Poll: Pronouncing 'The Escapist'

[GeneralFungi]

The one that me and my friend still can't seem to agree on is Ocarina. Aw-ka-ree-na(me) or Oh-keer-ra-na(him).

Me and my friend have a similar problem, except I pronounce it Awka-rie-na.


Also, no one in Canada can pronounce Mario correctly. It's MAW-rio, not MAY-rio.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

The 'Scapist. Though I rarely say it out loud...

Same here. The 'Scapist is the 'Scapist. "Skay-Pist."

Couldn't have said it more like a linguistically lazy mild mumbler myself.

The 'posthrophe adds an elegance to these normal proceedings.

 

[Conza]

I've always pronounced it 'The Escape-ist.'
But my friend today pronounced it 'The Es-Ca-Pist'

Surely that can't be right?
How do you people pronounce it?

For clarification on the poll option I want, I pronounce it.

S, K, PIST.

Which one is that?

 

[Tiger Sora]

I've always pronounced it "The Ehscape-ists".

Thats how i do, and shall continue. Deal with it.

 

[RagTagBand]

This isn't an issue for a poll. This is a black and white, wrong and right.

You either say "Escape-ist", AKA eskaypist, AKA S-K-PIST ... Or you're wrong.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

The Escape-ist.

I've never heard it said any other way.

 

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

I've always pronounced it 'The Escape-ist.'
But my friend today pronounced it 'The Es-Ca-Pist'

He's pronouncing it like it's related to "escapade" instead of "escape". Merriam-Webster [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escapist] to the rescue!

Or, for the lazy, have some WAV files: Escapade. [http://media.merriam-webster.com/soundc11/e/escapi02]

Tell your friend that "escapade" is a completely different word whose only relation to "escapist" is that they're doublets. They come from the same original word but took different paths to get here. They start as the Late Latin "cappa", meaning "hooded cloak", from which we also get "cape" and "cap" (but not "caper"). "Escape" and "escapist" come by way Old French. "Escapade" is via Spanish. It's why they sound different.

One of the most concise yet thorough /thread-ings I've seen in a while. Well played.

 

[smithy_2045]

Ess cape ist.

It's the right way.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Your friend has to be trolling.

Just HAS to be.

 

[Swifty714]

Throat Wobbler Mangrove - just as it's spelt.

This....this is......

/thread

just /thread

 

[chadachada123]

To be honest, I was expecting the poll to be asking about the pronunciation of "the," not "escapist." I pronounce escapist like the first poll option, escape-ist. As for "the," I can really see myself pronouncing it both ways ("thee" and "theh," though I have no idea how to spell them phonetically).

 

[chadachada123]

The truth of the matter is that I often say "zero punctuation" rather than the escapist, simply because it was the first show that brought me here, though it's no longer the only show I watch here. I even usually google "zero punctuation" even when I plan to watch loading ready run or something else.

When I actually say the escapist I do obviously say escape-ist

Haha, I do this too. When going here, I just type "z-e-r" into my url box and click "zero punctuation" and go from there.

 

[xDarc]

Am I the only one who thought this was a thread about this forum dying out?

 

[Formica Archonis]

One of the most concise yet thorough /thread-ings I've seen in a while. Well played.

Thank you very much. I'm a bit of a word geek, this kind of thread was made for me.

 

[RadioactiveTurtle]

ih-skey-pizt

that's how you pronounce the word and being the smart people they are, the creators pronounce it like that

This

 

[omega 616]

Deffo like the button in the top left of your keyboard + ist.

I sometimes say it like your friend but only when I am in a silly mood, like pronouncing the K in knife or calling a phone the puh-hone.

ih-skey-pizt

that's how you pronounce the word and being the smart people they are, the creators pronounce it like that

This

Setting a bad example, nawty!

 

[TheGreatKlaid]

Maybe he is doing something like I do with Chocobo... I hate the correct pronounciation of that, and have always pronounced it 'Cocoa-bo' in protest!! Its something that me and my sister have always done, as we thought it made them sound grander, and less like a piss take!
Unfortunately that also means I don't really like the parts of the series that have voiceovers... I don't like hearing the word any other way!!

You know until I played X that was one I changed often. Chalk-ko-bo was my way of pronounincing it. Of course the l is silent... Teefa or Tiffa? The one that me and my friend still can't seem to agree on is Ocarina. Aw-ka-ree-na(me) or Oh-keer-ra-na(him).

I'm a Teefa man myself... and I'm with you on the Ocarina front, but more of a sharp O sound (as in o-range) than an aw!

Pronunciation is a word that is very often pronounced with a 'noun' sound instead of 'nun'!

It's pro-nun-see-aish-on, but because pro-noun-ce has the 'noun' in it then people automatically put it into pronunciation too!

I had to work out what the hell you meant with noun instead of nun. I have always pronounced it with the nun. At first I called her Tiffa so, sorry not with you on that. I have heard people use O but for some reason I looked at it and decided that was an aw sound.

 

[C F]

Simple etymology lesson: We turn to gaming and the virtual world to escape (Pronunciation: ih-skeyp [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/escape]) the real one.
Kind of ironic when you consider the fact that we have the News Room and the R&P forum, but that's beside the point. We're chiefly a gaming website.

Now if you'll excuse me, I must direct my attention to more... pressing matters. [http://500motivators.com/plog-content/thumbs/motivate/me/large/474-drive-me-closer-i-want-to-hit-them-with-my-sword.jpg]

 

[Loop Stricken]

Escape-ist. Largely because that's the word, but I'm crazy like that.