How do you say reprise?
How do you say reprise?
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#0How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 4:12pmI have been having some debates recently about this about the proper way to pronounse "reprise". Is it re-preese or re-prise with a long i? I have heard both ways.
#1re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 4:13pm
I pronounce it: ruh-preez with the most emphasis over the EE, though either way is acceptable.
Updated On: 8/15/06 at 04:13 PM
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#2re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 4:13pm
I've just re-prise
As is sur-prise
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#3re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 4:14pmI and most people I know say "re-preese", but both are acceptable from a grammatical standpoint, or so I've been told.
latheatrelover
Stand-by Joined: 5/28/06
#5re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 4:25pmI pronounce it ruh-preez, but I've been told that both are correct. re-prize just sounds like a very American way of pronouncing it.
lovesclassics
Broadway Star Joined: 10/7/05
#6re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 4:46pm
Ri-preez is the noun form, as in to sing a reprise.
Ri-prize is the verb form, as in to reprise a role.
lc
#7re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 6:19pm
I usually say RE- PRIZE
(as in to prize again)
#8re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 6:24pmAs an English teacher, I have to say I love this thread!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#10re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 6:39pmI say re-prize. Victor Garber says re-preez
#11re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 6:44pmReh-Preez
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#12re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 6:54pm
I've heard Ray-preez,
Ru-preez,
Ru-prayze,
Ru-praize,
I used to say ri-praize, but now i say Ru-preez.
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compaddict
Swing Joined: 6/2/06
#13re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 6:55pm
I say "re-prize" (of course, I'm from the South). But according to Merriam-Webster online (www.m-w.com)...
For the NOUN form:
Main Entry: re·prise
Pronunciation: ri-'prEz, 1 is also -'prIz
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, seizure, repossession, expense, from feminine past participle of reprendre to take back, from re- + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere
1 : a deduction or charge made yearly out of a manor or estate -- usually used in plural
2 : a recurrence, renewal, or resumption of an action
3 [French, from Middle French] a : a musical repetition: (1) : the repetition of the exposition preceding the development (2) : RECAPITULATION 3 b : a repeated performance : REPETITION
For the VERB form:
Main Entry: re·prise
Pronunciation: ri-'prIz, 3 is -'prEz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): re·prised; re·pris·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French repris, past participle of reprendre
1 archaic : TAKE BACK; especially : to recover by force
2 archaic : COMPENSATE
3 a : to repeat the performance of b : to repeat the principal points or stages of : RECAPITULATE
so from what I gather (after a load of confusion), definition 3 of the verb form ("to repeat the performance of") is "re-preese" but the other two verb uses are "re-prize"
But I have to admit -- I've never heard anybody say "re-preese" before! But I guess you learn something new everyday...
Updated On: 8/15/06 at 06:55 PM
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#14re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 7:11pmI say "re-preez", but I used to say "re-prize." Every director I've ever had has said it differently. Those two, plus "rep-reez", "rep-rise", and "re-prees".
camp_actor
Featured Actor Joined: 1/5/04
#16re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 8:00pm
I say Re-Prize.
Updated On: 8/15/06 at 08:00 PM
WiiCKED x3
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morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#18re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 8:50pm
How do I say reprise? I say "Andrew Lloyd Webber".
Just kidding. I say ray-preeze.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#20re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 9:05pmWow, it really seems to be about half and half. Very interesting.
#21re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 9:33pm"Ruh-prize" is NEVER correct, as a noun or as a verb.
#22re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 9:43pmI say it differently depending on its usage as a noun or verb.
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#23re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 9:49pm
Good thread.
I was gotten onto for saying ree-preeze a few weeks ago. I'm going to bitchslap the boy who got on to me for it :-P
BradTheater
Swing Joined: 8/11/06
#24re: How do you say reprise?
Posted: 8/15/06 at 10:09pmI say ree-prize but who knows if thats right.
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