Wow, didn't expect to get so much flak for this. I was just making a small comment, not attacking Markus. He is both a good producer and DJ, and he's done a lot for electronic music.

I don't buy the German business though, he's been living in the US since he was 13. I don't know exactly how old he is, but he started DJin in 1984, and as far as I can tell he has been living in the US during that time.

I just find it annoying that he always says "Gab-ree-ell" (i.e. the way Gabrielle is pronounced) instead of "Gay-bree-uhl". And on Global DJ Broadcast (08-03-04) he says "Sah-toh-shee To-mee". Should be something more like "Sah-toh-shee To-mee-ay", with the "mee" sound just slightly elongated.

But I reiterate, it's not a big deal. I was just pointing out a small quirk.

PS: It would appear that the correct pronunciation of "Dyk" is something more like "duke". At least, that's how it's pronounced in every German broadcast I've heard. However, a lot of times it is pronounce "dike", and I don't get the impression that Paul is annoyed by this.


Edit: Just saw last post, and I wouldn't blame him for mispronouncing Johan Gielen's name. I doubt that most English-speaking people can. I know the "g" is really hard for me to pronounce the correct, Dutch, way. Markus does have a German background, so he might be able to do it, but, like I said above, he's been in the US for the majority of his life.

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Originally posted by Noctone And on Global DJ Broadcast (08-03-04) he says "Sah-toh-shee To-mee". Should be something more like "Sah-toh-shee To-mee-ay", with the "mee" sound just slightly elongated.

everywhere i heard he was called "sah-TOH-she to-MEEEEEE"



and come on, you can't expect everyone to pronounce your name correctly.


it doesn't matter how long markus has lived here, people who were born here can't pronounce my first name correct ffs... how's Andrey hard to pronounce, tell me?

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Originally posted by whiskers everywhere i heard he was called "sah-TOH-she to-MEEEEEE" and come on, you can't expect everyone to pronounce your name correctly. it doesn't matter how long markus has lived here, people who were born here can't pronounce my first name correct ffs... how's Andrey hard to pronounce, tell me?

As far as the pronunciation of Tomiie, I direct your attention to this website.

And yeah, I can forgive him for mispronouncing it, I was just using it as an example. But "Gabriel"? Come on, how hard is it to pronounce that?

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-Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Journey to the End of the Night"

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Originally posted by Noctone As far as the pronunciation of Tomiie, I direct your attention to this website.

i never ever trust books or websites that promise to teach you the phonetic rules of a language


language wasn't based on rules, the books just take the language and try to generalize it.

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We say gab-riel and dresden here in Oz, not Gaybriel like all you americans.

And i always thought that PVD was pronounced like Paul Fann Dyke

V is pronounced like f in German, and Dyk is pronounced just how everyone says it.....dyke, except in German they sort of slur the k sound at the end

Funny thing is...I don't recall Josh or Dave ever complaining about it. Don't you think if it was really that big a deal one of them would have already made an issue of it? And you seem to know who Markus is talking about when he tells you the artist of a track or the guest dj so isn't that really the most important thing?

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Orig posted by Art wtf?

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One of the most pointless threads i've ever wasted my time reading

Someone go make a post about the way Armin Van Buuren prounounces his track names/artists.

And someone go kill the guy who said "Armin Van Borrin"

FFS people, come on...

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Originally posted by siastyle Okay iv hurd the Album and lemmi tell you guyz.... Tiesto is gono make it back to the top again with these hits. The thing about it is that hes trying 2 bring a new style tho just like he did with Just be and it worked. they songs areunt TOO HIGHT up. but the vocals acaully are the best thing in 2007. The Track Carpe Noctum is like traffic but it hink he could of prefected the shit ouf it. but generalllyy its an amazing album...oh and Ten Seconds Before Sunrise is like Forever today TIMES 12

And I'd like to add another random comment since this seems to be the thread to do it in...

Paul van Dyk (notice the v is lower case)

get it right f*ckers, or burn in hell...

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Originally posted by siastyle Okay iv hurd the Album and lemmi tell you guyz.... Tiesto is gono make it back to the top again with these hits. The thing about it is that hes trying 2 bring a new style tho just like he did with Just be and it worked. they songs areunt TOO HIGHT up. but the vocals acaully are the best thing in 2007. The Track Carpe Noctum is like traffic but it hink he could of prefected the shit ouf it. but generalllyy its an amazing album...oh and Ten Seconds Before Sunrise is like Forever today TIMES 12

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