Well how do you pronounce Harass? Why do people insist on saying Hairessment?

Logical is not always the answer.

is the bitch pressing charges? I get that alot...

"lift"?

Pretty straightforward.

How about the thing that you stick your garden hose into on the outside of your house [not the gnome, the other end].
it's spelled spigot
but I've always pronounced it spicket.
And of course, the exact same thing on the inside of your house is now a 'faucet'.

Bio-pic makes more sense...but I've almost always heard reviewers, people in documentaries about the movies etc. pronounce it bi-opic.

I've always heard it pronounced bio-pic.

Anybody read any good bye-oh-graphies lately?

That is my-op-ic and not myo-pic.

Guess you know how I voted :)

Except it's actually technically incorrect. O-maj is not an acceptable english pronunciation of homage. I thought for sure it was until the English nazi's at my office corrected me and pointed me to several websites... many of which referenced the self-important directors thinking they were cool by pronouncing it like the French.

And for the record I've never heard anyone pronounce it bio-pic. Bi-opic is the way to go.

I just need some clarification.

To the people who say that they have only heard it pronounced BI-OPIC

Are you saying and/or hearing: BI--AH-PIC or BI--OH-PIC ??

Excellent example!!

Nobody says "bio-graphies" -- it's "bi-ah-graphies"


Just like bi-ah-pic

i've decided to pronounce it "docu-drama" from now on.

Bi-Ah-Pic. Good question that clears things up a tad bit more.

Except that it's short for "biographical picture," not "biography picture," and the word biographical has a long-O, just like the word biopic.

People can call it a "bi-ah-pic" all they like, but I'll take the word of Merriam Webster since, you know, it's kind of their business to know how to pronounce words correctly.

-JP

Yes, I read one about a famous bye-ah-engineer.

I think the problem stems from it being one word versus a hyphenated word. Bio-pic sounds like two words and doesn't flow as well as bi-ah-pic, which acutally sounds like one word.

According to the dictionary, it's bi-oh-pic. That said, it's so widely pronounced bi-ah-pic, I imagine it'll eventually be recognized as an alternate pronunciation. Just like how so many people added a syllable to preventive that we now recognize preventative as a legitimate pronunciation.

which brings up a good point:

try saying these words -

photography, photographer, photograph

notice something? just because words have the same roots, they don't necessarily sound the same! :)

I'd rather see a bi pic. Anyone?

I often hear it pronounced both ways, and thats 'often' without the 't' sound. ;)