How do you say reprise?- Page 2

[lovesclassics]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 10:14pm

My Merriam Webster's Dictionary confirms what compaddict and PalJoey posted. It looks like reprise is always pronounced ri-preez when referring to a performance, whether it's used as a noun or a verb.

Ri-preez (n) = repetition

Ri-preez (v) = to repeat the performance of (as a song)

Let's all say it together, shall we?

lc

[brdwybound2]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 10:15pm

LOVE this thread. My friends make fun of me for saying re-preez, they said that wasn't a word! I'm glad other people say it too.

[Dylan111]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 10:19pm

i say whatever comes out of my mouth

[BrunetteBombshell]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 10:50pm

I say re-prize, but no one has ever told me it was an incorrect way to pronounce it.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 10:52pm

You're welcome.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 11:17pm

I say ree-prize. I also spell theater instead of theatre. I'm showing my American-ness.

[James885]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 11:54pm

I usually say re-prize, but I've heard some people say re-preez, so I'll concur that both are acceptable.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 12:19am

I say ree-preeze.

Also, Marg, I write theatre for stage houses and theater for movie houses. So I'm half and half with my Americaness :).

Updated On: 8/16/06 at 12:19 AM

[compaddict]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 12:24am

ThankstoPhantom, I do the same thing with "theatre" and "theater"!

just like a vase (VOZ) is one that costs more than $20, and a vase (vaice) is one that costs less than $20... lol

[camp_actor]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 4:47am

Wow, do you not say "cinema"? It really confuses me when American adverts say "Coming to a theater near you!"...I'm like, ok well the old Riverside theatre about 30 mins away occasionally puts a film out.

[blaxx]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 5:25am

How do I say reprise? I say "Andrew Lloyd Webber".

Talking about reprises...
Is there a song that was reprised more times in a show than "Facade" from Jekyll & Hyde? I honestly thought they wanted the audience to learn it, then sing along with the cast...
It was like ten times!!! (Or sure felt like it).

[Joshua488]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:21am

I was just going to mention "Façade"! My friend Jessica and I love to joke about the unending reprises.

I say re-preez.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:06am

Wow, do you not say "cinema"? It really confuses me when American adverts say "Coming to a theater near you!"...I'm like, ok well the old Riverside theatre about 30 mins away occasionally puts a film out.

In the US, we usually say things like "Let's go to the movie's tonight!" We never say cinemas (unless it's the name of a particular movie theater, like Regal Cinemas). We only say movie theater when we're talking about a specific one, such as "Which movie theater do you want to see it it?"

So basically, we're pretty vague by saying movie's.

About the adverts (aka trailers or teasers), we understand exactly what they mean, it's like second nature when they say theater. We know the difference for some reason between a theater and a theatre.

[LostLeander]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:16am

Edith Skinner would say that in Standard American Dialect, it's rih, and not reh.

I would bust out the IPA, but, I thank that's unnecessary here.

As for the preeze, and prize, I say preeze. I also spell theatre with an "re" like a real theatre snob should.



How do I say reprise? I say "Andrew Lloyd Webber".

Just kidding. I say ray-preeze.

HA! I think Act II of Evita should be called "Eva, Peron, and Che sing Your Favorites from Act I!"

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:17am

This thread should have established for everyone that both are not acceptable.
Both dictionary quotes shown here show clearly that it is "ree-preeze" with the long E. Dictionary.com will tell you the same thing.

I used to say it the other way, having never heard the word spoken by someone who said it correctly, I was wrong. There is little reason to continue to flaut that ignorance. If you want to continue, that is your perogative, but don't insist you are "correct".

[compaddict]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:04pm

go to the merriam-webster website and look it up. Then listen to the audio pronunciations for both the noun and verb.
When I'm ever in doubt, I go there and listen for myself.

Merriam Webster Online Dictionary Updated On: 8/16/06 at 01:04 PM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:12pm

When all else fails, consult Jerry Herman!

"And so in this little reprise
The staff of the Graumann's Chinese
Invites you to go to a movie
A Marx Brothers movie
Just go to a movie and smile!"

[camp_actor]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:42pm

ThankstoPhantom, yeh I know the difference really when a film trailer talks about a "theater". But it just seems funny to me. Yeh, we might talk about going to the "movies" or to the "pictures" (if we're being quaint), but it is entirely reasonable that people would also use the expression "go to the cinema". In fact I used it only last night.

Hoorah!

[Guillermo Ugarte]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:42am

Darlings, if you are on stage and ask the rehearsal accompanist to play the opening bars of the REE-PRIZE you may be laughed out of the theater (or is it theatre?).

Ree-preese - is the correct pronunciation for a repeated refrain or song.

Ree-prize - is used to describe an actor taking on a role he/she has already played as in, "Alec Jones will reprise the role of Denton in the upcoming production of Starstruck"

Now can someone clarify this for me: Is it "moving pictures" or "film"?

No, no...how about this one. Do we call a female thespian an "actress" or an "actor"?

So, Victor Garber is RIGHT. He doesn't just pronounce it this way because he is Canadian :)