How to pronounce "u-he"

[Esgalachoir]

BTW how to pronounce : bmrzycki ?

Always wondered this myself.

[Shabdahbriah]

Well, back then I thought it wouldn't be a much worse name than E-mu Systems

Nevertheless, as long as I'm technically a simple one-person-business-with-employees I think I need to stick to my name. Should we however upgrade to a Ltd./GmbH, then I might feel inclined to pop a more catchy name over it.

Urs

Something like (gee I dunno) "U-he Ltd." perhaps?

Good plan! Continuity is way more important than "catchy", since you HAVE an established and credible reputation - IMHO.

[2c]

[paterpeter]

Something like (gee I dunno) "U-he Ltd." perhaps?

You're thinking to small.

HECKMANN BERLIN AG

(incl. the capital letters)

[a-type]

I've never really thought about the company name that much before because of the company's firmly established reputation, but now that I do think about it, u-he is actually a pretty cool name.

[palebluedun]

It looks like "you-hee" to me.

Unless you're from Texas, then it's "yEE-Haw"

"bmrzychi" isn't they way the kids on the short bus say, "Bohemian Rhapsody".


Well, just thinking out loud!

[bmrzycki]

BTW how to pronounce : bmrzycki ?

Always wondered this myself.

Oh that's easy, it rhymes with SZCZEPAŃSKI.

"bmrzychi" isn't they way the kids on the short bus say, "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Growing up I heard all kinds of butchered pronunciations for my name:
ritz-ski
ri-zick-ky
rhy-sick
roosky
r---, r-----, ry----, "How do you pronounce your name?"
and even suzuki (although this I think was being more than flippant)

I will say it helps me quickly determine when a telemarketer is calling me.

(For the record, it's pronounced "risky" in the USA and "zishski" in Poland. The B and M are my first and second initials. I should probably ask Ben to change my alias to bmr or brianr)

[thecontrolcentre]

TBH, u-he isn't really a killer company-name IMO*. It obviously lacks creativity -

I think it's a great company name. Concise and easy to remember ... perfect.

[Krakatau]

TBH, u-he isn't really a killer company-name IMO*. It obviously lacks creativity -

I think it's a great company name. Concise and easy to remember ... perfect.

let say ZEBRA insn't a killer-synth name, but this humble vegetarian seems to be an hyperpredator ...and the WORKHORSE for many !

[Sendy]

How about "WHAT THE HECKMANN"?

Standard response to fiddling with Zebra for 5 minutes.

I must be in the minority in that I found U-he both catchy and memorable, and it has a bit of a built-in pavlovian response these days after so many quality products.

[mcnoone]

U-he.
A unique name for a unique company.

[musikmachine]

TBH, u-he isn't really a killer company-name IMO*. It obviously lacks creativity -

I think it's a great company name. Concise and easy to remember ... perfect.

Nah, it's too close to Huh? Huhe? Hooha!

[a-type]

U-he.
A unique name for a unique company.

Agreed.

I guess the name's only downfall from a branding point of view is the ambiguity about pronunciation. But as has been said here, that doesn't matter anymore because everybody knows u-he (uh huh, you hee, you her, you aich ee, whatever) by its reputation.

Hey.. I still say that if a company with a clumsy name like "Twitter" can get this big, then u-he has nothing to worry about.

[Howard]

OTOH: what if the Google people had decided to call their company oh, I don't know, Bmrzycki instead?

[mcnoone]

I like ZEEOW.
That's a cool one.
Great blog too, hope for some updates on that...oct 2010?

[Howard]