How do you pronounce "Feadog"?

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:14 am

oscartherabbit wrote:
buddhu wrote: Solution 1) Point and say: "I want that one".
Now are you sure? We don't want to cause a kerfuffle...

walrii · Post by **walrii** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:05 am

I decided to go straight to the horse's mouth, so I emailed Feadog from thier website and got the following reply:

Dear John,

Thank you for your enquiry. I am delighted you are enjoying playing the Feadóg.
Your enquiry isn't the first I have had with regards to the pronunciation of Feadóg. The best explanation I have is as follows: I was discussing this with a colleague and we have different ways of pronouncing it because I'm from Donegal and he is from Dublin!! The best we can come up with is: Fah-doh-g (Fah, as in "do, re, me, fah, so, etc") Doh (Doh as in Homer Simpson "Doh!" or dough used in a cake) G (G-irl): "Fah-doh-g" and it is the Irish for "whistle". I hope this helps!

If there is anything else I can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact me. Remember to keep an eye out for news and product developments on our website, http://www.feadog.ie!

Kind Regards
Paul McCarron
Feadóg "Original Irish Whistle"
Tel: +353 1 456 9533
Fax: +353 1 456 9535
E-mail: whistles@feadog.ie

Paul continues to provide quick service - I got the reply less than 24 hours after sending him my question.

I guess language is the same all over - i.e. it ain't the same. Don't get me started on "pecan."

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:09 am

Burk-BURN-it, right?

Chickasha, OK = CHICK-uh-SHAY
Neodesha, KS = Nee-OH-duh-SHAY

ChrisA · Post by **ChrisA** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:27 am

stratochicnic wrote: It's not Irish that's for sure

'Strato' --> Abbreviation of the Fender Stratocaster
'chic' --> NO, not the abbreviation of Chicken, just chic, as in girl
'nic' --> Abbreviation of Nicki

Not to, y'know, pick on your name and stuff, but isn't 'chic' usally pronounced 'sheek'
meaning suave, cool, or classy? Chick as in girl usually has that k on the end of it,
at least, 'round these parts it does.

ChrisA · Post by **ChrisA** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:30 am

walrii wrote: I guess language is the same all over - i.e. it ain't the same. Don't get me started on "pecan."

Hmmm? Why it's prounced Peak as in mountain and then An like the first part of Aunt...
Huh? What do you mean people don't all pronounce Aunt the same way?

--Chris

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:48 am

pee-can is what you may have to do on long road trips.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:56 am

ChrisA wrote:
stratochicnic wrote: It's not Irish that's for sure

'Strato' --> Abbreviation of the Fender Stratocaster
'chic' --> NO, not the abbreviation of Chicken, just chic, as in girl
'nic' --> Abbreviation of Nicki
Not to, y'know, pick on your name and stuff, but isn't 'chic' usally pronounced 'sheek'
meaning suave, cool, or classy? Chick as in girl usually has that k on the end of it,
at least, 'round these parts it does.

Nitpicker (which my paternal grandmother would have pronounced "neat-pee-car").

stratochicnic · Post by **stratochicnic** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:26 pm

ChrisA wrote:
stratochicnic wrote: It's not Irish that's for sure

'Strato' --> Abbreviation of the Fender Stratocaster
'chic' --> NO, not the abbreviation of Chicken, just chic, as in girl
'nic' --> Abbreviation of Nicki
Not to, y'know, pick on your name and stuff, but isn't 'chic' usally pronounced 'sheek'
meaning suave, cool, or classy? Chick as in girl usually has that k on the end of it,
at least, 'round these parts it does.

I've never heard of 'chic' pronounced 'sheek' before, but then I usually use it verbally and not really write it out.
Around NYC, at least among people I know, we spell it 'chic'.

Stratochicknic doesn't look as nice to me

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:02 pm

hows about "Stáin"?

ChrisA · Post by **ChrisA** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:19 pm

stratochicnic wrote:
Stratochicknic doesn't look as nice to me

Well, of course not, that way it reads 'Stratocaster Nicki the Girl' instead of
'Stratocaster Nicki the Classy'

...

Dictionary.com says,

chic (sheek) (actually, dictionary.com says 'e with line over it' not 'ee', but it won't cut and paste right.)

adj. chic·er, chic·est

1. Conforming to the current fashion; stylish: chic clothes; a chic boutique.
2. Adopting or setting current fashions and styles; sophisticated: chic, well-dressed young executives. See Synonyms at fashionable.

n.

1. The quality or state of being stylish; fashionableness.
2. Sophistication in dress and manner; elegance.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:17 pm

stratochicnic wrote:

Generation:

JEAN-RA (like GENRE)-TIE-ON

you talk-talk-talkin' 'bout mi gen-gen-gen-er-ation??

My apologies to Peter, Roger and that other guy

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:21 pm

I bought a feadog at Melodys music and harp (www.folkharp.com) today,
and it was on a rack, and I did not have to do anything, just picked it up and paid. If you order one from someplace all you have to do is spell it.
I live south of Houston, Texas and the only thing south of me is
San Antonio, The Gulf of Mexico, and some place called Cancun.
I pronunce it ''Feadog''.

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:48 pm

The Weekenders wrote:hows about "Stáin"?

I'd pronounce it sorta like "stawn." Almost rhymes with "lawn."

I've also heard it pronounced more similar to "stoin," rhymes with "loin."

Technically I guess it should be more like "staw-in" but one syllable. (I just can't say that.) Kinda like a New Yorker saying "stein."

J.

stratochicnic · Post by **stratochicnic** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:44 am

ChrisA wrote:
stratochicnic wrote:
Stratochicknic doesn't look as nice to me
Well, of course not, that way it reads 'Stratocaster Nicki the Girl' instead of
'Stratocaster Nicki the Classy'

...

Dictionary.com says,

chic (sheek) (actually, dictionary.com says 'e with line over it' not 'ee', but it won't cut and paste right.)

adj. chic·er, chic·est

1. Conforming to the current fashion; stylish: chic clothes; a chic boutique.
2. Adopting or setting current fashions and styles; sophisticated: chic, well-dressed young executives. See Synonyms at fashionable.

n.

1. The quality or state of being stylish; fashionableness.
2. Sophistication in dress and manner; elegance.

LOL Thanks for that Chris

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:23 pm

Tommy wrote:I pronunce it ''Feadog''.

Why, that settles it, then!

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