How do you pronounce 'cinema'?

Begbie · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:21

popcorn

Meatball · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:23

sin-eh-ma

Squark · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:24

Sin-eh-mar

DirtyRaver · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:26

Cinnamon.

Yarde · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:26

short a

Antar Bolaeisk · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:33

johnny6 said:
On a related note why do Irish people say fil-em and not film

Can't say I've noticed. I have certainly always pronounced it 'film'

With regards to the cinema I always use the short a, they take enough as it is without me having to waste extra time and breath using a long a

sanaxe1 · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:35

Tha posh place wit big screen.

DJMK4 · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:36

The Big tv place

Vonhelmet · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:45

DJMK4 said:
The Big tv place

We were talking to my 4 year old at lunch today about films and she said "Mummy, the television at the cinema is SO BIG!". Bless.

Efour · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:48

yhack said:
Cinemar

this

how can you say it any other way ??

/boggle

TurnipHead · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:48

Cin-ah-mah

JBuk · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:55

flicks

enemyofsauron · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:57

The Halk said:
Pictures.

Yep or pics

Participant · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:01

Sti-kee-seats

Gustov · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:03

Raymond Lin said:
I have only heard it pronounced 1 way.

Retarded thread is retarded.

steve-h · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:06

yhack said:
Cinemar

gay

Voltar · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:07

Nymins said:
Sin-e-mah

StoutMeister · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:09

johnny6 said:
On a related note why do Irish people say fil-em and not film

I think it's due to Hiberno-English, English heavily influenced by the Gaelic language.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_orthography#The_epenthetic_vowel
&
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno_English

Think about different accents of the UK, Scouse, Cockerny, West Country, Geordie etc.

I fink it's quite funny, innit?

mame · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:11

As long as it's not an English person saying "movie", I don't care.

trigger-happy · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:15

Oh thanks guys now I feel paranoid on how I say cinema.