Moog

[famous beagle]

I'm posting this here because I figured most keyboard players will know this already, and I most often hear guitarists make this mistake.

For those of you that know this, please disregard. But I'm sooo tired of hearing this mistake that I had to get this out.

(breath in)

The word/name "Moog" is not, not, NOT pronounced like the way a cow says "moo."

It's a long "o," so that the word rhymes with "rogue."

If this is new to you, please spread the word to anyone who doesn't know so we stop hearing this man's name blasphemed continually!

<sigh> That is all. thank you.

[Yonce N Mild]

Comin' to work. Joe Deertay.
Don't try and church it up son. Don't you mean Joe Dirt?

[Sailjunkie]

I still own and use my Memorymoog (and Moogerfooger Murf 105)...BUT I still like to say "MOOOOOOOOG" like a cow vs. Moog like rogue. I just like the way it rolls off of my tongue...sorry.

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by Sailjunkie

I still own and use my Memorymoog (and Moogerfooger Murf 105)...BUT I still like to say "MOOOOOOOOG" like a cow vs. Moog like rogue. I just like the way it rolls off of my tongue...sorry.

<sigh> STOP IT!

[Tadpui]

I pronounced it like "moo" for the longest time. It wasn't until Robert Moog died and I heard a story about him on NPR that I found out the proper way to pronounce it. But you have to admit, it sure LOOKS like it should be pronounced Mooo-g. Damn surnames and their rule-bending pronunciations!

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by Tadpui

I pronounced it like "moo" for the longest time. It wasn't until Robert Moog died and I heard a story about him on NPR that I found out the proper way to pronounce it. But you have to admit, it sure LOOKS like it should be pronounced Mooo-g. Damn surnames and their rule-bending pronunciations!

Yeah I suppose it could, but if you've had any German, it would sound incredibly wrong to pronounce it that way.

[WhiteStrat]

Does anyone know how he wanted the product name to be pronounced? He may have wanted it to be moooog. Case in point: the Porsche family name is pronounced "por-shuh"; the car is pronounced "porsh". The family wanted it that way, knowing it would be easier for folks to pronounce.

[DrewPeterson7]

Originally Posted by Sailjunkie

I still own and use my Memorymoog (and Moogerfooger Murf 105)...BUT I still like to say "MOOOOOOOOG" like a cow vs. Moog like rogue. I just like the way it rolls off of my tongue...sorry.

Wait, so is it "M-OH-ger f-OHger"?

[Tadpui]

Originally Posted by DrewPeterson7

Wait, so is it "M-OH-ger f-OHger"?

I've always wondered that myself. Well, at least I've wondered since I found out how his name was pronounced.

Moo-ger foo-ger
M-oh-ger foo-ger
M-oh-ger f-oh-ger
Moo-ger f-oh-ger

Which is it?

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by DrewPeterson7

Wait, so is it "M-OH-ger f-OHger"?

Yes, this is correct.

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by WhiteStrat

Does anyone know how he wanted the product name to be pronounced? He may have wanted it to be moooog. Case in point: the Porsche family name is pronounced "por-shuh"; the car is pronounced "porsh". The family wanted it that way, knowing it would be easier for folks to pronounce.

Apparently some of his family preferred/prefer the Americanized pronunciation, but Bob himself prefers the proper German way.

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by WhiteStrat

Does anyone know how he wanted the product name to be pronounced? He may have wanted it to be moooog. Case in point: the Porsche family name is pronounced "por-shuh"; the car is pronounced "porsh". The family wanted it that way, knowing it would be easier for folks to pronounce.

I thought the car was pronounced "por-shuh" too.

I could have sworn I've heard that in a commercial at some point.

[starbuck26]

you say tomato i say who gives a shit

[solo2racr]

Tell ya what.......I'll stop by the Moog factory and ask. It's less than 1/2 hour away.

[dementedchord]

i talked with him several times at namm shows... i knew the correct way and used it... but he didn't flinch when someone approached him as moooooooog...

[Mr. C]

Originally Posted by famous beagle

Apparently some of his family preferred/prefer the Americanized pronunciation, but Bob himself prefers the proper German way.

Well since the family prefers the Americanized version and Bob is dead, why don't we just go with what we all know and love...Mooooog.

[ggunn]

Originally Posted by WhiteStrat

Does anyone know how he wanted the product name to be pronounced? He may have wanted it to be moooog. Case in point: the Porsche family name is pronounced "por-shuh"; the car is pronounced "porsh". The family wanted it that way, knowing it would be easier for folks to pronounce.

So, this blonde is running a "Girl Friday" odd jobs service, and she's going door to door hustling business. She knocks on a door, and the man that answers it thinks a minute and says, "Well, I need someone to paint my porch. I've got the paint and everything. It's around back." So the blonde goes off and comes back in about an hour and says she's done. "Wow, that was fast," the guy says. "Did you put on two coats?" "I sure did," she replies, " but it's not a porch, it's a Mercedes".

<rim shot>

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by starbuck26

you say tomato i say who gives a shit

Okey dokey Starbuke!

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by Mr. C

Well since the family prefers the Americanized version and Bob is dead, why don't we just go with what we all know and love...Mooooog.

We don't all love it. I hate the cow pronunciation!

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by dementedchord

i talked with him several times at namm shows... i knew the correct way and used it... but he didn't flinch when someone approached him as moooooooog...

I'm sure he was quite used to it.

[c7sus]

Originally Posted by famous beagle

I'm posting this here because I figured most keyboard players will know this already, and I most often hear guitarists make this mistake.

For those of you that know this, please disregard. But I'm sooo tired of hearing this mistake that I had to get this out.

(breath in)

The word/name "Moog" is not, not, NOT pronounced like the way a cow says "moo."

It's a long "o," so that the word rhymes with "rogue."

If this is new to you, please spread the word to anyone who doesn't know so we stop hearing this man's name blasphemed continually!

<sigh> That is all. thank you.

That's it???

No "I just scored a Moog Guitar" or "check out my solo through the OS filter" thread???

No "I just ordered a Taurus III" thread???

Pronunciation???

Really???

[starbuck26]

Originally Posted by famous beagle

Okey dokey Starbuke!

you got it, famous bagel.

[rayc]

Moog as in vogue
Well, Anglicization of European names is a very common thing that has existed for better or worse for years. One of the greatest pretensions of late is the pronunciation of places in the original lingua veritas: Mehicko, Barthelona etc. If we really go down your the road your gilded path presages Mr Beagle, we'll have to refer to Nippon, Deutschland and so on.
Take care with that for which you express a desire (sort of)!
Now if everyone would just call Australia o/strail/yah instead of Or/stray/l/yah I'd know which way was up.
Oh, on topic - I saw the doco - interesting, very interesting - but if he really cared he'd have issued pronunciation instructions on the label of each machine and with every distributor.
"Thinking original envelop filtering, modulation and synthesis with or without a keyboard in modular and mini formats: think MOOG (as in Vogue you dolt!)."

[famous beagle]

Originally Posted by rayc

One of the greatest pretensions of late is the pronunciation of places in the original lingua veritas.

Well, this is your opinion, and you're entitled to it.

Originally Posted by rayc

If we really go down your the road your gilded path presages Mr Beagle, we'll have to refer to Nippon, Deutschland and so on.

Those aren't good examples. We're not mispronouncing Deutschland as "Doot-shland" or something like that. "Germany" is an entirely different word than "Deutschland," just as "Österreich" is a different word than "Austria." Mexico is a far better example, because it's pretty much a direct parallel. We don't change the spelling at all; we just change the pronunciation.

It still seems different to me, though, for some reason. Call me pedantic if you want, but it just bugs me. It's someone's name. And it is very common for everyone to try to learn the proper pronunciation of a name. Think about how many times you've heard a few sentences in a foreign language, like Japanese or something, and then all of the sudden you hear "Michael Jackson" (or whomever) pronounced pretty well, considering the speaker's original language. I think of it like that.

You don't hear people saying "Beethoven" rhyming with "teeth-oven" --- or "Mozart" rhyming with "doze-art." So why is this so different?

[Sailjunkie]

from now on, I will refer to my Memorymoog as a Memorymogue (spelled phonetically)