Arch Enemy

[$t0n3r]

Ok, these guys at my school are having an arguement over how Arch Enemy is pronounced and i need you guys to proove which is right. They argue whether it is pronounced Arch as in Noahs ark, or the ch sound as in church. Which is it?

 

[Funeral_Eclipse]

umm are you guys retarded?...hahaha Arch as in your Arch your back as in the "church" sound

and i was kidding about the retarded thing..sometimes band names are hard to figure out

 

[Nico]

I know a bloke who pronounces it 'Arched Enemy'... its like he cant even say it without the 'ed' on there.

 

[None_So_Vile]

I have some friends who keep saying "amon arath" instead of amon amarth 'tards

 

[$t0n3r]

Yeh i thought it was the ch sound because thats how the word alone is pronounced, but these guys kept insisting that it was with the k sound.

 

[$t0n3r]

By the way, how do you guys pronounce Deicide?

 

[J.]

Dee-i (as in "sit")-side

 

[$t0n3r]

So its dee-i-side, ok thanks, have been having trouble trying to figure how thats pronounced.

 

[Spirit In Black]

just think of homicide with a dee istead of hom

 

[SculptedCold]

Most people pronounce it dee-icide, but it is actually formally correct to pronounce it either dee-icide or day-icide. Neither one is considered wrong. I say day-icide because it sounds cooler. =)


Ark Enemy?? Pffff, your friends really are retards.

 

[AmirH]

Yeh i thought it was the ch sound because thats how the word alone is pronounced, but these guys kept insisting that it was with the k sound.

Actually the word alone can sound the other way too depending on the context. I always use the "k" sound because of "arch angel" which I here all the time from my pyscho religious grandmother. Anyway, either way works though.

 

[Hammer of Might]

I've always said DAY -i-side myself, because it's from the same stem as deity, and I think that word is pronounced DAY-itee.

And I say ARCH enemy as opposed to Ark, although I have myself heard people saying Ark Enemy.

 

[Hammer of Might]

Most people pronounce it dee-icide, but it is actually formally correct to pronounce it either dee-icide or day-icide. Neither one is considered wrong. I say day-icide because it sounds cooler. =)

Yeah, there we go!

 

[USMC0341]

So its dee-i-side, ok thanks, have been having trouble trying to figure how thats pronounced.

It's easy if you think about the derivative of the word "Deicide", from the word "Deity" (day - i - tee) (a god or supreme being)...making it a verb by adding "cide"...making the word "Deicide" a verb meaning "The act of killing a god or supreme being".

Day - i - side

 

[Hammer of Might]

^

 

[BulletRider]

how about Dimmu Borgir?

 

[i acnt spell]

It's easy if you think about the derivative of the word "Deicide", from the word "Deity" (day - i - tee) (a god or supreme being)...making it a verb by adding "cide"...making the word "Deicide" a verb meaning "The act of killing a god or supreme being".

Day - i - side

It is acceptable, as well as grammaticaly correct, to pronounce deity either way. So, the same goes for Deicide. A lot depends on the dialect with which people speak.

 

[ubiquitos]

dee-moo bor(like the animal)- gear

 

[J.]

or you can just call them shit.

 

[Hammer of Might]

I don't say DEE-moo, more DIM-oo (BORE-gear)