u-he

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:51 am

bmrzycki wrote: Growing up I heard all kinds of butchered pronunciations for my name:
ritz-ski
ri-zick-ky
rhy-sick
roosky

rhysick

..roosky

I should probably ask Ben to change my alias to bmr or brianr

Now that we know how to pronounce your name?

fozziemusic · Post by **fozziemusic** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:50 pm

U-He Lewis and the News, that's the way it is

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:10 pm

fozziemusic wrote:U-He Lewis and the News, that's the way it is

Nabokov · Post by **Nabokov** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:22 pm

a-type wrote:But then again, seeing as U HE is just a shortened form of "Urs Heckmann", shouldn't it be "oo hair"?

The Ruskin Pronunciation

Esgalachoir · Post by **Esgalachoir** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:39 pm

bmrzycki wrote:
Esgalachoir wrote:
Krakatau wrote:BTW how to pronounce : bmrzycki ?

Always wondered this myself.
Oh that's easy, it rhymes with SZCZEPAŃSKI.

I take it readily that nobody in your immediate family is afflicted by speech impediments...I mean, just looking at that and getting your mouth to form the sound "Zishski" is an accomplishment.

I'm surprised that nobody has said any cheeky things like: "Oh, you pronounce U-he with your mouth" or "You can pronounce it with almost any part of your body" or "You have to use Zebra to pronounce it."

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:45 pm

paterpeter wrote:
Shabdahbriah wrote: Something like (gee I dunno) "U-he Ltd." perhaps?
You're thinking to small.

HECKMANN BERLIN AG

(incl. the capital letters)

"HECKMANN HEADQUARTERS"

GruvSyco · Post by **GruvSyco** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:37 pm

I'm not looking forward to any future change of company name. I'm pretty sure if you run the calcs, any added letters on the front of the synth will adversely affect the sound of the filters. Oh well, here's hoping my vintage U-he products will go up in value whenever that change may or may not happen.

aaron aardvark · Post by **aaron aardvark** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:21 pm

"With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good." (Maybe this is only in the USA):

I always get a kick listening to Urs talk (this is a compliment). Now we can start a discussion on how to pronounce Zebra. Here in the USA, virtually everyone says Zeeee-brah. But on that video I heard Zeh-brah by Urs once, and the announcer said it that way. Not sure how often the Brits say Zeh-brah. Can't we all just speak American?

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:43 pm

aaron aardvark wrote: Not sure how often the Brits say Zeh-brah. Can't we all just speak American?

No.

I seriously hope your kidding.
If not, it sounds very ignorant to say that in your post.

Gonga · Post by **Gonga** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:30 pm

Note the winking smiley in his post?

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:51 pm

I'm pretty sure most English people Zeh-bruh. We say 'Z' as Zed whilst in Americanese, it's Zee, which in my opinion is actually better because it finishes the rhyming sceme of the alphabet song. Consider:

Ay bee see dee ee eff gee, haitch eye jay kay ellemeno pee,
Queue our ess tee you and vee, doubleyou ecks why and ZED

aaron aardvark · Post by **aaron aardvark** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:15 am

mcnoone,
Yes, I was just joking & being a silly Yankee.

auxend · Post by **auxend** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:06 am

A sales tech at the Guitar Center counter in SF just said "U.E."

Gonga · Post by **Gonga** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:53 am

Sendy wrote:I'm pretty sure most English people Zeh-bruh. We say 'Z' as Zed whilst in Americanese, it's Zee, which in my opinion is actually better because it finishes the rhyming sceme of the alphabet song. Consider:

Ay bee see dee ee eff gee, haitch eye jay kay ellemeno pee,
Queue our ess tee you and vee, doubleyou ecks why and ZED

Must have been an American wrote the "Alphabet Song" then.

You could just pronounce g "ged," p "ped" and v "ved"

Gonga · Post by **Gonga** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:55 am

aaron aardvark wrote:mcnoone,
Yes, I was just joking & being a silly Yankee.

Another damn Yankee, eh?

That makes...quite a few of us then!

u-he

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How to pronounce "u-he"