How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?

[Ħ]

Most of the time I hear "thee-derr". But isn't it properly "thee-uh-terr"? Not sure, but that's how I say it (or try to say it).

[black_biff_stadler]

thee AY d/turr

[DebraKadabra]

Was just about to post that, homey.

[TheAtliator]

I laugh every time I hear thee-AY-d/tur

I do Thee-uh-derr when talking at normal speed, but a very very quick "uh".

[BlobVanDam]

The way I pronounce it is not really thee-der, more like theer-der, as in the first syllable rhymes with fear. But that's because the Australian accent doesn't actually pronounce R's at all. We're a very lazy accent. It doesn't really work with the US accent!
So I guess thee-uh-der is the closest equivalent? That is basically how we pronounce the R sound. Basically as "ah".

[DebraKadabra]

Love the Aussie explanation.

[Bolsters]

My answer is the same as Blob's (since I too am Australian), except I know how to pronounce a T.

[DebraKadabra]

 

[BlobVanDam]

I really can't defend our accent! It's like someone took a regional British accent, then decided "Fuck it, that's too much work. Let's just speak 'Strayan instead".

My answer is the same as Blob's (since I too am Australian), except I know how to pronounce a T.

It depends on how lazy I'm feeling. If I'm saying it fast, it would come out like a D, but if I'm saying it properly, then it's a T. At least we attempt the T at all. In England it would be like "Thea'er".

[black_biff_stadler]

Was just about to post that, homey.

[Kwyjibo]

Went with "thee-uh-terr" but mostly I hear see-uh-terr, because we crazy germans can't pronounce a proper "th".

[Kotowboy]

James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig

Which sounds like a Welsh town..

Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?

Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!

Wel a Duw Duw

[Lucien]

Thee-uh-terr.

[MoraWintersoul]

James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig

Which sounds like a Welsh town..

Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?

Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!

Wel a Duw Duw

thee-uh-durr, because my mouth gets lazy.
inb4 oral sex jokes

[wasteland]

In my mind Thee-uh-terr, when I speak Thay-uh-terr. Which is the correct one?

[Kotowboy]

In my mind Thee-uh-terr, when I speak Thay-uh-terr. Which is the correct one?

What does your heart tell you ?

[MoraWintersoul]

On a side note, I totally wanted to start this topic yesterday since MM's "thee(y)durr" yesterday really jumped out in my brain... I love his accent but I haven't heard him pronounce it in a while so I was weirded out for a milisecond

[Bertielee]

James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig

Which sounds like a Welsh town..

Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?

Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!

Wel a Duw Duw

thee-uh-durr, because my mouth gets lazy.
inb4 oral sex jokes

To go on with the metaphor, do you know that "dur" means hard, in French?

B.Lee

[MoraWintersoul]

James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig

Which sounds like a Welsh town..

Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?

Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!

Wel a Duw Duw

thee-uh-durr, because my mouth gets lazy.
inb4 oral sex jokes

To go on with the metaphor, do you know that "dur" means hard, in French?

B.Lee

I did not. Thanks, now I'm laughing

[Elite]

James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig

Which sounds like a Welsh town..

Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?

Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!

Wel a Duw Duw

This is fucking amazing

[Kotowboy]

Ha. Why's that then ?

[hefdaddy42]

I pronounce it correctly.

[Zook]

Thee-uh-derr because pronouncing the T is just too much work.

[Lotion]

I try to say DT most of the time, Theater is a word that does'nt sit well on my tongue, but I guess I pronounce it Thee-ate-err..

[BlobVanDam]

I try to say DT most of the time, Theater is a word that does'nt sit well on my tongue, but I guess I pronounce it Thee-ate-err..

It sounds so Shakespearian.

Thee ate 'er!
How doth thou accuseth mineself of such treachery!

[Captain Reddot]

Thee-er-ter, 'cause I'm a posh Brit like that. Think Rowan Atkinson or John Cleese or something 

[robwebster]

Crikey, I'm getting my poll options custom-made for me, now? I've arrived!

[?]

Thee-derr or Thee-uh-derr - to be honest I don't know what the difference between those 2 is (shame on me!)

[slycordinator]

Sin-uh-muh

[Dublagent66]

Thee-uh-terr

[Kotowboy]

Quick Q for the Americans on the board.

When do you say cinema and when do say Theater ? How do you differentiate ?

In the UK - Cinema is the cinema and Theater is where you see a play but in the US - Theater can be either apparently.

[sueño]

In US, "theater" is used for watching movies (films) and plays.

[TheAtliator]

I think cinema is only for movies, isn't it? I actually don't know for sure..

[425]

I've only ever heard cinema refer to movies. But it's very rarely used at least in the part of the US where I live. People will usually just say they are "going to the movies," and we usually refer to the actual establishment as the "movie theater". I think where I live you would be looked at as odd for using the word "cinema."

So, theater is both, but you would call the one where you watch films "the movie theater" and you'd really not call the overall establishment just "the theater" (though an individual room might be called that, as in "Star Trek is in theater 5"). And cinema is rarely used at all.


Oh and to answer the OP, I pronounce it thee-uh-terr, but like someone else said, with a short "uh"

[TheAtliator]

^same. I don't think I've ever heard "cinema" used in regular conversation except in the actual name of a movie theater.