POLL: How do you pronounce "binoculars"?

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 3:54 pm

Settle a bet.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 5:04 pm

Binnoc-you-lars. Or birdie-birdie-zoom-zooms as I call them around the house

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:15 pm

Vark is correct and our accent plays anywhere.

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:40 am

I always pronounced it with short i, bihn-ock-ularz or bihn-ock-ulerz, but I've heard both i versions being used. According to Wiktionary, either pronunciation is correct. They show both as valid (in the formal IPA coding) as:
/ˈbɪnˌɒk.jʊ.lə(ɹ)z/ ɪ = y as in city, or i as in mania; ɒ = o in not or a in wasp; ʊ = ou in tour; ə = e in winner or o in error
OR /ˈbənˌɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)z/

The Happiness Engine · Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:46 am

'nocs

Always bring your 'nocs.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:01 pm

Apparently we're all wrong, because the correct term for the thing strapped around your neck that you look at the Grand Canyon through is "a binocular".

Nobody says that, though. So who's wrong now?

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:47 pm

I'm not wearing my pant and I'm looking for my scissor.

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