The Gathering

How do you pronounce Anneke's full name? Something I've always wondered but never wanted to ask :p

It ain't a stupid question..
Actually some people often wonder and post here how to do that;)
You can hear her pronouncing her name on an old finnish interview that is online on Sand & Mercury
Just click on the mini banner, and then go in goodies->sounds, you'll find it there

BUrn

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Yes, that is a very stupid question. It was also the first thing i asked on the old forum, it started about 7 pages of debate too. Eventually Anneke told us to pronounce it 'A-neck-eh'....... i think!!

naah come on, ain't stupid... hmm actually we should create a databse of sounds about how to pronounce Dutch

Burn

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Yes, I was also looking back into the archive. Because I remembered that this was asked before. So it's not a stupid question at all, for non-dutch people. This is the answer by Anneke herself!


And indeed check Sand & Mercury.

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Thanks for the answer!

I went to that site but for some reason all the menus at the top only show half of the first choice. For example, under "Goodies" I can see half of the words "Monthly Bootlegs", but not the bottom half of the words or any of the menu choices under it. Stupid computer! :p

If the Sand & Mercury website doesn't work well, try the direct link to this interview:
http://gathering.free.fr/download.php?id=85

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Martijn quicker than me

Burn

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woot thanks! got it now

Naah, of course it's not a stupid question, like i said it was the first thing i asked when i joined the old forum.

I suppose dutch is a difficult language for people to learn! The most people can't pronounce our "g" and "r".

for pronounce Anneke just say "GODDESS" its more easy

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yeah, it's quite funny when anneke says a G is a G in dutch
.... really a good G this dutch G

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thomas

Try Polish

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Nie moviem po polsku

Burn

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Maybe i'm paranoid, yeah that's my problem
You almost have to be when you look like me

try greek....

No wonder But that was a close one

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"Happiness is natural. Sadness, fear and anger are against nature and have to be defeated."
Bjork

ach.. I can still remember that at least.. lol after 10 days in Polandia...

Burn

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Maybe i'm paranoid, yeah that's my problem
You almost have to be when you look like me

Thanks Burn, but to me have had very difficult to pronunciate the name, she say her name very fast, I tried to listen thousand times, but I can´t hear the correct form.
Some one can help me in spanish please.

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I know what you mean. I'm 3rd generation Polish (Grandparents were from Warsaw before moving to the U.S. WAY back when) and i can barely speak any Polish, shame on me i guess.