Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2022 8 hours ago, Seat68 said: How should the word biopic be pronounced? Bye-oh-pic or bye-yopick I go with the latter. But I don't really know if that's right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 By-op-ic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 To rhyme with myopic. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: To rhyme with myopic. Erm, hate to break it to you but exactly the same happens to that word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 minute ago, bickster said: Erm, hate to break it to you but exactly the same happens to that word Just not as often because it isn't a word many people use. Particularly those having difficulty pronouncing biopic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2022 Its Bio (Biographic) Pic (Picture), there is no other way, it must be that or it makes no sense. You can't chuck the O on the other side because you want to sound intellectual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: Just not as often because it isn't a word many people use. Particularly those having difficulty pronouncing biopic. Myopic is pronounced the other way My Opik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, bickster said: Its Bio (Biographic) Pic (Picture), there is no other way, it must be that or it makes no sense. You can't chuck the O on the other side because you want to sound intellectual I'm so confused. Every post you've written over the last page makes me think you have a different position. I agree that bio comes from biographic and should be pronounced the way it is when found in the word, rather than using the stresses applied to the snippet. edit - I disagree with my last paragraph. Maybe not helping my confusion... Edited March 31, 2022 by Sam-AVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: I'm so confused. Every post you've written over the last page makes me think you have a different position. I agree that bio comes from biographic and should be pronounced the way it is when found in the word, rather than using the stresses applied to the snippet. Its bio pic and my opic if that makes sense. The stresses on the O are different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 minute ago, bickster said: Its bio pic and my opic if that makes sense. The stresses on the O are different That does make sense. I disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2022 21 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: That does make sense. I disagree. How would you pronounce hyperopic, an antonym of myopic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 25 minutes ago, bickster said: How would you pronounce hyperopic, an antonym of myopic? Hyper-opic. I don't think I've even heard anyone saying bio-pic before, so this has really thrown me. I now feel like I should have, not that I agree it's right, because it feels like the natural west country way to pronounce it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 31, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2022 BIO-pic my-OP-ic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I read hereby in my head as hereby like Hereford for years as I didn't hear it out loud and didn't bother to consult a dictionary for accuracy. I say bye-opp-pic and mye-opp-pic the same way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, theunderstudy said: I read hereby in my head as hereby like Hereford for years as I didn't hear it out loud and didn't bother to consult a dictionary for accuracy. I say bye-opp-pic and mye-opp-pic the same way As do I. Although I reckon it could be counted on one hand how often I say either word over the course of an average year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 What's the longest somebody has waited at a roundabout for as in theory, you could be waiting at one forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 1, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2022 Who this is about... Could be one of many. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Who this is about... Could be one of many. My wife doesn't know about Fesshole, so I am in the clear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Most of the stuff I write on here is dictated by my wife so she’s hardly going to criticise it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 57 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Who this is about... Could be one of many. @bickster, obviously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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