Poll: Pronouncing 'The Escapist'

[RadioactiveTurtle]

I've always pronounced it 'The Escape-ist.'
But my friend today pronounced it 'The Es-Ca-Pist'

Surely that can't be right?
How do you people pronounce it?

 

[bluepotatosack]

Es-Ca-Pist? No, absolutely not.

Escapist. One who escapes.

 

[Auron225]

Es-Ca-Pist? Someone didn't pay much attention in En-Gli-Sh class.

 

[DoPo]

Watch videos on the Escapist. See how it's pronounced.

Or just go with the only logical way to be pronounced. Escape -> Escapist.

http://www.forvo.com/word/the_escapist/

 

[StBishop]

As in Es-Cah-Pist or Es-Cay-pist.

Because it's really an emphasis thing there. But Escape-ist is correct.

It's not as bad as a girl I know who called Rune Scape "Run Escape" when we were like 13.

My reaction included a stunned silence and laughing.

 

[MammothBlade]

Eees-gay-pissed?

Just for fun with syllables.

 

[DoPo]

It's not as bad as a girl I know who called Rune Scape "Run Escape" when we were like 13.

My reaction included a stunned silence and laughing.

Well in her defence, when you see "runescape" you might not know is that "rune-scape" or "run-escape"...or "runes-cape". I would actually love to see Runes Cape - it implies that runes are essential and there is a cape that is even more badass than the runes.

 

[StBishop]

It's not as bad as a girl I know who called Rune Scape "Run Escape" when we were like 13.

My reaction included a stunned silence and laughing.

Well in her defence, when you see "runescape" you might not know is that "rune-scape" or "run-escape"...or "runes-cape". I would actually love to see Runes Cape - it implies that runes are essential and there is a cape that is even more badass than the runes.

Yes but the splash page has this

Rune
{sword}
Scape.

So it sort of makes you say it that way.

Also she'd been playing for like a year and no one had corrected her.

 

[GoaThief]

Was your original question supposed to be this?

As in Es-Cah-Pist or Es-Cay-pist.

If so, I pronounce it as the latter; "Es-cay-pist". You don't say "es-cah-p" when pronouncing escape!

Then again, I do speak like a pirate so what do I know?

 

[kurupt87]

Is your friend good mates with Nemo?

 

[repeating integers]

Escay-pist, quite fast with the emphasis firmly on the "pist".

 

[Jack Rascal]

Where's the option for both! If I'm speaking English, then Escape-ist (or Es-Cay-pist if you like). If speaking my own language and mentioning this site, then Es-Ca-Pist.

 

[IamQ]

I've always pronounced it 'The Escape-ist.'
But my friend today pronounced it 'The Es-Ca-Pist'

Surely that can't be right?
How do you people pronounce it?

I think it's a fun way your friend pronounces the name. I think he should keep doing that. I mean, who's it gonna hurt?

 

[DoPo]

It's not as bad as a girl I know who called Rune Scape "Run Escape" when we were like 13.

My reaction included a stunned silence and laughing.

Well in her defence, when you see "runescape" you might not know is that "rune-scape" or "run-escape"...or "runes-cape". I would actually love to see Runes Cape - it implies that runes are essential and there is a cape that is even more badass than the runes.

Yes but the splash page has this

Rune
{sword}
Scape.

So it sort of makes you say it that way.

Also she'd been playing for like a year and no one had corrected her.

Eh, I didn't say it was a good defence. This reminds me somebody else who has problems with games and words in them [http://notalwaysright.com/spelling-gone-rogue/8515].

 

[EeveeElectro]

T' Escapist.

...I'm Yorkshire.

[sub]Escape-ist...[/sub]

 

[Crazy]

The Es-Cape-Pissed

That is how I pronounce it for you.

 

[BENZOOKA]

If it were about Finnish, there wouldn't be such a problem. Any letters making a comprehensible enough of a word is pronounced exactly as it is written. Pressure on the first syllable, if even there.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

B-but... aren't they pretty much pronounced the same way?

The first one, I guess...