Wenge doesn't rhyme with Penge

[The Funk]

I've been saying it wrong for years. I even laughed at my dad for pronouncing it "when gay". One of you could have told me earlier!

[ambient]

I always thought it kind of rhymed with dinghy but with an 'e', so it's wengy.

[CamdenRob]

I always thought it was "VenGee"... Then again I'm often wrong and am likely to have based that pronunciation on something I once heard in a pub.

Edited April 22, 2014 by CamdenRob

[Woodinblack]

How is it pronounced then? I said it like whinge with an 'e'

[rk7]

What's the answer? My bass is made of it, but I'd like to say it properly.

And what is the correct spelling of Ziricote/Ziracote etc?

RK

[ikay]

[quote name='rk7' timestamp='1398149545' post='2430838']
What's the answer? My bass is made of it, but I'd like to say it properly.
[/quote]
WIth a hard 'g' apparently - [url="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/wenge"]http://www.collinsdi...y/english/wenge[/url]

[Bolo]

Wen-gay to rhime with sensei.

[Roland Rock]

Yes, "wen-gay" or "that bastard splinter wood" as I sometimes call it.

[Bilbo]

I have got to 50 without ever saying the offending word out loud so I guess I'll cope. I also made sure my bass was made of Mahogany, American Walnut and Ebony before I bought it, just to avoid this particular issue.

[woodyratm]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1398163835' post='2431000']
I have got to 50 without ever saying the offending word out loud so I guess I'll cope. I also made sure my bass was made of Mahogany, American Walnut and Ebony before I bought it, just to avoid this particular issue.
[/quote]

Won't lie - this was part of the reason I went Ash and Maple! I can actually pronounce them!

Unless someone will now say its Ahh (with a silent S) and Map-lay instead!

[Happy Jack]

Arsene knows ...

[chrismuzz]

I pronounce it "Wenj". I quite like how stupid that sounds

[flyfisher]

It's just a matter of em-fasiss.

I once knew someone who called Kawasaki motobikes 'kawass-acki' (if that meakes sense - difficult to write it down!)

Edited April 22, 2014 by flyfisher

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1398171640' post='2431129']

I once knew someone who called Kawasaki motobikes 'kawass-acki' (if that meakes sense - difficult to write it down!)
[/quote]

Everyone knows that's pronounced "Kwacker".

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1398171640' post='2431129']
It's just a matter of em-fasiss.

I once knew someone who called Kawasaki motobikes 'kawass-acki' (if that meakes sense - difficult to write it down!)
[/quote]

You mean like 'KawASSaki' as opposed to 'KawasAKi'?

[Grassie]

Anyone know how to pronounce "Lykke Li"? Any help would be much appreciated.

Fanx.

[ahpook]

Most people outside the SE of England would have trouble pronouncing 'Penge'.

[Zenitram]

I thought it was a skin disease until I moved here. Now I realise it's more a state of mind.

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1398183594' post='2431321']
Most people outside the SE of England would have trouble pronouncing 'Penge'.


[/quote]

I had no idea what Penge was, and I've lived in both Tooting and Blackheath :-D

[ahpook]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1398183975' post='2431325']
I had no idea what Penge was, and I've lived in both Tooting and Blackheath :-D
[/quote]

I have no idea where Penge, seen it on signs, but couldn't point to it on a map !

Edited April 22, 2014 by ahpook

[Woodinblack]

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1398183594' post='2431321']
Most people outside the SE of England would have trouble pronouncing 'Penge'.


[/quote]

Agreed - in my head that sounded like 'Wenj doesn't rhyme with Penj'.

[BassTractor]

[quote name='Grassie' timestamp='1398182310' post='2431303']
Anyone know how to pronounce "Lykke Li"? Any help would be much appreciated.
[/quote]

Impossible to write in English, but the most difficult letter here is the "y" in Lykke. I'd say it comes rather close to the "ü" in Blücher (german family name)
So, something like Lükah Lee without any form of stress on the "ah" bit. In phonetic, I think the "ah" bit is the roundish capital E that is turned 180 degrees.

That said, one would have to have reasonably good knowledge about the phonetic system to come much closer, and also it depends much on whether you say it in her native South-Swedish tongue or in Stockholmese.

Edited April 22, 2014 by BassTractor

[flyfisher]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1398179780' post='2431254']
You mean like 'KawASSaki' as opposed to 'KawasAKi'?
[/quote]

Probably (tricky stuff, writing about pronunciation!), though now you've reminded me that I usually pronounce it 'kawa sarky' . . . . so that's a third option. Arrgh!!

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1398187539' post='2431402']


Probably (tricky stuff, writing about pronunciation!), though now you've reminded me that I usually pronounce it 'kawa sarky' . . . . so that's a third option. Arrgh!!
[/quote]

Now I'm invisiging a TV series about a stealthy assassin with trademark cutting put-downs - KawaSarky Ninja

[Mykesbass]

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1398183768' post='2431323']
I thought it was a skin disease until I moved here. Now I realise it's more a state of mind.
[/quote]

Good job they named the market street after a much easier to pronounce tree/timber!