Biopics

I was talking with Clara about the new Anthony Bourdain movie coming out, and it…

Wait, hold on a moment, Vim is telling me I misspelled the word “movie”. Really? Yeah, look at that, “movie” has a red box around it. Huh. Who’d have thunk it? Wait, Vim has “thunk” but not “movie”? Anyway, I digress.

I was talking with Clara about the new Anthony Bourdain movie coming out, and it went something like this:

Me: Did you see the news about the Anthony Bourdain bi-opic?

Her: I did yeah, we should see it. But also, I used to pronounce it “bi-opic” as well.

Me: Wait, used to?

Her: Yeah. Then I watched some film critics, and they were saying it as “bio-pic”.

Me: “Bio-pic”?

Her: Yeah, as in “biography” “picture”.

Me:

Her:

Me: I feel quite silly.

Her: You should in general, but not about this.

Me: Words you read but never say, amirite?

Her: You should try speaking English as a second language.

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