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Bob McLaughlin

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Since "Apocalypse Now Redux" is hitting the shelves, maybe someone could tell me how to properly pronounce this word?
 

Kurt B

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Redo is how I pronounce it. Unless I want to drive my daughter around the bend, then it's redux :D
 

Todd Hochard

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According to Webster.com:

Main Entry: re·dux

Pronunciation: (")rE-'d&ks, 'rE-"

& as a and u in abut

So, rE-ducks it is.

Todd
 

Jeff Kleist

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It's pronounced Re-ducks.
Isn't it ironic that it's the Marine Corps(Corpse)? I refuse to say Core until they learn how to spell it ;)
Jeff Kleist
 

Bob McLaughlin

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Rob,

I was hoping that as a genuine Englishman, you could show us the way! Who invented this language, anyway?

Actually, "redux" looks like it could be a French word, and everyone knows they have outrageous accents!
 

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Actually I think it's derived from Latin.

Main Entry: re·dux

Pronunciation: (")rE-'d&ks, 'rE-"

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin, returning, from reducere to lead back

Date: 1873

: brought back -- used postpositively

This is from Merriam-Webster.
 

Mitty

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Hmmm, just because Merriam Webster states it is pronounced "re-ducks" doesn't make it so. After all, M-W is an American dictionary (do they not boast about being "America's First Dictionary?").
I've never heard anyone pronounce the word as "re-ducks" without an ironic smile.
As with many words, there isn't one authoritatively correct pronunciation. You know, the po-tay-to/po-tah-to rule.
Say it "Ray-doo," whilst rolling the R and you're onto something...plus French people won't look at you like an ignoramus. :)
 

Rob Gillespie

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It's not a word used very often here. In fact I only recall ever seeing it from US sources.

Apocalypse Now Redux. What a bloody stupid name for a film.

Hey, Coppola - come here - SLAP!
 

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How useful to get Rob's opinion, the people on his island pronounce the "T" in filet. ;)
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Brian Perry

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I've never heard anyone pronounce the word as "re-ducks" without an ironic smile.
As with many words, there isn't one authoritatively correct pronunciation. You know, the po-tay-to/po-tah-to rule.
And if someone said po-tah-to in normal conversation, you wouldn't give them the ironic smile? :)
 

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