Alfred's Serif Users' Forums — How should one pronounce Biopic

Re: How should one pronounce Biopic

2024-03-01T09:27:07Z

GB wrote:

the primary stress should be on the first syllable
And, according to my dictionary, the "o" should be long as in "mope", not short as in "got" (or "myopic").

Biopic is ‘bio-pic’ but myopic is ‘my-opic’, so it doesn’t surprise me that the ‘o’ sounds may be articulated differently.

Re: How should one pronounce Biopic

2024-02-29T23:41:45Z

the primary stress should be on the first syllable

And, according to my dictionary, the "o" should be long as in "mope", not short as in "got" (or "myopic"). Although I have always pronounce it with a short "o", but with more stress on the "bi" than on the "my".

Re: How should one pronounce Biopic

2024-02-29T21:47:48Z

I’ve always been tempted to make it rhyme with myopic, but (as you say) it’s actually a contraction of ‘biographical picture’. As such, the primary stress should be on the first syllable rather than the second.

How should one pronounce Biopic

2024-02-29T21:31:43Z

I used to see some films on television listed as a biopic.

I used to read this as "Bi OP ic".

Then I thought that it perhaps should be "(Bi-o)-pic", as perhaps from Biographical Picture as some refer to films and movies as pictures.

Opinions please.

William