How do i say Hyperbole ?

Vonhelmet · 15 Jun 2011 at 07:11

Jaap74 said:
It just means talking ******** doesn't it ?

It's more like going massively over the top.

hanluc · 15 Jun 2011 at 07:26

alex24 said:
Makes me snigger when people say Hyperbowl..teehee.

I've never sniggered, probably because I've never heard of this word before this thread.

bonehead666 · 15 Jun 2011 at 07:33

Jaap74 said:
Why do you want to start using the word in public all of a sudden ?

For a play im in

'Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.'

Wiki

Morgoth · 15 Jun 2011 at 07:38

Hi - Per - Bo- Selecta!

Edrof · 15 Jun 2011 at 07:41

Natasha Bedingfield pronounces it as 'hyper-bowl' in her 'These Words' song - always made me laugh.

But, yeah, it's HI-PER-BLEE with the PER syllable being the long, stressed one.

semi-pro waster · 15 Jun 2011 at 07:44

alex24 said:
Makes me snigger when people say Hyperbowl..teehee.

Whenever I hear it said like that my mind starts wondering about what sort of event that must be - the next step up from the Superbowl, maybe it takes place in space...

Vonhelmet · 15 Jun 2011 at 07:46

Forde said:
Natasha Bedingfield pronounces it as 'hyper-bowl' in her 'These Words' song - always made me laugh.

But, yeah, it's HI-PER-BLEE with the PER syllable being the long, stressed one.

It's four syllables, not three. The third is just very short.

Cosimo · 15 Jun 2011 at 08:43

Castor said:
Hyperbolly....

This man deserves a prize. Give him a dictionary.

Edrof · 15 Jun 2011 at 08:46

vonhelmet said:
It's four syllables, not three. The third is just very short.

Obviously. I explained it in what I thought would be the easiest way to grasp.

Pestilence · 15 Jun 2011 at 12:06

High - Per - Bol - Lee

Energizer Bunny · 15 Jun 2011 at 12:31

hi-pur-bo-lee

Hi - per - ber - lee

Basically the same I think, but these are correct. The reference in other posts to the third syllable being 'bol' suggests this is where the emphasis is, but in fact the second syllable is the only place any stress should be placed.

Its a nice word to pronounce.

I believe the Americans do the whole hyper-bol thing, although I could be wrong about that.

KNiVES · 15 Jun 2011 at 12:36

It's not hyper-bowl. It always cracks me up when I laugh at people saying it like that and they give me the 'what are you laughing at, do you think I'm stupid or something' look. They just can't comprehend that some words aren't spelt phonetically.

krooton · 15 Jun 2011 at 12:48

vonhelmet said:
It's four syllables, not three. The third is just very short.

Hi-per-billy is how it sounds when I say it.

Vonhelmet · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:06

krooton said:
Hi-per-billy is how it sounds when I say it.

Yeah, pretty much that, except I'd probably say it a bit more like buh-ly at the end.

High-per-buh-lee.

MidnightLamp · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:14

hyper bowl just sounds so so much cooler

sounds like some fight to the death game, where contestants battle it out hyper stylee in a bowl of death!

YEAH!!!!!

Cold Fusion · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:25

~>Dg<~ said:

Stephen Segal has let himself go

nydryl · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:49

vonhelmet said:
Yeah, pretty much that, except I'd probably say it a bit more like buh-ly at the end.

High-per-buh-lee.

This is probably the closest to how I say it.

ck88 · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:50

Jaap74 said:
Why do you want to start using the word in public all of a sudden ?

+1

hanluc said:
I've never sniggered, probably because I've never heard of this word before this thread.

+1

Common as muck, me.

Kazz · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:53

'Word of the Day' toilet roll by any chance?

TheYoungster · 15 Jun 2011 at 22:14

high-per-bo-lee