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How to Pronounce Synecdoche
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A short pronunciation clip showing how to say the word 'synecdoche'. It has almost no other content.
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Cited only as a running joke, usually when someone brings up the word or the Charlie Kaufman film title.
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I looked up "synecdoche" (to see if it would give me this video [VIDEO] ), and a few of the examples are of people saying "Schenectady" but mis-transcribed. I guess you can just use your judgment to filter out a few mistakes, so no big deal.
Read original comment ↗Did you look up how to pronounce it? I was mispronouncing it for like a year after seeing “Synecdoche New York” (it’s kinda pretentious, not for everyone). My coworker laughed at me when I said the name to him. I’d only ever seen it written, and did not look at a pronunciation chart. Wah wah. Just in case anyone else is getting it wrong like I was … [VIDEO] (But really, [LINK] )
Read original comment ↗Reminds me of when I was trying to figure out the pronunciation for “synedoche” and got this as the top YouTube results. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗A little off topic, but any time I see that word, it reminds me of the first time I read the word “synechdoche”, I wanted to know how to pronounce it and watched a very helpful YouTube video [0] three times before realizing someone had pulled a very funny prank from an earlier, less serious time on YouTube. I laughed and laughed. [0] [VIDEO]
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