RE: (idm) Re: autechre pronunciation

From Konstantin Minko
Sent Mon, Jul 19th 1999, 12:41


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> Behalf Of Julien Quint
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> Subject: (idm) Re: autechre pronunciation
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> Aetehraplst" <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> said:
> > as both of them say in an interview (the one that's messed up by ae),
> > it's aw-teck-er.  it seems like the only people who have a problem wif
> > it are somewhat french, or have knowledge of french pronunciation.
>
> > meaning no disrepect to any french on the list, obviously.  their
> > pronunciation is just different than other pronunciations.  they look
> > at it and see "ou-tesh-rah".. sometimes...  since you said toronto,
> > and canada is bilingual, that makes sense.
>
> Well, I'm French :) Until I hear an English guy pronounce the name (the
> "official" "aw-teck-er"), I used to say "aw-teck-ruh" (well, the
> "-uh" at the
> end is rather silent though). I know a guy who says "aw-ter-sh"
> but he's a
> loser anyway.
>
> Julien
>

The first time I heard about them from a friend of mine they were called as
Au-te-h-reh.