I'm always reaaaaallly tempted...

[Zoots]

... to say Bono as Boe-no! It just seems easier to say it that way!

Saying it like Bonn-O sounds a bit unnatural to me even if it's the right pronunciation!

 

[clarityat3am]

If you were Italian it wouldn't be unnatural.

 

[the rockin edge]

that's bad zootles

 

[Zoots]

that's bad zootles

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I used to say his name that way for a long time until some time in the 90s when I found out the right pronunciation!

My sister still says it like Boe-no! But that's cos she doesn't know.


Clarity, why do you say that? I'm curious.

 

[clarityat3am]

Clarity, why do you say that? I'm curious.

Or maybe I mean Latin. Hell I don't know! It's some other language! Gah, just say it right!

 

[the rockin edge]

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I used to say his name that way for a long time until some time in the 90s when I found out the right pronunciation!

maybe it does

i get mad at people who say his name wrong

 

[Zoots]

Or maybe I mean Latin. Hell I don't know! It's some other language! Gah, just say it right!

 

[indra]

Just call him Paul.

That's easy to pronounce.

 

[VertigoGal]

Just call him Paul.

That's easy to pronounce.

as long as you don't call him Boner it's all good zootles

 

[Zoots]

I would never call him that!

 

[clarityat3am]

I would never call him that!

Yeah, you'd call him Mr Hewson!

 

[VintagePunk]

Oh yeah? I'm tempted to call you Poodlesque.

 

[U2Man]

The correct pronounciation is Bano.

 

[clarityat3am]

O

 

[MooMoo!]

well thats how the americans say it. ban-o.

which makes me

 

[clarityat3am]

I always said Bon-o.

 

[catlhere]

I don't know why anyone would think its BAN-oh. He's all over the news, you would think people would know. It would bug me like people who say Mare-io instead of Mah-rio. ugh I can see why someone would want to say BO-no though, cuz of Sonny.

I'm always tempted to say Larry Mullet Jr. though

 

[gareth brown]

I noticed one or two people here announced they pronounce it 'Bar-No', perhaps to sound Irish, we'll never know...

 

[Dismantled]

well thats how the americans say it. ban-o.

which makes me

exsqueeze me


that has never come out of my mouth.

 

[MooMoo!]

well i heard quite a few americans say it like that.

including Oprah.

 

[Zoots]

Americans don't say it like Ban-o as in... ban him for not obeying forum rules!

That sounds too Shaun Vox-esque!

 

[AtomicBono]

Oh yeah? I'm tempted to call you Poodlesque.

people love to pronounce his name wrong in front of me. i sorta got used to it.

As a kid I was convinced it was "Bone-oh." but I know better now

 

[VertigoGal]

yeah actually I did think it was Bone-oh when I first became a fan.

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

... to say Bono as Boe-no! It just seems easier to say it that way!

Saying it like Bonn-O sounds a bit unnatural to me even if it's the right pronunciation!

:kill:

 

[Zoots]

As a kid I was convinced it was "Bone-oh." but I know better now

yeah actually I did think it was Bone-oh when I first became a fan.

I'm not alone!

 

[the rockin edge]

Re: Re: I'm always reaaaaallly tempted...

neither is WHA...

:kill:

 

[U2Man]

You guys are kidding, right?

Haven't any of you listened to the Chicago 4 bootleg? It's:


I LOVE YOU, BAAAAAAAAAAAANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


qed.

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

You guys are kidding, right?

Haven't any of you listened to the Chicago 4 bootleg? It's:


I LOVE YOU, BAAAAAAAAAAAANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


qed.

I might have to throw down here if you are making fun of my chicago accent.

 

[VicksSs]

Well I always pronunced it plain Bono because Spanish's my first language, but I love it how people who, although they pronunce it well, like Edge himself, say Bono in a nasal way... Bono in English, you know

 

[U2Man]

Re: Re: I'm always reaaaaallly tempted...

I might have to throw down here if you are making fun of my chicago accent.

You know I would never do that, WildHaneyAlways.