A vile, silly question

[garyblanchard]

Let me preface this by saying that I am not much for TV or radio, so most of my information comes from reading.

I often see the name Chris Thile and I know he is a great player. What I don't know is if his name is pronounced to rhyme with "vile" or "silly"? (This is not to suggest that either word applies to the gentleman. These were possible rhymes that made for a catchy topic title. I don't want a bunch of Nickel Creek fans mad at me. It's bad enough that I play a cheap mandolin. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif )

I would like to discuss his music with some friends of mine, but I want to be sure to pronounce the name right. One thing I do know is that names sometimes defy normal rules of pronounciation.

Thanks folks.

[garyblanchard]

Thanks to mandoluthier1 for sending me a private message telling me that both guesses were wrong. I'm glad I asked before speaking. As the saying goes:

"It is better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it."

Of course, now everyone here knows what a fool I am. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Keith Newell]

Just so Im not considered a dorf in the music circles..does it ryhme with "feely"?
Keith

[Christine W]

It's Theelee, yes rymes with feely and no, no one is silly or dorky.

[mando bandage]

"It is better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it."


But to quote another proverb, "He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes, but he who has a question and does not ask is a fool forever."

R

[elenbrandt]

Chris himself has said that it is Thile..."rhymes with Wheeley"

[MikeB]

Well, fine, we've established the "eely" part, but I thought it was pronounced Tee-ly, not Thee, ly....?

[Nik-chick]

I have no idea, but I know he plays the man-duh-lun according to me, so you prob don't want my pronunciation. *L* (I know, that was another thread, but it was a long time ago.)

[garyblanchard]

Well, fine, we've established the "eely" part, but I thought it was pronounced Tee-ly, not Thee, ly....?
Oh gee...

Just when I thought I had it there's more to worry about. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[onlyagibsonisgoodenuff]

OK, so now tell me how y'all pronounce "Tichenor".

[Nik-chick]

My guess is Tike-ner (tho I am jess guessing, it could be Tick-ner or Tich-ner or Tych-ner...wow there's alot of ways to say that). What is it really?

[Staramouche]

Is it Appa-LAY-shun or Appa-LAH-chin?

[Nik-chick]

AH!!!! You did NOT just say that shun thing! Apple-at-chun or Apple-ay-chun (myself saying the former) but NOT Apple-ay-shun or Ay-pull-ay-shun unless you're refurring to the Northern most part and are a yankee saying it! (Dictionary will say the last pronunciation I spelled out)

P.S. You just inspired me to put something I've said for years in my tag!

[garyblanchard]

Well, fine, we've established the "eely" part, but I thought it was pronounced Tee-ly, not Thee, ly....?
Not to hijack my thread, but any input on this issue?

[phynie]

I have heard him comment on this. The correct way to say it is Theely. I think. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

I've never heard him say it but this is a recurring thread and the most common answer has been "Tee-Lee"

It really doesn't matter, he'll probably answer to anything close and to everyone else just say "that nickel creek guy"

[futrconslr]

I grew up in Appa-lach-uh...........NOT Ape-alaSHA....an I resent the east coast yankees telling me different....how can someone not born there tell me how to pronounce it! lol

[jbrwky]

He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a pupil. Teach him.

[Neil Gladd]

Nik-chick, #it's TISH ner. If not, I'm sure the site owner will correct me.

[futrconslr]

I prefer to think that when in Rome do as the Romans....or in my case when in Kingsport do as the Kingportians.

[jbrwky]

In Glasgow, do as the Glaswegians do.

[Michael H Geimer]

"...how can someone not born there tell me how to pronounce it! #lol "
- futrconslr

Easy ... all it takes is a ballot initiative. Trust me on this, I now live in Calee-for-nee-a! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

- Benignus

Uhhh ... BTW ... no one here ever calls it 'Frisco.

... and how the heck do you pronounce Benignus?

[mandofiddle]

I hear you'll get shot if you call it Frisco. I believe the correct slang is San Fran. As in San Fran is a hella cool place. But if you're in SoCal, you won't hear em' say "hella".

[Michael H Geimer]

Actually the joke goes like this:

Q. How many East Bay resisdents does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A. Hella

[mandofiddle]

That's hilarious. I went to school in San Luis Obispo for a year, and the running joke there was that you could always tell a Southern Californian from a Northern Californian because of the word hella.

[Dru Lee Parsec]

I hear you'll get shot if you call it Frisco. #I believe the correct slang is San Fran. #
When I was they the locals just referred to it as "The City". As in, "I know a great South American/Inca resteraunt we can go to if you want to drive into the city"

[Michael H Geimer]

Yep. I was gonna mention that, #but it just sounds soooooo arrogant ... but, that's what we really say ... as in, 'Tales of the City'.

... or we just cut straight to the district name ... SOMA, The Mission, or The Barbary Coast ... where I'm currently sitting.

[OlderThanWillie]

Here's one that the good builder folks on this forum mispronounce and spell incorrectly 100% of the time: Naphtha -- you say nap-tha, I say naff-tha.

Likewise diphtheria, amphitheater, ophthalmology. All these have an F-sound and not a P-sound in the first syllable.

And it's sherbet, not sherbert.

Thee - lee and Tich - nor.

(I thought these posts were to have some mandolin content.)

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[jbrwky]

Just use "phonetics". That's "P" as in pneumonia, "H" as in honorary, "O" as in oneness, ....etc.

[White Mtn Mando Man]

I would assume calling it 'Frisco' is as bad as calling Boston 'Beantown'. Oh, and it's "Pea-biddy", "Quinzy", "Wooster", and "Glouster". http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Michael H Geimer]

"Wooster" ... LOL! People out here don't belive me when I point that one out.

[MikeB]

... and how the heck do you pronounce Benignus?

That is so easy: Ben IG-nus.

You're welcome, Ben. You're a hella cool guy. (Is that right?)

[Staramouche]

I think you say it as Woostah and Glosstah---Massachusians have nevah put an "r" wha it should be! #Howsa bout Meffa?
Been pahkin by the packy ta get some beehs cause they got no bahs, the Loosahs.

And you thought I was from France.....

[Nik-chick]

ngladd: Thanks, except that I was just being silly making up pronunciations just to see if I could get slapped. Someone else asked that.

Gary: Well, I was going to say that we were still close to topic discussing pronunciations, since we'd hit a bit of a brick wall with that one...but now we really have hi-jacked it.

Benignus: What is a "Wooster" and does it say "Wock-a-doodle-do"?

Kingsportian: Incoming PM from a former Bristolian. =)

[onlyagibsonisgoodenuff]

"Wooster" ... LOL! People out here don't belive me when I point that one out.

Sorry for my stupidity, but what does LOL mean?
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[LilCreekster]

I wonder how many threads there are on this topic? Hahha. Well, I've not seen any wander as interstingly. LOL

(oh LOL is Laugh Out Loud btw)

Thee-lee. "Thee" as is like theory plus lee. (that's a soft th like "think", I once got into a discussion with a guy who didn't say theory with a soft th hahah.)

I have tried to erase "hella" from my NorCal volcabulary but it does sneak out from time to http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

And saturday I saw the creek in San Fran. hehe.

[garyblanchard]

Lil Creekster - thanks for the info. Judging from your screen name I'll take it as authoritative. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Enjoyed the thread's wandering, especially into "Wooster" since I'll be living an hour from there within the next year. Even after years of living in "Merry-lan" my fiance still has the Hahvad "r" that comes through in her speech. I intend to learn it as soon as we move. Combine that with my bow ties and everyone will be calling me "Doctah Blanchard." http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Nik-chick]

Thanks for having a since of humor about your thread being hi-jacked. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif We didn't mean to, really.

But, still, where is Wooster? I wasn't just being a smart-a...I really never heard of it.

And what does "hella" mean?

[Staramouche]

Nik-Chick---
Woostah is about an hour west of Boston. If you look for it on a map they'll spell it Worcester. Glosstah is likewise butchered by the map-makers writing it as Gloucester. I wouldn't trust any fisherman who'd pronounce it that way....

~~~~~~~~~~Joe the Displaced Yankee (but not a D** NY Yankee)

[LilCreekster]

Hella... I guess it's most like "really" as in a lot? LOL

So instead of really good, it's hella good.

We don't call our highways "the" here either... it's funny to hear people say "the 880" or "the 85".

Ok I'll stop digressing now...

[Michael H Geimer]

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... and how the heck do you pronounce Benignus?
That is so easy: #Ben IG-nus.
You're welcome, Ben. #You're a hella cool guy. #(Is that right?)"

Nope. The shortened - for me - is Benig.

A few years back someone asked my old band leader, "How's Ben doing these days?" It took Doug a while to figure out the guy was asking about me. "Oh! You mean, Mike?" ... the guy asking about me never even knew me as Mike! That's how pervasive the nick-name has been for me!

Ben-ig-NOOSE is the correct pronunciation, and my friends had a good laugh at me in Italy when I would get addressed that way by the locals.

I've always gone with the pronunciation Ben-IG-nus, but that is not historically correct at all.

- Michael

... truthfully I was named after Michelangelo, as my Mom was an artist. But, I'm glad they stuck with Michael.

[peterbc]

I don't think hella is strictly NorCal (am I even allowed to say that?), I'm from the Sea-Town and I use it. I've even been known to say 'ganga' and 'grippa', but I'm pretty sure I'm joking when I use those.