The spelling of pop groups |
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Derived from various pop magazines etc, mostly British |
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A sample of pop-group names with novel spellings |
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hats, The Flairz Flyskree Foney M |
Foxymorons Fun Lovin’
Ian BrownD |
Mikee
B 'N
Sync |
Ryme Nor ReasonSalt ‘N’ Pepa |
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Rules for Pop-group names | |
| Most 'original' spellings of pop-group names draw on a few possibilities of English spelling: | |
| number and letter names | Pollen 8, Eminem, 4-Hero, BoyZ II Men. Bad II the Bone |
| masculine/working class pronunciations | "'in'' for 'ing': Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Stampin’ Ground, The Bruvvers; |
| conventional spoken form of 'and' as 'n' | Guns ‘n’ Roses, Salt ‘N’ Pepa. |
| imitation rap accents | Gravediggaz, Fun-Da-Mental, Muthafunk, Killa Instinct, Chilla |
| traditional misspellings of 'c/k, s/c., s/z' | Kreed, A-Cyde, Redz, Reprazent. |
| puns on names or expressions | particularly clone bands: No Way Sis, Foney M, Bhang II Rites, Mellon Collee, The Pharcyde, Propa-Ghandi, SoulJahz |
| Rarely do groups use spellings that go completely against English rules: Danii Minogue, The Grrls, the hKippers, Mu-Ziq. Only a few names are the same as accidental spelling mistakes: The Pheonix Band, Sqwint, Atmosfear, Led Zeppelin, The Rapsody Orchestra | |
| Numbers | 4-Hero Become 1 Bhang II Rites Black II Basics BoyZ II Men Listen 2 This Pollen 8 Soul II Soul Step Up II da Mic |
| Letter name spellings | Bugaloo Xpress B-witched E-Male Eminem E-Z Rollers The N-trance OP8 Pearls B4 Swine The Rhythm Xchange Torna-K U2 The Xplosions YB Sober |
| ''n' for 'and' | Ginger Pig Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Orchestra Guns N’ Roses Hot ‘n’ Spicy Two 'N Sync Salt ‘N’ Pepa Thugs-N-Harmony |
| 'n' for 'ing' | Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Confuzin’ Jack Cruisin’ Mooses Fun Lovin’ Criminals Livin’ Joy Rockin’ Armadillos Screemin’ Ab-Dabs Stampin’ Ground The Swingin’ |
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Clone bands | |
| Clone bands have to suggest the names of the originals while showing that they are in fact imitators. | |
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Abba |
Abba Solutely ABBALANCHE Abbasolutely Live Björn Again Fabba Rebjorn |
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Beatles |
The Beatalls The Beatels The Fantaztic Fore The Beetles UK |
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Eagles |
B*Eagles B'EAGLES |
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Oasis |
Oasisnt Okasis No Way Sis |
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The Rolling Stones |
The Rolling' Clones The Strolling Bones Rollin' Stoned Rollin' Tones |
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The Who |
The Guess Who Who's Who |
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Others |
AC/Seedy Afrodizzyak Fleetwood Bac Be*Witched Beach Boyz GoldBooze Brothers Cheeky Monkees Clone Roses Cuncokshun FLOYDIAN SLIP Foney M The Funking Barstewards Garyatrics Guns N Poses Hamyzfear M & N Metallicish Near Say Nearvana OZZMOSIS Pink Fraud Pink Froyd Qween Retrobution Robbing Williams The Rockaholics Soulstice Stereophonies Symon Sez The Jamm The Wholigans T-Rextasy UB4T We Be 40 Xposure Y-Rythmics |
