Pronouciations :P

Neorave · Post by **Neorave** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:52 am

As if my life wouldn't get any more boring (oh well, at least I got most of my Internet bandwidth limit back).

Simple question: How do you pronounce "Stratovarius"?

I know this sounds like a stupid question, but some of my friends kind of want to know because I've been arguing with them.

tanis573 · Post by **tanis573** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:31 am

Personally, I pronounce it "Strat-toe-various."

"various" as in the word "various."

But on Visions of Europe, the crowd pronounces "Strat-toe-VAR-ius."

HvyMtlClickWitch · Post by **HvyMtlClickWitch** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:47 am

Neorave wrote: I know this sounds like a stupid question, but some of my friends kind of want to know because I've been arguing with them.

Exactly what is the nature of the argument?

As they say the name is a combination of "Stratocaster" and "Stradivarius", i always pronounced it accordingly. I seem to naturally put a slight accent on the first syllable of "varius". I imagine this is how most north americans pronounce it.

It would be cool if we could get a few people from each region of the world to give their own renditions.

Personally, i'm still struggling with "Jens Johansson".

Beast_Pete · Post by **Beast_Pete** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:34 am

The pronounciation: Stratovarius [str^tov^rius]
But if I'm speaking in Hungarian: Sztratováriusz [stratov^rius]
The articulation: Stra-to-varius

iron_thunder · Post by **iron_thunder** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:46 pm

Well, it depends where you're from. I mean, if you're Finnish for instance, you'd place the emphasis upon the first syllable, so you'd have

STRRRRAT -o - VA - rius

Hmm... I guess everyone says it differently!

Neorave · Post by **Neorave** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:03 pm

HvyMtlClickWitch wrote: Exactly what is the nature of the argument?

That I say it one way (Strato-VAR-ius), and my friends say it's the other (Strato-various), and they think they're always right.

Ah, who am I kidding, we're American, and we're as dumb as we can be!!!

MAJINDIEGO · Post by **MAJINDIEGO** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:14 pm

if you want to speak in portuguese:
strA tO va ri Us

But i guess the correct English one is this:
stra tô va ri ôus
(i´m not sure if the "^" will give the same impression as it is given here!

)

shaz · Post by **shaz** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:44 pm

I use the Finnish way which iron_thunder pretty well described a few posts back. The emphasis is on the first and third syllables:

STRAT-o-VAAR-ius :headbang: *Moshing is 100% voluntary, although people are encouraged to at least try.*

ps. The letter "R" in finnish is not (at least not usually) pronounced like in the U.S, for instance,
It's very different, but unfortunately I don't have the correct words to explain it properly, sorry for that.

Lugarid · Post by **Lugarid** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:44 pm

i heard Koti pronouncing it smthing like Stratowarius once

iron_thunder · Post by **iron_thunder** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:47 am

Yea, the Finnish R is like... RRR.... sort of a rolling, really harsh sounding.

And yea, there is a difference pronnoucning V and W...

Electric Eye · Post by **Electric Eye** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:51 pm

Neorave wrote:Simple question: How do you pronounce "Stratovarius"? I know this sounds like a stupid question, but some of my friends kind of want to know because I've been arguing with them.

no comments

Beast_Pete · Post by **Beast_Pete** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:57 pm

http://ek.samurai.hu/Flatley/stratovari ... ation).mp3

Listen to it.
At first I try to pronounce it in an English way, but with a Hungarian accent. Then I say it in Hungarian, as if it was written: sztratovariusz. We pronounce s like shit, and we pronounce sz like stratovarius.

Hym · Post by **Hym** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:47 pm

[quote="HvyMtlClickWitch"]
Personally, i'm still struggling with "Jens Johansson". :D[/quote]

And now I realize how difficult it is to explain... Jens Johansson, I would say the first J like Yeah, so it would be Yens. Last name is much more difficult to explain, but same kind oh J/Y to the start... Thats all I can say...

[quote]But on Visions of Europe, the crowd pronounces "Strat-toe-VAR-ius."[/quote]

I think that this is the way you should say it (IMO). Actually on Visions of Europe you can hear all the names pronounced (almost) as they would be in Finland.

Edit: Damn.. It seems like I dont know how to use this quote things...

Lucid Faia · Post by **Lucid Faia** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:09 pm

The correct pronunciation is Strato-VAAR-ius

But I pronounce it Strato-various because I don't care.

Twilightsymphony · Post by **Twilightsymphony** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:18 pm

Lucid Faia wrote: I don't care.

!

Veripalttu · Post by **Veripalttu** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:37 pm

The crude finnish way.

Beast_Pete · Post by **Beast_Pete** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:12 pm

BTW, I suggest you to listen to the Visions of Europe CD.

k-a- · Post by **k-a-** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:23 am

Strato - oh - vare - ious

cliff · Post by **cliff** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:33 am

I pronounce it "Kab-ba-la"

*kidding*
well it depends on my mood. I can prononce like french (stra'-to'-va'rius), like pp from my town (stra-to-vaa-riuseu), like finnish (strrra-to-va-rrriouz), like german (chtra-to-va-rriouch) and when I'm drunk a mix of all of those.

MaFiaBoY · Post by **MaFiaBoY** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:42 pm

You could also listen to the HH&L live that is on Intermission.

For me, I mainly pronouce it the french way, like cliff verry accurately describes it

tanis573 · Post by **tanis573** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:55 pm

MaFiaBoY wrote:You could also listen to the HH&L live that is on Intermission.

For me, I mainly pronouce it the french way, like cliff verry accurately describes it

Whoa, I thought the voice at the beginning of HH&L on Intermission said "strong warriors."

I just realized it said "Strat-o-war-ius."

Do the Finnish pronounce Vs with a W?

DougieHammett · Post by **DougieHammett** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:08 pm

the hungarian dude has a strong accent.

Beast_Pete · Post by **Beast_Pete** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:39 pm

DougieHammett wrote:the hungarian dude has a strong accent.

DougieHammett · Post by **DougieHammett** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:46 pm

Ok guys, first one is how i say it, second is how i have heard people on here explaining it through phonetics. And thirdly is hungarian pronunciation HAHA.

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