghost of miles]

How do you pronounce...

Baroness Nica de Koenigsworter's last name?

[Claude]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nica_de_Koenigswarter

I think that would also vary a lot on the country. Her husband was french, but the name looks to be of dutch origin. The dutch pronounce the "oe" in Koenigswarter as "oo", but the french and most other people would say "Ø" or just "o".

http://french.about.com/library/pronunciat...-ipa-vowels.htm

Edited August 22, 2005 by Claude

[ghost of miles]

How do you pronounce...

Eddy Duchin's last name?

[paul secor]

I've always heard it pronounced Doo-Chin.

[Chuck Nessa]

I've always heard it pronounced Doo-Chin.

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Paul is correct.

[JSngry]

Except that the hyphenation suggests an item off of a Chinese take-out menu...

[Chuck Nessa]

Except that the hyphenation suggests an item off of a Chinese take-out menu...

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I think you are thinking of Dew-Chin which is a rare beverage. It takes all morning for the drink to drop.

[ghost of miles]

Marty Paich? Is it "PASH"?

[JSngry]

FWIW, "PATEch" is how I've almost always heard it. Occasionally hear "PAYch".

[couw]

FWIW, "PATEch" is how I've almost always heard it. Occasionally hear "PAYch".

sorry, but what's the difference between those?

I'd say it sounds like Paycheck without -eck.

[JSngry]

The difference is the presence or absence of the "t" sound.

[couw]

The difference is the presence or absence of the "t" sound.

h-okay, so your PATEch would be my Paycheck without -eck; or page with a T slipped in.

..ptch, pop-a-top again

[Chuck Nessa]

I'm getting dizzy.

[Nate Dorward]

The difference is the presence or absence of the "t" sound.

No: the "ch" sound already has a "t" sound in it--this is made clearer if you look at the IPO rendition of the sound, which is a combination of the symbols for the "t" and "sh" sounds.