Yngwie Malmsteen

[Fenderman]

How do you prenounce Yngwie Malmsteen?

[Yngtchie Blacksteen]

Swedes and Americans pronounce it quite differently. I'm not really sure how to write a pronounciation...

[aiwass]

YNG-vuh MALM-stehn.

Wasn't his first name originally spelt "Yngve" though? I think the Americans just misspelt his name or something...

[DreamRyche2112]

I pronounce it Yngwie- Ing-Vey Malmsteen- Mahlm-stean.

[Yngtchie Blacksteen]

Originally posted by aiwass
YNG-vuh MALM-stehn.
That's how I pronounce it, too. Pretty obvious, since we're both Norwegian.

[Leedogg]

I have some Yngwie tapes and he introduces himself as: ing-vay malm-steen

[aiwass]

Originally posted by Leedogg
I have some Yngwie tapes and he introduces himself as: ing-vay malm-steen

Well yeah, but he's still pronouncing his name in English. If you ever hear him introduce himself to somebody in Swedish, it's a whole different thing. I also pronounce my differently when introducing myself to English-speaking people, from what I would to Norwegians. After all, English-speaking people can't pronounce my name like it is in Norwegian, so I don't try to make them.

[progg]

Yngve is a common Swedish name so Yngwie is just Americanized version just so it doesn't look as stupid as Yngve.. one could guess.

[aiwass]

Yeah, Yngve is a very common name in Scandinavia, but I've never heard the name Yngwie before. Sounds like a cartoon hero or something.

[eruption013]

ing vay mom steen

[aiwass]

Originally posted by eruption013
ing vay mom steen

Wrong.