OK, how do you pronounce "Moog"?

[semitone]

I've heard "mahg" and "moeg." (Evidently "Mooog" is very backward.)

And, as the logical follow-up, how would you say "Mooger Fooger"?

This is my last pronunciation question, I swear. For a while, anyway.

[charlie chitlin]

Long "O".
Rhymes with rogue.

[TheGoodTexan]

Originally Posted by charlie frey

Long "O".
Rhymes with rogue.

This is indeed how the creator, Bob Moog pronounced his own last name.

However, the Moog company prounouces it with the traditional double-o sound, as in the word "food". Moog.

I think it's another one of those "lost battles" from years ago. Maybe a lot of people in-the-know may have originally pronounced it with the long-o years ago....but everyone I know prounouces it like "food".

[axsys]

From Wikipedia:

The surname Moog is one of the most divergently pronounced names in popular culture. The following interview excerpt reveals Robert Moog's preferred pronunciation:
— Reviewer: First off: Does your name rhyme with "vogue" or is like a cow’s "moo" plus a "G" at the end?
— Dr. Robert Moog: It rhymes with vogue. That is the usual German pronunciation. My father's grandfather came from Marburg, Germany. I like the way that pronunciation sounds better than the way the cow's "moo-g" sounds. [1]
(Note that the English [moʊg] sound proscribed here is a loose approximation of the German pronunciation of the surname Moog [moːk], which has a monophthong and devoiced final consonant.)
In a deleted scene from the DVD version of the documentary Moog, Moog describes the three pronunciations of the name Moog: the original, Dutch pronunciation [moːx], which he believes would be too demanding of English speakers, the preferred "German" pronunciation [moʊg], and the more common pronunciation in English-speaking countries [muːg]. Moog reveals that some of his family members prefer the English pronunciation, while others, including himself (and his wife) prefer the Anglo-German pronunciation

[blue metalflake]

In spite of what Dr Robert says (how would he know anyway) I always thought it was the cow sound, folled by G.

[CodeBlue]

D'addario has a similar problem.
It is (Dad-Air-e-o) isn't it?

[teledude66]

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

This is indeed how the creator, Bob Moog pronounced his own last name.

However, the Moog company prounouces it with the traditional double-o sound, as in the word "food". Moog.

I think it's another one of those "lost battles" from years ago. Maybe a lot of people in-the-know may have originally pronounced it with the long-o years ago....but everyone I know prounouces it like "food".

When I was a kid in elementary school my first music teacher (very hot too) told us about this new device called a synthesizer, and all about it's inventor, she pronounced it with the long O sound, this woulda been early 70's. Later in life I moved to where I live now and during high school I worked for a parts store and they sold Moog front end parts, they all pronounced it like food, I kept trying to change them, but eventually fell in step with their pronunciation, I still say the long O in my head though

[Larry F]

People in the classical music side of electronic music go with Bob's pronunciation. As with many things, it can serve as an indicator of who is in the know and who is an outsider. This saves us from having to make a secret handshake.

[BillyG]

Originally Posted by CodeBlue

D'addario has a similar problem.
It is (Dad-Air-e-o) isn't it?

I always have said Dee-a-Dare-Eeoh

[tiktok]

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

This is indeed how the creator, Bob Moog pronounced his own last name.

However, the Moog company prounouces it with the traditional double-o sound, as in the word "food". Moog.

I called the company once to answer this question, and the receptionist answered the phone with "M-oh-g" (as in rhymes with "rogue").

[strummin67]

MOOg.

[bowman]

I'm glad we cleared that up.... :>)