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POLL: How do you pronounce "binoculars"?
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 3:54 pm
by pinback
Settle a bet.
Re: POLL: How do you pronounce "binoculars"?
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 5:04 pm
by AArdvark
Binnoc-you-lars. Or birdie-birdie-zoom-zooms as I call them around the house
Re: POLL: How do you pronounce "binoculars"?
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:15 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
Vark is correct and our accent plays anywhere.
Re: POLL: How do you pronounce "binoculars"?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:40 am
by Tdarcos
I always pronounced it with short i, bihn-ock-ularz or bihn-ock-ulerz, but I've heard both i versions being used. According to Wiktionary, either pronunciation is correct. They show both as valid (in the formal IPA coding) as:
/ˈbɪnˌɒk.jʊ.lə(ɹ)z/ ɪ = y as in city, or i as in mania; ɒ = o in not or a in wasp; ʊ = ou in tour; ə = e in winner or o in error
OR /ˈbənˌɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)z/
Re: POLL: How do you pronounce "binoculars"?
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:46 am
by The Happiness Engine
'nocs
Always bring your 'nocs.
Re: POLL: How do you pronounce "binoculars"?
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:01 pm
by pinback
Apparently we're all wrong, because the correct term for the thing strapped around your neck that you look at the Grand Canyon through is "a binocular".
Nobody says that, though. So who's wrong now?
Re: POLL: How do you pronounce "binoculars"?
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:47 pm
by AArdvark
I'm not wearing my pant and I'm looking for my scissor.