How do YOU say "biopic"? (1 Viewer)

[Frank Drebin]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biopic

 

[Pickle Rody]

I pronounce it the same way I pronounce bionic.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I say "Bio!" you say "Pic!"

Bio!

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

what is wrong with you people?

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I pronounce it "biopic".

 

[Captain Quinoa]

64%?????

SHut it down

 

[Andy Dufresne]

This would have never happened in the olden days of these boards.

Who let you people in here anyway?

 

[Idiot Boxer]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biopic

/thread

 

[The_Man]

This whole discussion is moro-nic

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Crazy that word origins affect their pronunciation.

 

[The_Man]

Crazy that word origins affect their pronunciation.

Don't make a mountain out of an anthill (pron. "anth-il," like anvil)

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biopic

/thread

from the comments, this was posted 2 hours ago:

tupelodanger (signed in using yahoo)

It's not short for "biography," since the phrase "biography picture" would be redundant and nonsensical. It's short for "biographical picture," where the "bio" in question is pronounced as in the pronunciation key above.

can't believe 65% of people in this poll don't know how to speak.

 

[BroadwayG]

bi-oh-graff-ick-el or bi-ah-graff-ick-el?

 

[BroadwayG]

biopsy = bio-:gangnamstyle:

 

[shadyridr]

Wtf is wrong with you morons

 

[cstu]

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.

+1

 

[mr roboto]

I am willing to admit in wrong. It's bio-pic.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

I am willing to admit in wrong. It's bio-pic.

Domo

 

[Chaka]

skiffy?

Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"

You come across the word biopic and never seen it before, how would you pronounce it?

Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.

I don't care how people pronounce biopic but I am not sure how Sci-Fi acknowledges the "fiction" part of the word?

It seems like the accepted pronunciation of sci-fi only truly acknowledges the "science" part in its pronunciation.

 

[Norman Paperman]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biopic

/thread

How can that be /thread, when I posted the Webster's pronunciation 2 hours earlier?

 

[Freelove]

skiffy?

Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"

You come across the word biopic and never seen it before, how would you pronounce it?

Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.

I don't care how people pronounce biopic but I am not sure how Sci-Fi acknowledges the "fiction" part of the word?

It seems like the accepted pronunciation of sci-fi only truly acknowledges the "science" part in its pronunciation.

I'll bet it just emerged as a stupid riff on Hi-Fi.

 

[joffer]

I love these threads

 

[Captain Quinoa]

skiffy?

Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"

You come across the word biopic and never seen it before, how would you pronounce it?

Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.

I don't care how people pronounce biopic but I am not sure how Sci-Fi acknowledges the "fiction" part of the word?

It seems like the accepted pronunciation of sci-fi only truly acknowledges the "science" part in its pronunciation.

You move your lips when you read this thread, don't you?

 

[Chaka]

skiffy?

Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"

You come across the word biopic and never seen it before, how would you pronounce it?

Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.

I don't care how people pronounce biopic but I am not sure how Sci-Fi acknowledges the "fiction" part of the word?

It seems like the accepted pronunciation of sci-fi only truly acknowledges the "science" part in its pronunciation.

You move your lips when you read this thread, don't you?

That's nice. Are you going to answer the question or are you just going to hurl insults?

 

[Corporation]

This is one poll where I was sure my choice would be at 90%. I'm stunned that bi-opp-ick is actually ahead.

I'm shocked as well. This makes no sense.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

skiffy?

Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"

You come across the word biopic and never seen it before, how would you pronounce it?

Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.

I don't care how people pronounce biopic but I am not sure how Sci-Fi acknowledges the "fiction" part of the word?

It seems like the accepted pronunciation of sci-fi only truly acknowledges the "science" part in its pronunciation.

You move your lips when you read this thread, don't you?

That's nice. Are you going to answer the question or are you just going to hurl insults?

People like rhyme-y stuff

 

[Freelove]

This is one poll where I was sure my choice would be at 90%. I'm stunned that bi-opp-ick is actually ahead.

I'm shocked as well. This makes no sense.

I get the instinct. Bi-opp-ick just sounds better, IMO. Tragically, it happens to be wrong.

 

[The_Man]

How about Rom-Com?

Since Rom is from Romantic, should it be pronounced Rome-Com?

 

[Ignoramus]

How about Rom-Com?

Since Rom is from Romantic, should it be pronounced Rome-Com?

Really should not be pronounced at all.

 

[Norman Paperman]

How about Rom-Com?

Since Rom is from Romantic, should it be pronounced Rome-Com?

I usually go with Rome-comb

 

[Norman Paperman]

biopsy = bio - si

 

[Captain Quinoa]

How about Rom-Com?

Since Rom is from Romantic, should it be pronounced Rome-Com?

People like rhyme-y stuff

 

[Ilov80s]

I assumed this would be a landslide. Instead, we have this mild embarrassment.

 

[Ignoramus]

I assumed this would be a landslide. Instead, we have this mild embarrassment.

 

[El Floppo]

I assumed this would be a landslide. Instead, we have this mild embarrassment.

in less of a surprise- despite the presence of clear evidence, the majority wrong-doers maintain their position.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Long o isn't winning? The ####?

 

[the moops]

I dont think i have ever said the word until this poll.

 

[Tom Servo]

I've never heard it said any other way than bio-pic.

 

[Ilov80s]

I've never heard it said any other way than bio-pic.

Never, ever. I'm not sure most of the voters know what the word means... Or are just trolling.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

this is the most shocking poll result I've ever seen (actually true)

 

[El Floppo]

Rhymes with "bio-pic": (from MW)

bailiwick, Bolshevik, bone to pick, call in sick, candlestick,candlewick, cattle tick, cherry-pick, corner kick, Dominic, do the trick, double-quick, EBCDIC, fiddlestick, fingerpick,flutter kick, hemistich, heretic, lunatic, Menshevik,meterstick, needlestick, onside kick, overtrick, point-and-click, politic, politick, polyptych, rhythm stick, scissors kick,shooting stick, singlestick, swagger stick, swizzle stick,taperstick, turn the trick, undertrick, walking stick, Watson-Crick

 

[The_Man]

Rhymes with "bio-pic": (from MW)

bailiwick, Bolshevik, bone to pick, call in sick, candlestick,candlewick, cattle tick, cherry-pick, corner kick, Dominic, do the trick, double-quick, EBCDIC, fiddlestick, fingerpick,flutter kick, hemistich, heretic, lunatic, Menshevik,meterstick, needlestick, onside kick, overtrick, point-and-click, politic, politick, polyptych, rhythm stick, scissors kick,shooting stick, singlestick, swagger stick, swizzle stick,taperstick, turn the trick, undertrick, walking stick, Watson-Crick

I would watch a Watson-Crick Bio-Pic

 

[Doug B]

I dont think i have ever said the word until this poll.

I don't think Siskel or Ebert ever said it, either, in all the years their show was on.

 

[Ignoramus]

I dont think i have ever said the word until this poll.

I don't think Siskel or Ebert ever said it, either, in all the years their show was on.

Yeah, I voted myopic but I've never used nor heard the word.

 

[17seconds]

bee-o-peek

 

[Ilov80s]

I dont think i have ever said the word until this poll.

I don't think Siskel or Ebert ever said it, either, in all the years their show was on.

Yeah, I voted myopic but I've never used nor heard the word.

Have you ever read it?

 

[Josie Maran]

skiffy?

Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"

You come across the word biopic and never seen it before, how would you pronounce it?

Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.

I don't care how people pronounce biopic but I am not sure how Sci-Fi acknowledges the "fiction" part of the word?

It seems like the accepted pronunciation of sci-fi only truly acknowledges the "science" part in its pronunciation.

OK, finish a word with just the "fi" from "fiction.

OK, now do it without sounding like an idiot.

 

[Chaka]

skiffy?

Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"

You come across the word biopic and never seen it before, how would you pronounce it?

Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.

I don't care how people pronounce biopic but I am not sure how Sci-Fi acknowledges the "fiction" part of the word?

It seems like the accepted pronunciation of sci-fi only truly acknowledges the "science" part in its pronunciation.

OK, finish a word with just the "fi" from "fiction.

OK, now do it without sounding like an idiot.

Agreed which is why I wanted Quinoa to clarify his point.

By the same token I know how biopic is supposed to be pronounced and I say it that way but it never sounds right. Saying it like myopic sounds better.

 

[Josie Maran]

skiffy?

Right. Then you learn that it comes from 'Science Fiction' and you pronounce it "Sigh-Figh"

You come across the word biopic and never seen it before, how would you pronounce it?

Like 'myopic' until I learn that it is short for 'Biographical Picture' then I say it Bio-Pic.

I don't care how people pronounce biopic but I am not sure how Sci-Fi acknowledges the "fiction" part of the word?

It seems like the accepted pronunciation of sci-fi only truly acknowledges the "science" part in its pronunciation.

OK, finish a word with just the "fi" from "fiction.

OK, now do it without sounding like an idiot.

Agreed which is why I wanted Quinoa to clarify his point.

By the same token I know how biopic is supposed to be pronounced and I say it that way but it never sounds right. Saying it like myopic sounds better.

No. It doesn't.

Just pretend that it's two separate words and you'll be fine.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

What about "Mexicali"?

Shouldn't it be pronounced Mex-uh-cala?