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Do you say David Bowie as in 'Joey' or as in 'BOW-ee'?  

post #1 of 52
2/21/08 at 9:39pm
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I'm curious about this since most of my friends pronounce 'Bowie' as 'Joey'. And yes, it is pronounced like that!

But I often hear DJ's (and others) calling him David Bowie as in BOW-ee - like 'COW'.

How can DJ's possibly not know how to pronounce his name??

I remember reading an interview with Bowie many moons ago, and he said he got quite frustrated with people who mispronounced his name all the time. He said it was easy to remember because it rhymed with Zowie (his son's name, pronounced Zoe.)

Anyway, it is definitely 100% Bowie/Joey. So does anyone here pronounce it the other way?
post #2 of 52
2/21/08 at 9:43pm
bow-ee!
post #3 of 52
2/21/08 at 10:05pm
Never in my life have I ever heard anyone pronounce it BOW-ee ...or even had that pronunciation cross my mind.
post #4 of 52
2/21/08 at 10:05pm
Bowie like Joey.
post #5 of 52
2/21/08 at 10:08pm
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Originally Posted by Akathisia View Post
Bowie like Joey.
Exactly!
post #6 of 52
2/21/08 at 10:12pm
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It must be us ignorant Brits then (myself excluded!)

My b/f calls him BOWeee, but maybe that's just to annoy me??

GreatDane
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Never in my life have I ever heard anyone pronounce it BOW-ee ...or even had that pronunciation cross my mind.
Honestly? Never? It's about 50/50 here!
post #7 of 52
2/21/08 at 10:22pm
I'm from the US, and I've never heard it pronounced that way, either. The name BOW-ee just isn't that common.
post #8 of 52
2/21/08 at 10:29pm
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Originally Posted by Kirosia View Post
The name BOW-ee just isn't that common.
one of my friend's name is pronounced like that, seriously
but its spelled bahwee
post #9 of 52
2/21/08 at 11:13pm
BOH-ee?
post #10 of 52
2/21/08 at 11:16pm
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Originally Posted by intoflatlines View Post
BOH-ee?
Yes. As in 'Bow' (bow and arrow) and 'Ee'.

Considering he's a BRIT who's been in the charts on and off for about forty years - you'd think we'd all know how to pronounce his name by now. At least the DJs should know??
post #11 of 52
2/21/08 at 11:17pm
After watching Beowulf, I've begun pronouncing it Bay-o-weeee!
post #12 of 52
2/21/08 at 11:27pm
Avril Lavigne pronounced it that way a couple years ago at the grammys trying to sound cool and obviously failed miserably. She is the only person clueless enough to pronounce it that way. Sorry about your boyfriend.
post #13 of 52
2/21/08 at 11:33pm
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Originally Posted by Pangaea View Post
She is the only person clueless enough to pronounce it that way. Sorry about your boyfriend.
Yeah, me too
post #14 of 52
2/22/08 at 12:17am
Its Bowie like the bowie knife, after the frontiersman who used the knife. David Bowie didnt like his real name and wanted to choose a stage name that was sharp and "cut like a knife" hence the choice of Bowie.
post #15 of 52
2/22/08 at 12:35am
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Originally Posted by britishbane View Post
Its Bowie like the bowie knife
... which is often pronounced 'buoy knife'.

bowie knife - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

(I've heard the knife called buoy and bow-and-arrow 'bowie', but never heard anything other than the bow-and-arrow David Bowie.)
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