Yeeps or Yee-Prays?

[Morothe]

Is it pronounced "Woods of Yeeps" or "Woods of Yee-Prays?" Me and my friend have been arguing for weeks on this.

 

[sdmf2]

I always thought its pronouced Woods of E-pray. then some teacher told me that the actual place, Ypres, in Belgium is pronouced eeps. but im sticking with the first one until i hear otherwise from David or something

 

[David Gold]

 

[Trows]

I say it "Woods of Yup-Prez"

 

[spirit crusher]

Look at it this way..

Ypres is francais

go with the francais version.

 

[Wenchmaster]

I say Woods of E-preh.

 

[Morfeind]

I just say Woods....fuck the rest of the name

 

[Katatonica]

i say Woods of E-press

 

[Vex Loser]

Igh-priz?

 

[flemflames]

I'm Belgian and this is how the name of our city, Ypres, is pronounced:

EE-prh or EE-pr

Be careful not to say EE-per or EE-pur.

It has got to be a short, soft, and windy "prh".

EDIT: If anybody wants me to, I could record a sound file of me saying it.

 

[Lionfrost]

Ypres is francais

That's one of the best ways to offend 60% of the Belgian population, ie the Flemish part, myself counted within. Ypres is obviously the English version of Ieper, which is the way the name of the place is actually written. And my compatriot flemflames up here is correct in his way of describing the pronunciation.
On the other hand, David has said a few times how the bandmembers pronounce their name "Woods of Eepray" so just go with that when referring to the band. I know I do.

 

[David Gold]

Holy shit, this is out of hand!!!

With us, as in this band, according to us it's pronounced "E-Pray", as in the Windsor, Ontario, CANADA pronunciation (where the band was founded and where the band name came from, the park on Ypres Rd. etc...).

That's my final answer.

 

[Thidrek]

i always say eepree, sounds nice to me

 

[Marc]

That's one of the best ways to offend 60% of the Belgian population, ie the Flemish part, myself counted within.

I've heard about the Flemish Independence Hoax in mid-december, what's your take on this?

 

[SSJ2 Vegeta]

I say Woods of E-preh.

Same here.

 

[sdmf2]

it's pronounced "E-Pray"

).That's my final answer.

end of thread.

 

[Morothe]

Lock?