theater or theatre


  

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curious to see how many of you say it theatre or theater ...and how you spell it too

note: theatre = (thee-iter), theater = (thee-ay-ter)

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Same with center, and centre. Here in the US there're two ways of using them.

1. Center and Centre both = Middle just depends if you want to use old English or not.

2. Center = Middle & Centre = building (like Osceola Shopping Centre)

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Theatre is for snooty ass men in tights ;) [broadway]

Theater is for widespread propoganda :p [film]

... or somethin' like that. I use them both interchangeably.

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Canadian Spelling - American Spelling

theatre - theater

humour - humor

colour - color

neighbour - neighbor

cheque - check

licence - license

defence - defense

offence - offense

centre - center

among hundres of others

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me and my gf had an argument because she thinks i have a speech impediment all because i say theater instead of theatre

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Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck

Canadian Spelling - American Spelling

theatre - theater

humour - humor

colour - color

neighbour - neighbor

cheque - check

licence - license

defence - defense

offence - offense

centre - center

among hundres of others

hmm i spell most of them like that cept i usually use the "our" rule lol, n btw theres a postage stamp with johnny canuck on it

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Originally posted by Xcalibur

how can u say the-ay-ter? of course its pronuced thee-iter.. even dictionary.com says so.

lol, I dont know why, but the dictionary.com part cracks me up

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Originally posted by Silvorgold

hmm i spell most of them like that cept i usually use the "our" rule lol, n btw theres a postage stamp with johnny canuck on it

lol ... I think the stamp will make a better avatar ... haven't seen it yet.

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sorry but things like centre are spelt re not er. and colour does have a u in it. It's nothing to do with being posh or anything, just that some people speak 'proper' English not the US *******ised version.

[edit] ah, c'mon... bastar dised is a proper word, not a swear word. This filter is crap ;)

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Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck

Canadian Spelling - American Spelling

theatre - theater

humour - humor

colour - color

neighbour - neighbor

cheque - check

licence - license

defence - defense

offence - offense

centre - center

among hundres of others

Not just Canadian, I think all the countries in the Commonwealth (if they are English speaking) spell them that way.

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Originally posted by Xcalibur

how can u say the-ay-ter? of course its pronuced thee-iter.. even dictionary.com says so.

He's trying to tell me that because more people spell it theater they pronounce it thee-ay-ter...

he's also trying to say that the theater having more votes means people spell it thee-ay-ter and not thee-iter.

Does anyone in this world other than him pronounce it thee-ay-ter?

I don't think so...

and he and I both know I own his ass in English/grammar

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This thread is hillarious.

Does anyone in this world other than him pronounce it thee-ay-ter?

Oh hell yeah they do. All over the place. What we really have here [at least in the states] is a class distinction. Educated, old money types will use the 'cultured' [old english] spelling and pronunciation while those of us with wheels under our homes;) usually butcher the kings english and say things like thee-ay-ter. A generalization yes, but in general it's true. Just like teeth. Good teeth - you got money, education,etc.. , bad teeth - you dont.

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Originally posted by postertoad

Oh hell yeah they do. All over the place. What we really have here [at least in the states] is a class distinction. Educated, old money types will use the 'cultured' [old english] spelling and pronunciation while those of us with wheels under our homes;) usually butcher the kings english and say things like thee-ay-ter. A generalization yes, but in general it's true. Just like teeth. Good teeth - you got money, education,etc.. , bad teeth - you dont.

A. I've never heard anyone else say "thee-ay-ter"

B. I'm not an educated/old money type

C. My teeth are great...my income isn't.

Explain further

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