Officer Pete Malloy
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How do YOU say "biopic"? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Officer Pete Malloy
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Moe.
Footballguy
Ah-pick but yeah, end thread
Mr. Retukes
Footballguy
It really should be bio-pic.
Josie Maran
Footballguy
"BUY-O-TIS"
Josie Maran
Footballguy
"MY-OH-PIC"
Josie Maran
Footballguy
"GYN-O-PIC"
Josie Maran
Footballguy
Anyone voting for the second choice needs a vicious taco-punch.
It's a BIOgraphical PICture. Any vote other than bio-pick deserves physical damage.
It's a BIOgraphical PICture. Any vote other than bio-pick deserves physical damage.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Josie Maran
Footballguy
Josie Maran
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Officer Pete Malloy
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Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
This is one poll where I was sure my choice would be at 90%. I'm stunned that bi-opp-ick is actually ahead.
Arizona Ron
Footballguy
The same way I say, 'myopic'.
Otis
Footballguy
the moops
Footballguy
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Do you pronounce "Sci-Fi" just like it sounds in SCIence FIction, Webster?
Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
Its not about the sound, its about acknowledging the two word origin. Do you pronounce Sci-Fi as 'siffy'?
Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
you come across the word 'scifi'. you have never seen it before. how would you pronounce it?
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
I pronounce it one way if I'm talking about a movie that documents somebody's life, but the other way if I'm talking about Steve Austin the biopic man.
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Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"
Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.
Captain Quinoa
Footballguy
Norman Paperman
Footballguy
Bi - ah - picLike my - ah - pic
The Merriam-Webster pronunciation I posted above has it as bio - pic.
Norman Paperman
Footballguy
How do you pronounce topic?
Two - pic
Toe - pic
Tah - pic
Two - pic
Toe - pic
Tah - pic
3C's
Footballguy
apparently we've been pronouncing fiction wrong all this time. gonna be hard to learn to say fike-shon.
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Doug B
Footballguy
I say "bye-opp-ick" out of habit -- I didn't learn until a few years ago that it was actually a contraction of "biographical picture" and not derived directly from a Greek form like *βιώπηκοϛ or something.
Plus, I never hear "biopic" pronounced ... only in print. How is it said among Hollywood types?
Plus, I never hear "biopic" pronounced ... only in print. How is it said among Hollywood types?
Stop trying to dig into it via etymology. Lots of English words have correct pronunciations that aren't readily obvious or etymologically sensible. 
It's English. You learn the exceptions, and you cope.
The correct pronunciation is BYE-OH-pic. It ain't about sense. It's about right vs. wrong. May as well get it right. I prefer bye-AHP-ick, too. Think it sounds more elegant. It just happens to be utterly incorrect.
It's English. You learn the exceptions, and you cope.
The correct pronunciation is BYE-OH-pic. It ain't about sense. It's about right vs. wrong. May as well get it right. I prefer bye-AHP-ick, too. Think it sounds more elegant. It just happens to be utterly incorrect.
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Doug B
Footballguy
This is not common knowledge. And while the term is probably pretty old within the industry, I've only been seeing it in print over the last 15 years or so.Josie Maran said:
Plus, it looks like a bazillion Greek-derived words like "myopic", "tropic", etc. "Bye-opp-ick" may not be strictly correct, but it is not an unreasonable stab at a pronunciation.
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butcher boy
Footballguy
Bio-pic sounds like some kind of organically grown Afro pick.
I pronounce it "biographical epic".
I pronounce it "biographical epic".
Guarantees you say at least one of the two incorrectly.Thisthe moops said:Arizona Ron said:
Not sure why this is a poll. Look this stuff up. British English and American English authorities are in agreement here. This bi-opp-ick stuff is like expressing a personal preference for which direction the Earth rotates.
Doug B
Footballguy
Hardly. It's the old and once-fertile debate about whether "rules determine usage", or "usage determines rules".
We don't rhyme "flour" and "floor, or "hour" and "whore", as was done in Shakespeare's time. We now say say "worked" instead of "wrought", and "staffs" instead of "staves".
Might take a while, but I wouldn't be suprised to eventually see the "bye-opp-ick" pronunciation reach critical mass and turn "bye-OH-pick" into an eccentricity. That's just how real languages work.
the moops
Footballguy
the moops
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Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
A lot of wrong people in here.
Keep fighting the good fight Captain.
BIO - PIC
Keep fighting the good fight Captain.
BIO - PIC
