I don't normally want to kick my wife's head in
but when she pronounces 'theatre' as 'thee-EH-ter' I have dark, dark thoughts. It's different with the mother in law, she does it too, but I always want to kick her head in.
(mersault, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 16:18, 8 replies)

Cut-ul-ree

( WormuIus, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 16:18, closed)

chokkerlat

( Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 6 Apr 2011, 16:28, closed)

its not a George Bush-esque moron thing
Its an attempt to convey their (completely misguided) assumption of higher class.
(mersault, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 16:41, closed)

I'm not entirely sure how it should be pronounced now
I think I probably say "thee-at-a"
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 16:47, closed)

'theerter'

(mersault, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 17:11, closed)

headback doors
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 16:32, closed)

It's pronounced "tea-aht-re" (or thereabouts).
Unless you're not a subscriber to the belief that we should base the language on that Johnson guy who loved French endings "because they look clever" -- then you spell it "theater" and pronounce it along the lines of "thee-are-ter".
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 20:32, closed)

These days the only theatre most people ever get near is the operating theatre
So it's not surprising they don't know how to say it. Depressing, yes, but not surprising.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 12:18, closed)