How is Peart pronounced?

[Cygnus 2112]

Is it P-ear-t or P-er-t? I've always said it P-ear-t but hear everybody saying P-er-t. Edited April 7, 2013 by billybobjoe1881

[Thunder Bay Rush]

Most people pronounce it incorrectly... they say it like the shampoo - "Pert"... correctly, it's sounds like Peert." Google "Neil Peart on Letterman" and you'll hear Dave's intro... he says it correctly.

[ShlappinDahBass]

P-ear-t is correct.

[Principled Man]

I'm not ashamed to admit it. I learned how to pronounce his name correctly only recently.....about a year or so ago.

 

I did manage to avoid self-flagellation as penance....but the thought did occur once or twice.....

Edited April 7, 2013 by Principled Man

[treeduck]

It's pronounced PERT! Like the pert buttocks of one of Neil's groupie girls! And don't give me any of that stuff about pee-art, I doubt Neil would want to basically dub himself "Neil Piss Artist"!!!

 

:nya nya: :madra: :hi:

[MMCXII]

Most people pronounce it incorrectly... they say it like the shampoo - "Pert"... correctly, it's sounds like Peert." Google "Neil Peart on Letterman" and you'll hear Dave's intro... he says it correctly.

 

I thought I saw an interview once where he said "pronounce the word 'pear', then add a 't' on the end". which would be different than "Peert"..

[Cygnus 2112]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meJ55HPJ3xs

[RushBoingo]

On the topic of mis-pronouncing names, when I first was getting into rush, I pronounced Geddy as Gee-Dee . I was very quickly corrected.

[Hatchetaxe&saw]

Fan-dan-Go.

[Babycat]

P-ear-t.

[HalfwayToGone]

It's spelled "Peart" but it's pronounced "throatwarblermangrove"

[BeOhBe Bob]

Geddyfan13 needs to weigh in on this topic

[Your_Lion]

It's spelled "Peart" but it's pronounced "throatwarblermangrove"

 

You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you.

(It's not even a proper nose. It's polystyrene.)

Edited April 7, 2013 by Your_Lion

[GorillaStrangiato]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMnH6FWXUs

 

Starts at 1:38 . Straight from Pratt's mouth.

Edited April 9, 2013 by GorillaStrangiato

[Dscrapre]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMnH6FWXUs

 

Starts at 1:38 . Straight from Pratt's mouth.

 

What the hell does that guy know?

[rushgoober]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMnH6FWXUs

 

Starts at 1:38 . Straight from Pratt's mouth.

 

What the hell does that guy know?

 

Yeah, I wouldn't trust him for a second. In fact, he'd be the LAST person I'd ask. Think about it - he's Neil Peart - he's obviously biased and completely unable to answer the question with anything approaching objectivity.

[Principled Man]

Just got done educating some guy on YouTube.  He was swearing up and down that Neil's name is pronounced "Pert"..... 

[grep]

"It's not Pert, Pert, or Pert. It's Peart. "

I think that's from Off The Record or one of the other syndicated radio shows from the mid 80's.  I remember him saying that. 

[goose]

"Part" as in "heart"?  Maybe.

 

"Pairt" as in "pear"?  OK.

 

But never "Pert".  

[g under p]

I can recall Neil cringe when people would pronounce it Pert. When most know it to be Pear-t.

Similar I'll make corrections to people spelling my name Earl when it's spelt EARLE.✌️

 

[JARG]

“Pee-Ar-TEE”.

Ou la la 

[Principled Man]

Neil may have been related to Washington Post humorist Alexandra Petri, whose name is pronounced "PEE-try"....not "pee-tree" as in petri dish.    

[BastillePark]

Necrotizing postitis.

[HalfwayToGone]

On 7/23/2023 at 2:54 PM, JARG said:

“Pee-Ar-TEE”.

Ou la la 

I found a long lost rosetta stone that says it’s “paw TEH”.  As in “rock & roll all nite and paw teh every deh!”