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

Thee-terr
19 (13.2%)
Thee-derr
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Thee-uh-terr
69 (47.9%)
Thee-uh-derr
29 (20.1%)
Thay-uh-terr (for rob)
6 (4.2%)

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How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« on: June 06, 2013, 11:42:03 PM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2013, 11:43:02 PM »
thee AY d/turr
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2013, 11:43:49 PM »
Was just about to post that, homey. :hifive:

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2013, 11:47:47 PM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2013, 11:49:55 PM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2013, 11:52:20 PM »
Love the Aussie explanation. :lol

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2013, 11:56:26 PM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2013, 11:58:00 PM »
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2013, 11:58:14 PM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2013, 11:58:21 PM »
Was just about to post that, homey. :hifive:

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2013, 12:03:56 AM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2013, 06:45:46 AM »
James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig :P

Which sounds like a Welsh town..

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2013, 06:49:58 AM »
Thee-uh-terr.
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2013, 07:02:45 AM »
James Hetfield always pronounced Death Magnetic like Death Magneddig :P

Which sounds like a Welsh town..

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thee-uh-durr, because my mouth gets lazy.
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2013, 07:05:14 AM »
In my mind Thee-uh-terr, when I speak Thay-uh-terr. Which is the correct one?
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2013, 07:07:46 AM »
In my mind Thee-uh-terr, when I speak Thay-uh-terr. Which is the correct one?

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2013, 07:10:46 AM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2013, 07:31:51 AM »
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-durr, because my mouth gets lazy.
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To go on with the metaphor, do you know that "dur" means hard, in French? :biggrin:

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2013, 07:55:58 AM »
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-durr, because my mouth gets lazy.
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To go on with the metaphor, do you know that "dur" means hard, in French? :biggrin:

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2013, 08:11:19 AM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #20 on: June 07, 2013, 08:17:13 AM »
Ha. Why's that then ? :)

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2013, 08:49:48 AM »
I pronounce it correctly.
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #22 on: June 07, 2013, 09:22:18 AM »
Thee-uh-derr because pronouncing the T is just too much work.

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #23 on: June 07, 2013, 11:35:42 AM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #24 on: June 07, 2013, 11:40:05 AM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #25 on: June 07, 2013, 11:43:30 AM »
Thee-er-ter, 'cause I'm a posh Brit like that. Think Rowan Atkinson or John Cleese or something  :laugh:
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #26 on: June 07, 2013, 11:53:36 AM »
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #27 on: June 07, 2013, 11:57:03 AM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #28 on: June 07, 2013, 01:29:26 PM »
Sin-uh-muh

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #29 on: June 07, 2013, 07:09:14 PM »
Thee-uh-terr
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #30 on: June 07, 2013, 07:55:23 PM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #31 on: June 07, 2013, 08:34:00 PM »
In US, "theater" is used for watching movies (films) and plays.
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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #32 on: June 07, 2013, 08:51:33 PM »
I think cinema is only for movies, isn't it? I actually don't know for sure..

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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #33 on: June 07, 2013, 09:26:58 PM »
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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Re: How do you pronounce the "theater" in "Dream Theater"?
« Reply #34 on: June 07, 2013, 09:42:49 PM »
^same. I don't think I've ever heard "cinema" used in regular conversation except in the actual name of a movie theater.