How do you pronounce 'Ibanez'?

[Myst and rain]

Hi everybody,

In the film 'Starship troopers' the character played by Denise Richards is called Carmen Ibanez. In the film, when they say her name, they say 'Ibanez'. I have always pronounced it like this 'Ibanez'. I was just wondering how all of you pronounced it?

Kind regards,
Myst and rain

[jemsite]

it's not pronounced like you would if you were speaking Spanish... glen

[Myst and rain]

Oh, that's right... It's Spanish. Check this out: Tengo una guitarra nueva de Ibanez! (I've got a new Ibanez guitar!) That sounds cool! Seeing that it's Spanish, the official way to pronounce it would be the second option in the poll then, I think. Ibanez. 'Hey everybody. I've got a new Ibanez guitar.'. That sounds funny. I think I'll stick with Ibanez, then. Even though it's not the correct way to say it.

Kind regards,
Myst and rain

[ChopTart]

I used to say it as IbAnez, but my friend told me I was doing it wrong...now it just sounds weird the other way.

[Myst and rain]

Joe Satriani also says 'Ibanez'.

Kind regards,
Myst and rain

[The Euphor]

I say it the norwegian way. Ibbanez. Trøndersk even.

[RCB]

Well, I heard 2 diffrent stories:

If Im not mistaken, Hoshino was a music hsop in japan that imported guitars that were made in spain.

One of the sotries says that When the Civil war in spain stopped the flow of guitars, they started making guitar themselves and they named them Ibanez

The other story says that ater WW2 when they decided to sell guitars in the USA they had to go with something that didnt sound Japanese, so they named their guitars Ibanez (wich sounds like a spanish brand).

In any case, they didnt spell it properly because the n should ve been an ñ (but this letter does not exist in the english alphabet). The way Ibañez is pronounced in spanish is IbAniez.

So, IMHO we are left with a misspelled spanish word. I always pronounced it IbAnez.

Just my 2 cents

[Jaden]

Originally Posted by jemsite

it's not pronounced like you would if you were speaking Spanish... glen

or French...

it sounds more like Evanez

[Lefty Robb]

eye - ben - eh - z

at least thats how I say it...

[Tubarão Guitars]

Here in Brazil we use the spanish sound: I-baaaannn-ez LOL!

[elcid]

Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

eye - ben - eh - z

at least thats how I say it...

I'm with Rob here, if they wanted it to be like Spanish they should've put the "~" above the "N".

[ibanezdiehard]

Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

eye - ben - eh - z

put me down for that one

[GilkyBear]

I'm more of an eye-buh-nez kinda guy.

[damo7v]

you guys are doing my head in. i've been sitting here staring at the word IBANEZ for ages now and it's starting to seem nonsensical.

eye-bun-ez.
eye-bunnies.
eeb'n'ess.

[leppermessiah]

Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

eye - ben - eh - z

at least thats how I say it...

Me too.

In japanese it would be written イバネズ　and therefore pronounced "ee-ba-ne-zu". But I'm British so my way is the Lefty Robb way.