How do you say "Leonard Cohen"?

Elizabeelzebubeth · Post by **Elizabeelzebubeth** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:20 pm

Only three pronunciations so far. C'mon, people, get cracking!

http://www.forvo.com/word/leonard_cohen/

remote1 · Post by **remote1** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:23 pm

I can't hear any difference between the three!

LisaLCFan · Post by **LisaLCFan** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:03 am

I say it the way Leonard says it!

At least all three pronounce it correctly, and none of them said "Leonard Cone."

seadove · Post by **seadove** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:05 am

There is another possibility:

Lee-Oh-naard

Koh-inn

PS: In Israel everyone says his first name like I mentioned above.

holydove · Post by **holydove** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:52 pm

The female from the U.S. pronounces the "r" in Leonard more distinctly than the 2 British males - interesting. . .

And thank you for the post, Elizabeelzebubeth (hope I spelled your name right!) - what a great idea, to record people saying Leonard's name - I love it!! I often repeat Leonard's name to myself, either silently or outloud - I just love the sound of it, in whatever way it's pronounced!! And it's lovely to hear different people saying it in their different ways - how very sweet!!

SEADOVE: In the "Lee - Oh - naard" pronunciation, which syllable would be accented?

Maulwurf · Post by **Maulwurf** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:04 pm

he's something like "lennart cowen" for me.

btw, how do you say "anjani"?

greetings

musicmania · Post by **musicmania** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:58 pm

Maulwurf wrote:he's something like "lennart cowen" for me.

btw, how do you say "anjani"?

greetings

Please less of the Cowen. There is no comparison between Leonard and our prime minister whose name is Brian Cowen

Maulwurf · Post by **Maulwurf** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:50 pm

musicmania wrote: Please less of the Cowen. There is no comparison between Leonard and our prime minister whose name is Brian Cowen

yes, i know him.
but i didn't know he's still your pm!

i'm so sorry!
but it's the closest i can get to pronouncing our man's name...

musicmania · Post by **musicmania** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:44 am

Maulwurf wrote:
musicmania wrote: Please less of the Cowen. There is no comparison between Leonard and our prime minister whose name is Brian Cowen
yes, i know him.
but i didn't know he's still your pm!

i'm so sorry!
but it's the closest i can get to pronouncing our man's name...

Unfortunately he STILL is but we will have an election in a couple of months which will hopefully shake things up. Try this for pronouning Cohen. When forming the word make an "O" with your mouth and then the sound will be better than Cowen

Maulwurf · Post by **Maulwurf** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:23 am

musicmania wrote:
Unfortunately he STILL is but we will have an election in a couple of months which will hopefully shake things up. Try this for pronouning Cohen. When forming the word make an "O" with your mouth and then the sound will be better than Cowen

i think that's what i do. i just forgot your native speakers' "cowen" resembles to the "cow". my bad!
that's what happens when a non-native speaker comes around!

so sorry! but at least your incumbent pm is out of this business by now!

greetings

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:00 am

Anjani ~~ AHN juh knee

Cheshire gal · Post by **Cheshire gal** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:06 am

Lenod Co-en. Is how I pronounce it as an English person.

leonardmtl · Post by **leonardmtl** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:03 am

To set the record straight...

In Montreal.......... his name would be pronounced "leN..Nerd Ko..hen".......

And he would sometimes have his first name shortened to Len..Knee!

Very personal experience.......thats how my first name was pronounced, growing up in Montreal .......

The pronounciation of Leonard's second name was pretty common......a phonebook full of Ko-hens..... in the largest Jewish community in Canada...125,000 people in our time.

Leonard from Montreal

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:58 am

I heard:

Le-on-hard Koen (Germany) /leon'hardt/
Le-o-nar' Koen (France) /le'onar/

The correct is of course "Lenn-ard" but in Slavic countries you mostly hear "Lee-o-nard" (so not "Len+ard" but "Lee+o+nard", with "y") - so, the same as in Israel, as seadove said. Methinks it's the most common way of saying his first name in Europe.... Also, some people are saying it simply as it is written, as it's usual name in Slavic countries: "Le+o+nard" ("le" is pronounced not like in "lee" but like in eLEphant e.g.).

bridger15 · Post by **bridger15** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:36 pm

leonardmtl wrote:....In Montreal... in the largest Jewish community in Canada...125,000 people in our time.

I believe Toronto now wears that mantle. The Exodus from Montreal began shortly after René Lévesque (Parti Québécois) became the Premier on November 25, 1976.

---Arlene

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