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itsjustaname

The Da Vinci Code

Jun 23, 2006 10:16

Went to see The Da Vinci Code on Monday. It's very silly but lots of fun (like the book) and is much improved by the presence of Jean Reno and Ian McKellan ( Read more... )

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ivory_goddess June 23 2006, 11:31:12 UTC

what was even worse was catching McKellan using it

That was probably on request, to avoid confusing the american audience. When Star Trek: Next Generation started, apparently Patrick Stewart was asked to pronounce various words (eg 'leiutenant') the US ('lootenant') rather than UK ('leftenant') way. After several seasons, however, he seemed to give up, and the english bods in subsequent Star Trek series seemed to have carte blanche to pronouce words any way they chose...

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itsjustaname June 23 2006, 11:33:48 UTC

See below from meico for a vote Yes from the Califorian representative. Those wacky Californians eh?

meico June 23 2006, 10:35:48 UTC

do all Americans pronounce Templar (as in the Knights Templar) with the stress on the second syllable and pronouncing PLAR to rhyme with far?

Pretty much... there are of course regional differences, but I think most Americans pronounce it that way.

itsjustaname June 23 2006, 11:34:36 UTC

Tchuh! You Americans. Honestly!

:-P

bluescissors76 June 23 2006, 11:56:20 UTC

This is also how I would pronounce it if I were given a chance to pronounce it, which I don't think I ever have been.

My favorite is how we pronounce "zebra" differently. It's so much more random than you say tomayto, I say tomahto.