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Labi Siffre

billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,914 Posts
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Everyone knows Labi Siffre's famously sampled songs but how do you pronounce his name?

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  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,914 Posts
    I know now, but wanted to see what other peoples responses.
    dizzybull
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,179 Posts
    I'll bite - I have always assumed "La-be See-fr"
  • dizzybulldizzybull Eerie Dicks 339 Posts
    Lay-bia Sni-fr

    billbradleyketan
  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,914 Posts
    Spoiler Alert:

    Here's the answer from the man himself.


  • klezmer electro-thug beatsklezmer electro-thug beats 1,393 Posts
    I always assumed La-bee Seeff (you know with the french style silent R, like Le Chiffre in Casino Royale). I guess I forgot that Brits like to change foreign pronunciations as far from their original as possible.
  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,914 Posts
    dizzybull said:
    Lay-bia Sni-fr

    He'll always be known by that now.

  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,793 Posts
    billbradley said:
    dizzybull said:
    Lay-bia Sni-fr

    He'll always be known by that now.

    I thought he is Yes-Homo?

  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,914 Posts
    He is gay but that mispronunciation made me chuckle.
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