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at_leo_87

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stupid question

ok, quick stupid question....
how do you pronounce luthiery/lutheir?

loot-tee-er, loot-tee-ay, looth-thee-er, looth-thee-ay, loot-tuh-ree, looth-tha-ree?

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Anders Eliasson

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

I have the same problem, so I dont use the word.

Since I only build guitars (and boats) I call myself a guitarmaker and what i do is guitarmaking.
Sometimes I call myself other things.

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edguerin

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary it's loo-tea-uhr.
According to Merriam-Webster ist can be loo-thee-er.

quote:

Sometimes I call myself other things.

That's ok, as long as it's you yourself.

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at_leo_87

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

thanks guys.
i guess there's no official way to pronounce it.

quote:

Since I only build guitars (and boats) I call myself a guitarmaker and what i do is guitarmaking.

captain anders the guitar maker.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 19 2010 19:24:58

Elie

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

A luthier (pronounced /ljuːˈti.ər/)(I don't know how is that pronounced

) is someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments. The word luthier comes from the French word luth which means "lute".

According to Wikipedia

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 19 2010 19:29:52

Elie

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RE: stupid question (in reply to Elie)

these are funny too :

http://www.maestronet.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t50169.html

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=1547586

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 19 2010 19:31:01

Ron.M

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

quote:

guess there's no official way to pronounce it.

It's kinda like "bureaux" which every Glasgwegian knows after the age of 5..

cheers,

Ron

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at_leo_87

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

quote:

pronounced /ljuːˈti.ər/

is that from the martian wikipedia by any chance?

quote:

It's kinda like "bureaux" which every Glasgwegian knows after the age of 5..

is that the same thing as bureau but with an x to make everyone confused?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 20 2010 13:49:23

Ron.M

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

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is that the same thing as bureau but with an x to make everyone confused?

Sorry, but the talk of "imported" French words made me think of it.

(The "x" is the plural form.)

Bureau is an iconic word in historic Glasgow since it was normally understood to mean The Bureau of Employment which was called "The Buroo".
This strange word used to fascinate us young kids and we couldn't work out why Buroo was spelt that way.

If you were unemployed, you were "On the Buroo".

It was called different names through the decades, like the Labour Exchange, the Employment Office (which folk always called the "Unemployment Office) and the "slicker" up-to-date "Job Centre", but despite any fashionable Government name changes it was still always known as The Buroo.

I must have been 10 or 11 before found out it was an imported French word and was not actually pronounced Buroo by people outside the Glasgow area.

cheers,

Ron

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Estevan

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

quote:

how do you pronounce luthiery/lutheir?

"guitarrero"

quote:

captain anders the guitar maker

- and boatier!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 20 2010 18:16:31

at_leo_87

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RE: stupid question (in reply to Ron.M)

quote:

Sorry, but the talk of "imported" French words made me think of it.

(The "x" is the plural form.)

Bureau is an iconic word in historic Glasgow since it was normally understood to mean The Bureau of Employment which was called "The Buroo".
This strange word used to fascinate us young kids and we couldn't work out why Buroo was spelt that way.

ah, i see. thanks for the clarification! there's all these weird anomalies in the english language that just doesn't make sense.

ok here's another one. piano is pronounced pee-ann-no. so why do some people pronounce pianist, peenist like the male organ instead of pee-ann-nist?

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"guitarrero"

my spanish is atrocious but i can pronounce that one.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 21 2010 3:20:40

JasonMcGuire

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

its pronounced..... nutcase. n-uh-ttt-kay-aaaaaa-ssssssss

They are all nutz. worse than the players. Must be the French Polish.

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at_leo_87

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RE: stupid question (in reply to JasonMcGuire)

quote:

its pronounced..... nutcase. n-uh-ttt-kay-aaaaaa-ssssssss

They are all nutz. worse than the players. Must be the French Polish.

or maybe it's from hanging out all alone indoors all the time? that always does it for me....

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 29 2010 1:38:37

Anders Eliasson

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

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or maybe it's from hanging out all alone indoors all the time? that always does it for me....

Yeah, thats the real dope. You get all crazy and thats fun

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 30 2010 8:43:34

JasonMcGuire

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RE: stupid question (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Hi Anders!!!!!!

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Doitsujin

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RE: stupid question (in reply to at_leo_87)

quote:

ok, quick stupid question....
how do you pronounce luthiery/lutheir?

.... How do you call the housekeeper at your place? House-manager? lol

Anders is a luthier but keeps it simple and clear! Thats the right way. Forget the word..it lets you look like an intellectual nerd.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 30 2010 18:00:36