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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: Ħ on June 06, 2013, 11:42:03 PM
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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).
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thee AY d/turr
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Was just about to post that, homey. :hifive:
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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".
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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! :lol
So I guess thee-uh-der is the closest equivalent? That is basically how we pronounce the R sound. Basically as "ah".
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Love the Aussie explanation. :lol
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My answer is the same as Blob's (since I too am Australian), except I know how to pronounce a T. :lol
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:lol
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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. :lol
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". :lol
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Was just about to post that, homey. :hifive:
:floydapproves:
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Went with "thee-uh-terr" but mostly I hear see-uh-terr, because we crazy germans can't pronounce a proper "th".
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James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig :P
Which sounds like a Welsh town..
Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?
Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!
Wel a Duw Duw :)
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Thee-uh-terr.
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James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig :P
Which sounds like a Welsh town..
Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?
Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!
Wel a Duw Duw :)
:rollin
thee-uh-durr, because my mouth gets lazy.
inb4 oral sex jokes
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In my mind Thee-uh-terr, when I speak Thay-uh-terr. Which is the correct one?
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In my mind Thee-uh-terr, when I speak Thay-uh-terr. Which is the correct one?
What does your heart tell you ?
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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 :D
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James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig :P
Which sounds like a Welsh town..
Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?
Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!
Wel a Duw Duw :)
:rollin
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? :biggrin:
B.Lee
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James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig :P
Which sounds like a Welsh town..
Ble wyt tin'n Byw ?
Fi'n Byw Mewn Death-Magneddig. !!
Wel a Duw Duw :)
:rollin
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? :biggrin:
B.Lee
I did not. Thanks, now I'm laughing :tup
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James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig :P
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 :lol
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Ha. Why's that then ? :)
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I pronounce it correctly.
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Thee-uh-derr because pronouncing the T is just too much work.
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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..
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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!
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Thee-er-ter, 'cause I'm a posh Brit like that. Think Rowan Atkinson or John Cleese or something :laugh:
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Crikey, I'm getting my poll options custom-made for me, now? I've arrived!
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Thee-derr or Thee-uh-derr - to be honest I don't know what the difference between those 2 is (shame on me!) :lol
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Sin-uh-muh
;)
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Thee-uh-terr
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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.
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In US, "theater" is used for watching movies (films) and plays.
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I think cinema is only for movies, isn't it? I actually don't know for sure..
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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"
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^same. I don't think I've ever heard "cinema" used in regular conversation except in the actual name of a movie theater.
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In the US, cinema is usually used to describe the film industry, whereas theater is both used to describe the movie theater, or a theater for plays.
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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.
I just say I'm going to see a talkie. Then everybody knows what I mean, and they're jealous too.
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When I try to pronounce it as I think I should, which I usually do, it's "thee-uh-terr". When the Israeli accent takes over me, I say "thee-ter".
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I think cinema is only for movies, isn't it? I actually don't know for sure..
I was making a joke, but yes cinemas are for movies.
And btw, the theater that DT is named after showed movies as far as I know... hence the joke.
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For me, boring old Thee-ah-ter. The right way in other words.
And I go to the pictures to see a film. Weird isn't it?
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In French, cinéma refers to the place you go to watch movies, and théâtre refers to the place you see plays.
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I guess the correct pronunciation is Thee-uh-derr or Thee-uh-terr, but I'm used to pronouncing it Thee-derr, most likely because English is not my first language (Spanish is) and whenever I'm talking about DT (in Spanish, of course, I rarely speak in English) it is much easier to say Thee-derr.
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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.
I just say I'm going to see a talkie. Then everybody knows what I mean, and they're jealous too.
:lol
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If I had to choose between those in the poll, I guess Thee-uh-derr is the closest. What it actually sounds like to me is Thee-aæ-r(e)r. The a is based on the typical European pronunciation of the letter and the æ is Norwegian. The first r is a Norwegian/Spanish/whatever r without the rolling, and the last one is the potato sounding American one. The e isn't really there.
That sounded complex. Well, I guess it had to be since English is a "non phonetic" language. For the record, what I described is what I'd say is the American way of pronouncing it.
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I love how this thread turned into a comparison of theater vs. cinema. :lol
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.
I just say I'm going to see a talkie. Then everybody knows what I mean, and they're jealous too.
:rollin
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I go with thee-uh-terr
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I'm shocked at the results.
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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! :lol
So I guess thee-uh-der is the closest equivalent? That is basically how we pronounce the R sound. Basically as "ah".
That reminds me of being on vacation in Cairns. From where I come from in the U.S. we pronounce that word like a Scot would but with a lazy "r" by not rolling it. For the first few days I just went along with the locals (or so I thought) and called the town Cans because that's what my U.S. ears heard. I got polite but sideways looks from the Queenslanders I met. After that, I began to hear the implied "r" and realized the elongated "a" was nearly stretched into a "y" at the end and that was the place holder for the "r". It was very enlightening and I had a much easier time understanding our Aussie hosts from then on. Until, I'd drank too much beer, of course.
As to the OP, I do pronounce it Thee-uh-terr but it's a little more smashed together. Definitely 3 syllables but they are in rapid succession.