http://iwannaspankjenniferlovehewitt.com/archives/113 rock on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:47:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://iwannaspankjenniferlovehewitt.com/archives/113/comment-page-1#comment-92 Emaciated Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://iwannaspankjenniferlovehewitt.com/?p=113#comment-92 So do you pronouce biopic as bye-O-pick or bye-ah-pick? I like the latter, and when I read the word the little voice inside my head uses it, but I don't watch enough of the Soup or the Showbiz Show to know if there is a correct pronunciation. I'm afraid to use the term in polite company for fear of looking like an uneducated jack ass. I don't trust the little voice inside my head who reads to me. For years he pronounced misled as miss-uld (I think I need a schwa to do the phonetics right there, but I'm not even sure of that.) So do you pronouce biopic as bye-O-pick or bye-ah-pick? I like the latter, and when I read the word the little voice inside my head uses it, but I don’t watch enough of the Soup or the Showbiz Show to know if there is a correct pronunciation. I’m afraid to use the term in polite company for fear of looking like an uneducated jack ass. I don’t trust the little voice inside my head who reads to me. For years he pronounced misled as miss-uld (I think I need a schwa to do the phonetics right there, but I’m not even sure of that.)

]]> http://iwannaspankjenniferlovehewitt.com/archives/113/comment-page-1#comment-93 shawn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://iwannaspankjenniferlovehewitt.com/?p=113#comment-93 The <em>OED</em> prefers buy-oh-pick. I'd print the exact pronunciation, but I have neither the time nor the inclination to learn how to summon the wacky pronunciation symbols into this humble text area. I mean, an upside-down omega? What the fuck is that? Cheeky Brits and their indecipherable pronunciation guides. But seriously, you shouldn't need to be asking my this. Biopic is a combination of biographical and picture, and naturally should be pronounced as such. Also, the word biopic was coined by <em>Variety</em> in 1951 and mid-70s Canadians tossed in a hyphen. It's a shame the Canadian style didn't catch on. Spelling in 'bio-pic' would probably have eased your pronuncial predicament. The OED prefers buy-oh-pick. I’d print the exact pronunciation, but I have neither the time nor the inclination to learn how to summon the wacky pronunciation symbols into this humble text area. I mean, an upside-down omega? What the fuck is that? Cheeky Brits and their indecipherable pronunciation guides. But seriously, you shouldn’t need to be asking my this. Biopic is a combination of biographical and picture, and naturally should be pronounced as such. Also, the word biopic was coined by Variety in 1951 and mid-70s Canadians tossed in a hyphen. It’s a shame the Canadian style didn’t catch on. Spelling in ‘bio-pic’ would probably have eased your pronuncial predicament.

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