[vorbis] How do you pronounce 'Ogg Vorbis'?

[ian]

Guess ill have to kill my pronunciation of Ogg as 'Aw'gg instead of an
'A'gg.

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From: "Monty" <xiphmont at xiph.org>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] How do you pronounce 'Ogg Vorbis'?

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> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 08:51:42AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > Andre Kajita - Administrador da Rede wrote:
> >
> > > Sure, it's not that tough and the world won't come to a standstill but
> > > why doesn't Monty - the guy that's soon gonna be in every
> > > paper/website in the world - make an .OGG with those famous words:
> > >
> > > "My name is Christopher 'Monty' Montgomery and I pronounce Ogg Vorbis
> > > 'Ogg Vorbis'."
> > >
> > > The file would also be a great demo, maybe even becoming the "My name
> > > is Linus Torvalds..." of Ogg players!  :)
> >
> > This is a cute idea. I like it.
> >
> > I suppose Jack or Monty would be the authoritative source for the
> > pronunciation, but just as a contrast to your version, I've always
> > pronounced Ogg Vorbis as I think any native English speaker (or at
> > least, American English speaker) would:
> >
> > O = short, like the A in "father" or the O in "bother"
> > gg = hard, as in "egg"
> >
> > V = English-style, like humming while saying an "f", as opposed to the
> >     W-like sound that Germans use for V
> > or = like the English word "or"
> > bis = rhymes with "kiss"; like "bliss" without the L
> >
> > Accent on the first syllable of each word: OGG' VOR'bis.
>
> Yes, the above is the intended pronunciation.  I also like the
> test sample idea :-)
>
> (BTW, it's probably a bit too late, but we'd only ever intended to
> really refer to this beast as 'Ogg'.  Vorbis is just a codec name, and
> soon there will be more than just Vorbis kicking around in Ogg.)
>
> Monty
>
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