I always assumed it was the first due to it being a French word, but recently in a video of Justin I saw he pronounces it the latter. Try choosing a different name, Sorry! All rights reserved.

Justin, not being French, tried to spell it out and neglected to add in the "h" and Bon Iver was born. “Bone-ee-VARE.” The name Bon Iver is based on the French bon hiver, meaning “good winter,” but it’s not really French. The name Bon Iver is based on the French bon hiver, meaning “good winter,” but it’s not really French. Congrats!

Is it pronounced "Bon iv(air)" or "Bon (eye)ver".

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Seems like your pronunciation of bon iver is not correct. Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor. Just wondering what you all think of it? In Fallon he introduced him as "BONEY VER!" But then when I went to see him live we heard him pronounce it as the first one. How Do You Pronounce “Hazanavicius”? Why the Grammys are Making Justin Vernon Insufferable {{app.userTrophy[app.userTrophyNo].hints}}. Our Oscars Pronunciation Guide, Why the Grammys are Making Justin Vernon Insufferable, Soul Lives On at the Grammys, Alongside Everything Else. You've got the pronunciation of bon iver right.

Somewhat related: I first heard of them when they were referenced in a podcast, but for the longest time I thought the band was called Bonny Vair. It doesn’t bother me. Pronunciation of bon iver with 2 audio pronunciations, 7 translations and more for bon iver. French movie? Vernon won the Grammys for Best Alternative Music Album and Best New Artist.

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Log in or Me and my housemates had a laugh at that one, http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/02/13/bon_iver_pronunciation_how_to_pronounce_the_name_of_the_grammy_winner.html. Whatever people end up saying that’s fine, How Do You Pronounce “Hazanavicius”? The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor and Satire Blog,Video Archive, Previously: Crowdsourced audio pronunciation dictionary for 89 languages, with meanings, synonyms, sentence usages, translations and much more. Congrats! Whatever people end up saying that’s fine.” Still, when Vernon pronounces the name he says “bone-ee-VARE,” and we trust him on that.

explained the name in an interview with Pitchfork, I don’t mind if people say Bon Eye-ver or Bone-y-ver.

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You have reached the maximum limit. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 2019 The Slate Group LLC. There's an interview about how he chose the name and it goes something along the lines of this: he was watching a French movie and when the first snow falls, all the people in the town celebrate and wish each other "bon hiver" or "good winter." Unfortunately, this device does not support voice recording, Click the record button again to finish recording.