How do you pronounce 'Jarmusch'?

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DruWinters001 — 16 years ago(April 25, 2009 08:39 AM)

just want to make sure.

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rawnerve-jkeogh — 16 years ago(April 27, 2009 11:23 PM)

Jar-mish

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apa-86 — 16 years ago(June 11, 2009 08:22 AM)

jar-moosh

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Screenwriter_Brandi — 16 years ago(August 03, 2009 11:10 AM)

Jar-mush
waiting for "american violet", "whatever works", "precious", and "medicine for melancholy"

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wesleyjones-1 — 16 years ago(September 17, 2009 09:29 PM)

It's a name; how you pronounce it depends on where you're from.
Do you say 'Paris' or 'Paree'? 'Rio' or 'hee-oh'?

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L8RG8R — 16 years ago(October 07, 2009 04:35 PM)

incorrect. it's a person's name, and you should pronounce it as he does (or as close as you can if english is not your first language. it's most like "JARmish".

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wesleyjones-1 — 16 years ago(October 13, 2009 04:56 PM)

So if I incorrectly pronounce my own name 'Weshley', does that mean my mother should start copying the way I say my name?

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L8RG8R — 16 years ago(October 15, 2009 05:49 PM)

I'm not surprised that you mentioned your mother in such an infantile response.

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wesleyjones-1 — 16 years ago(October 20, 2009 01:30 PM)

I don't think it's an infantile response, and nor is it an aggressive one, so there's no need to become insulting. You claim that a person's name should be pronounced as they choose to pronounce it, and I simply gave you a scenario which followed this rule and asked if you agree with it. Do you?

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wesleyjones-1 — 16 years ago(November 10, 2009 05:12 PM)

and, nothing.

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delthafunky1 — 14 years ago(February 05, 2012 01:49 AM)

here's something, you're a doucher

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johnnyelizabethton — 14 years ago(April 05, 2012 05:00 PM)

Ask him how he pronounces it.

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fire-baby — 11 years ago(January 08, 2015 09:02 AM)

lol okay, stop being all difficult with semantics. i am canadian, so i say DANCE like a normal north american would, with a long(?) A sound, daaaance. charles dance, the british actor, pronounces his last name like the british say the word DANCE, like dawnce when i say the actor charles dance's name, i pronounce the word dance like he does.
It's mercy, compassion and forgiveness I lack. Not rationality

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MissKateRabbit — 12 years ago(October 09, 2013 06:46 AM)

^this^ - I know a number of people who have hard to pronounce names, my daughter included.
Do the beep snow angel, Dude!, Do the beep snow angel!

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pfr_77 — 12 years ago(October 16, 2013 11:11 AM)

jar-mush is the way i first heard it on bored to death some time ago so i've always pronounced it that way and never considered another. i only heard "jarmoosh" just recently.

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Howlin Wolf — 10 years ago(September 04, 2015 11:28 AM)

I've always thought 'Jar-moosh' but who knows?
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"

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A_Prosthetic_Prophet — 10 years ago(December 13, 2015 05:39 PM)

"but who knows?"
I do!
According to Jim, it's pronounced Jar - mish (he answered this in the Q + A on the blu-ray release for either Down By Law or Mystery Train (I can't remember which, they both have Q+A's instead of commentary tracks).