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How do you pronounce "biopic"?

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Brian Earl Spilner
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10:06a, 11/7/18
Sorry for the random question, but I feel like people here would know better, and I can't find anything definitive anywhere.

I keep hearing both "buy-oh-pic" and "biahp-ic" from different interviews on youtube.

Thanks and gig 'em.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 10:17a, 11/7/18
Almost started this thread myself.

When I read the word, my mind always says ""biahp-ic." But recently, I keep noticing celebrities and interviewers say "bio-pic."
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10:22a, 11/7/18
Buy-O Pick
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Brian Earl Spilner
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10:23a, 11/7/18
For me, it's always been "buy-oh-pic", so it always takes me aback when people say it the other way.
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10:26a, 11/7/18
Buy-ah'-pic
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FL_Ag1998
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10:35a, 11/7/18
Uhhhh, seems pretty straightforward....it's "BIO" and "PIC" put together. Nowhere in there does "ah" or "uh" make an appearance.
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10:38a, 11/7/18
I say Buy-ah-pic.
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10:55a, 11/7/18
Like 'bye optic' without the 't'
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Bruce Almighty
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In reply to FL_Ag1998 • 11:39a, 11/7/18
FL_Ag1998 said:
Uhhhh, seems pretty straightforward....it's "BIO" and "PIC" put together. Nowhere in there does "ah" or "uh" make an appearance.
How do you pronounce biology?
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TCTTS
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In reply to FL_Ag1998 • 11:54a, 11/7/18
Exactly. It's "biography picture" abbreviated. Or, if you want to get technical, "biography motion picture." But when "bio" is on its own, you don't say "bi-ah" you say "bi-o." Thus, "bio-pic."
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In reply to TCTTS • 12:06p, 11/7/18
TCTTS said:
Exactly. It's "biography picture" abbreviated. Or, if you want to get technical, "biography motion picture." But when "bio" is on its own, you don't say "bi-ah" you say "bi-o." Thus, "bio-pic."
According to this, American English and British English have different pronunciations.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/biopic
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In reply to Bruce Almighty • 12:09p, 11/7/18
And last I checked, this is UH-MERICA!
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In reply to TCTTS • 12:10p, 11/7/18
(Kidding.)
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12:11p, 11/7/18
This thread is myopic.
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Urban Ag
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12:15p, 11/7/18
bi-op-tick

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In reply to FL_Ag1998 • 12:26p, 11/7/18
FL_Ag1998 said:
Uhhhh, seems pretty straightforward....it's "BIO" and "PIC" put together. Nowhere in there does "ah" or "uh" make an appearance.
Ahm from Texas; no pronunciation is straightforward.
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Brian Earl Spilner
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In reply to TCTTS • 12:27p, 11/7/18
TCTTS said:
And last I checked, this is UH-MERICA!
Ironic because UK is the correct one.
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Duncan Idaho
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12:47p, 11/7/18
Clearly it is three syllables
Bi as in buy
Op as in op-ham Gangnam Style
Ic as in icky
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In reply to TCTTS • 1:01p, 11/7/18
TCTTS said:
Exactly. It's "biography picture" abbreviated. Or, if you want to get technical, "biography motion picture." But when "bio" is on its own, you don't say "bi-ah" you say "bi-o." Thus, "bio-pic."


This. How is this even a debate?
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Brian Earl Spilner
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1:06p, 11/7/18
This seems to be a jif/gif debate. Both sides are convinced they're correct. (It's "jif", btw.)
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1:07p, 11/7/18
the same people that say "buy-oh-pik" probably also say "kill-oh-meter" or "foh-toh-graf-er"
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In reply to scoop12 • 1:13p, 11/7/18
This. I've never in my life heard someone refer to a biographic movie and a Bi-AH-pic. I would look at them like they were crazy if someone said that to my face.
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1:41p, 11/7/18
Buy op ic
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In reply to Cancelled • 1:51p, 11/7/18
queso1 said:
Buy op ic

I guess there is at least one poster that has me on ignore
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In reply to Jim01 • 3:25p, 11/7/18
Jim01 said:
This. I've never in my life heard someone refer to a biographic movie and a Bi-AH-pic. I would look at them like they were crazy if someone said that to my face.
I swear that's how I first heard it spoken on tv. Just noticed the bio-pic pronunciation being more prevalent recently. But I probably don't listen to as much podcast or entertainment industry news as some of the diehards around here.
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Bruce Almighty
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3:41p, 11/7/18
FWIW, I asked the english teacher that works across from me (who happened to study at Oxford for a year), and he said both are correct in America. The English pronunciation is bi-o-pic, but its also correct in American english to say bi-ah-pic.
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3:43p, 11/7/18
I've never heard it pronounced bio-pic. Always bi-op-ic.
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In reply to 02skiag • 3:48p, 11/7/18
Not to pull out the "I work in the industry" card, but... I work in the industry and the common pronunciation is absolutely bio-pic.
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Brian Earl Spilner
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In reply to TCTTS • 3:49p, 11/7/18
There you have it, folks. It's a wrap!
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In reply to TCTTS • 3:52p, 11/7/18
Well your industry has always pronounced it bi-op-ic on television every time I've heard it. And I'm in the television watching industry.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 3:53p, 11/7/18
Why did you ask the question if your mind was already made up and you're not going to hear anyone out?
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3:55p, 11/7/18
It's not buy-oh-lodge-ee so why would you say buy-oh-pic?
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In reply to TCTTS • 3:56p, 11/7/18
Huh? It wasn't. I was leaning bio-pic and you confirmed it for me.
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In reply to schmendeler • 3:57p, 11/7/18
schmendeler said:
It's not buy-oh-lodge-ee so why would you say buy-oh-pic?


A bunch of dumb Americans not wanting to sound like dumb Americans!
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In reply to schmendeler • 3:58p, 11/7/18
Because "logy" is a suffix, not a word. Again, "biopic" is an abbreviation and a combination of two separate words. It's not a prefix/suffix situation.
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