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Ahhh this is a bit of a daft one, but at least it's a change from checking how Autechre pronounce their name... :) Which way do people pronounce the record label Thule (I'm sure there'll be people out there familiar with at least the compilation 'Fishcake'): starts with a "th" like in "thing" and rhymes with "mule" or starts with a "t" like in "tree" and rhymes with "Julie"? At any rate, there was a belief that there was an undiscovered warm land at the North Pole, and lots of European explorers went pushing through the pack ice to try to find it, and they called what they were looking for 'Thule', pronounced TU-li. I think that fits nicely with the label's sound. I've also heard that when Vykings on this quest reached Iceland, they called it by the same name. There's your trivia for the day. Michael ____________________________________________ "Also, he has automatic evasion devices" http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html

quoted 2 lines Which way do people pronounce the record label Thule (I'm sure there'll be

> Which way do people pronounce the record label Thule (I'm sure there'll be > people out there familiar with at least the compilation 'Fishcake'):

It's pronounced "Maurizio" ;) Just kidding...I just picked up one of the Thule 12"s actually, and while it is in a very Maurizio/BC style, it's excellent. Bill / dj marathon

quoted 24 lines starts with a "th" like in "thing" and rhymes with "mule"

> > starts with a "th" like in "thing" and rhymes with "mule" > > or > > starts with a "t" like in "tree" and rhymes with "Julie"? > > At any rate, there was a belief that there was an undiscovered warm land > at the North Pole, and lots of European explorers went pushing through the > pack ice to try to find it, and they called what they were looking for > 'Thule', pronounced TU-li. I think that fits nicely with the label's > sound. > > I've also heard that when Vykings on this quest reached Iceland, they > called it by the same name. > > There's your trivia for the day. > > Michael > > ____________________________________________ > "Also, he has automatic evasion devices" > http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html >

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just by coincidence i was watching an episode of space 1999 on monday which was about an ice planet called 'ultima thule', and they all pronounced the 'thule' part like 'thulee'....(which rhymes with 'julie' ! ) i dunno, just a thought!....but whats worse is if you put ultima thule into a search engine (i used hotbot), you get a horrible norwiegen heavy metal band's page!!!! see ya seAn ----------

quoted 6 lines From: Michael Upton <username@sans.vuw.ac.nz>

> From: Michael Upton <username@sans.vuw.ac.nz> > To: idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: (idm) Pronouncing 'thule'? > Date: 25 August 1998 23:34 > > Ahhh this is a bit of a daft one, but at least it's a change from

checking

quoted 3 lines how Autechre pronounce their name... :)

> how Autechre pronounce their name... :) > > Which way do people pronounce the record label Thule (I'm sure there'll

be

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> people out there familiar with at least the compilation 'Fishcake'): > > starts with a "th" like in "thing" and rhymes with "mule" > > or > > starts with a "t" like in "tree" and rhymes with "Julie"? > > At any rate, there was a belief that there was an undiscovered warm land > at the North Pole, and lots of European explorers went pushing through

the

quoted 14 lines pack ice to try to find it, and they called what they were looking for

> pack ice to try to find it, and they called what they were looking for > 'Thule', pronounced TU-li. I think that fits nicely with the label's > sound. > > I've also heard that when Vykings on this quest reached Iceland, they > called it by the same name. > > There's your trivia for the day. > > Michael > > ____________________________________________ > "Also, he has automatic evasion devices" > http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html

quoted 1 line Which way do people pronounce the record label Thule

>Which way do people pronounce the record label Thule

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Thule C. -- Chris.Hilker (cspot@hyperreal.org)

On Wed, 26 Aug 1998 10:34:08 +1200 (NZST) Michael Upton <username@sans.vuw.ac.nz> writes:

quoted 3 lines Ahhh this is a bit of a daft one, but at least it's a change from

>Ahhh this is a bit of a daft one, but at least it's a change from >checking >how Autechre pronounce their name... :)

Au-tek-re. ;-)

quoted 9 lines Which way do people pronounce the record label Thule (I'm sure

>Which way do people pronounce the record label Thule (I'm sure >there'll be >people out there familiar with at least the compilation 'Fishcake'): > >starts with a "th" like in "thing" and rhymes with "mule" > >or > >starts with a "t" like in "tree" and rhymes with "Julie"?

I've always thought it was like "Tool." Horribly ignorant, john