waiting for godot

[owilde1]

neither Sir Ian or the French live in Brooklyn- so you have officially been taken to task- whoever the hell you are.

[keroberus2]

"Gu-doe."

Oh, I will never live that down. LOL.

[TaskMaster619]

Guh-doh??? wtf? Goh..doh... it is Godo... it's French so ignore the "T" like in ballet

[xanderlev1]

I like that the students took their time.

[xanderlev1]

Nice.

[HarrisonHollywood]

....who cares how you pronounce it....and this is America.

[owilde1]

you go hollywood. after all this isn't even america- it's brooklyn. the choice was not whether to pronounce it this way or that way- the choice is pronounce it our way or.....we'll break your nose!

[owilde1]

living in north america- we decided to keep it consistent with our neighbors.

[carlos722]

GODot

[owilde1]

that would be correct.......IN FRANCE.

[carlos722]

I'm just going with what Beckett said. But he may have had it wrong, he only wrote it.

[owilde1]

in French.

[carlos722]

Then he translated it into English.

Wikipedia: Beckett himself said the emphasis should be on the first syllable, and that the North American pronunciation is a mistake [3]. Etymologically the name is French, which (at least in the case of France) places equal emphasis on both syllables - "goh-doh".

[thegorillasnake]

@owilde1 It carries over to the English translation as well. Professional stageings have the actors pronounce it "Goh-doh." Sir Ian McKellen pronounces in "Goh-doh," and he's an acclaimed and respected Shakespearean actor, so I think he knows a LITTLE more about drama than you do. And to top it off, Beckett himself confirmed that if he'd meant for it to be pronounced "Guh-doh," he wouldn't have spelled it "Godot." My family speaks French, so don't try to take me to task on this.

[owilde1]

@thegorillasnake "Beckett himself said the emphasis should be on the first syllable, and that the North American pronunciation is a mistake".......our production was in North America- mistake or not the tradition had been established.

[HarrisonHollywood]

I liked it. Very good work. Is this the same school who put on the first ever high school production of The Producers? :)

[owilde1]

yes that would be us. check out the many fine youtube clips of that historic production.

[FieryGingerness]

Its not GuDOT its GODOT!

jeez

[owilde1]

maybe if we were in france and were affected- which we were not. double jeez.

[morris9409]

In Britain and France it is pronounced gOdot. In North America it is pronounced godOt. Both are common - Beckett intended the first.

[carlos722]

indeed.

Still quite a good high school production!

[psycho56]

oh btw... how can I found the rest of it?

[psycho56]

you guys are really really good. I loved it.

I'm studying Waiting for godot for my drama course in college this term... thank you for the help

[BoyBetterKnow2k7]

Excellent acting. I saw only the last bit of this scene at a school performance, you guys are brilliant though.