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Post by shescrafty on Mar 17, 2015 0:15:10 GMT
On another thread that included mispronunciations this was written:
5 hours ago scrapaddie said:
Well, if you can't go to the Li-berry, you can always go to the the-A-ter (long e and long a)!!
i know for sure that I say theater wrong and my friends have teased me repeatedly about it. My mom is from Mexico and I pronounce it the way I heard it in my house, which clearly was wrong.
so-here is my question-how do you pronounce theater?
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Post by GiantsFan on Mar 17, 2015 0:18:50 GMT
Th-E-ah-ter Emphasis on e not a.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 0:18:51 GMT
thē'-ə-tər
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Post by gillyp on Mar 17, 2015 0:21:14 GMT
Thuh-ear-ter. I'm English though.  Fwiw, I say Lie-bra-ree too.  |
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Post by Nicole in TX on Mar 17, 2015 0:23:50 GMT
Thee-ter
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 17, 2015 0:24:28 GMT
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Post by Rainbow on Mar 17, 2015 0:26:04 GMT
thee uh ter
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Post by seikashaven on Mar 17, 2015 0:44:31 GMT
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Post by Sue on Mar 17, 2015 0:48:13 GMT
I say "thee uh ter" with a slight difference. Hard to describe it but I pronounce the first syllable almost like "thee" but with a more hissy sound combined with the "th." My tongue touches the bottom of my upper teeth as I say it. When I say "thee" my tongue touches the back of my front upper teeth. That's as close as I can get by way of explanation. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 17, 2015 0:48:29 GMT
5 hours ago scrapaddie said: Well, if you can't go to the Li-berry, you can always go to the the-A-ter (long e and long a)!! Maybe she's a Seinfeld fan.... that's how Kramer pronounces it!  I pronounce it THEE-uh-tuh |
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 17, 2015 0:53:10 GMT
I pronounce it thee ah ter, but I spell it 'theatre.'
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Post by Linda on Mar 17, 2015 1:08:22 GMT
thee*-eh-tuh and like myboysnme said I spell it theatre * but thee doesn't seem the right way to 'write' how I say that syllable |
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Post by utmr on Mar 17, 2015 1:18:20 GMT
Well, movies are shown at a thee-A-ter but Broadway shows are at the the-uh-ter.
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Post by Dani-Mani on Mar 17, 2015 1:26:42 GMT
Th-ear-ter.
Th-ear like theory.
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Post by shescrafty on Mar 17, 2015 1:31:17 GMT
I have said the word about 300 times while reading this thread. Maybe I can just come up with an alternative word and never say it again. I'll just say at the "movies" and if I see a live show I will say the name of the theater, lol.
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Post by Pahina722 on Mar 17, 2015 1:55:16 GMT
In my part of the South, it IS pronounced the-A-ter. Anyone who said it as THE-uh-tuh would get the "well, bless her heart" eye roll.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Mar 17, 2015 1:57:50 GMT
In my part of the South, it IS pronounced the-A-ter. Anyone who said it as THE-uh-tuh would get the "well, bless her heart" eye roll. Raised in the south and this is how I say it. |
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Post by Britt on Mar 17, 2015 2:10:48 GMT
Well, movies are shown at a thee-A-ter but Broadway shows are at the the-uh-ter. Absolutely this!  |
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Post by scrapaddie on Mar 17, 2015 2:52:42 GMT
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Post by anxiousmom on Mar 17, 2015 11:15:43 GMT
In my part of the South, it IS pronounced the-A-ter. Anyone who said it as THE-uh-tuh would get the "well, bless her heart" eye roll. Raised in the south and this is how I say it. ...and around my house, the old school still reigns and people say "y'all want to go to the show?"  Someone then might ask which the-A-ter do you want to go to, but more likely it will be where "is the movie playing and what time." (ETA: but also, you should hear it with a southern accent which kind of slurs and softens even the hard vowel sounds.) We, however, are a total bunch of goof balls. |
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Post by anniebeth24 on Mar 17, 2015 11:21:40 GMT
My DH and I grew up in the same state. He says thee - ter and I say thee - uh - ter.
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 17, 2015 12:11:47 GMT
thee*-eh-tuh and like myboysnme said I spell it theatre * but thee doesn't seem the right way to 'write' how I say that syllable Exactly. Thee as in "Thee thinkest I care" is not the same as thee in theatre. |
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Post by Linda on Mar 17, 2015 12:13:27 GMT
thee*-eh-tuh and like myboysnme said I spell it theatre * but thee doesn't seem the right way to 'write' how I say that syllable Exactly. Thee as in "Thee thinkest I care" is not the same as thee in theatre. the 'th' sound is different but I'm not versed enough in phonetics to be able to express that difference |
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Post by sillyrabbit on Mar 17, 2015 13:38:06 GMT
If it's the movie cinema, I pronounce it like the other Southerners: Thee A ter. If I am going to go to see a live production somewhere, I pronounce it Thee uh ter.
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Post by gar on Mar 17, 2015 13:44:50 GMT
Thee (as in see) uh-tuh. And it's spelled theatRE  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 13:55:47 GMT
I had trouble with English when I moved to BC from Quebec and called it a "tay a truh" the French word for it (I know it's not perfect French pronunciation but let's go with it d'accord?) Now I can say "thee ay ter."
Don't get me started on the name Genevieve. I had a coworker with that name and I had the worst time calling her Jen eh veev. I kept saying the French pronunciation. She didn't mind but my coworkers thought i was being a snob. Yeah. ok.
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Post by oldcrow on Mar 17, 2015 14:05:19 GMT
I pronounce it thee ah ter, but I spell it 'theatre.'  |
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Post by krazykatlady on Mar 17, 2015 14:08:33 GMT
After reading this thread and saying it thirty different ways in my head I can't tell you how I pronounce it! Maybe tomorrow it'll come back to me.
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