From SKEEBLE Sent Wed, Aug 26th 1998, 08:28
From SKEEBLE Sent Wed, Aug 26th 1998, 08:28
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 ---------- > From: Michael Upton <xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx.xx> > To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > 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 > 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