Synecdoche, New York

[RottenDoctorGonzo]

Bloke at the end. He would be English as well. My man!

[hypokritable]

dict(punkt)cc/?s=synecdoche use the i-net and your life will be easy ;)

[jjpeditorreel]

"not many people know that" *smug smile*....LOL. Epic win.

[btopishere]

Learned this word in high school English. Wow the school system has failed them.

[boogiebuddy01]

sin ek do key

[jigsaw99]

its SNA DOUCHE

[MrPato61]

The guy at the end gotta be a fucking RED DRAGON.

[ebougis]

@Ravitation : Ahh, now that I listen to him again, I "get" that he's talking about "soccer" teams. I thought he said "something" at the end, so I took his example to be a very general statement about the superiority of "England" over "the United States." I think I only caught it now cuz of the FIFA fever heheh. Thanks for the reply! (My first "dialogue" on Youtube!)

[cptmanifest]

Ha ha, that guy at the end rules. Smart asses of the world unite.

[DarkDragonCreator]

i don't really understand this movie :(

[Nashy119]

The DVD box said 'comedy of the year', 'hilarious', do people find this film funny?

[nbastar778]

yes after the first time i thought it was way funnier

[kaspastarr]

its a dark humor but its more about life, watch it again.

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[TyroneTasty]

That guy at the end is so awesome.

[danxxx22]

u mean >>>>WEIRD!!!!!!

[essay1945]

The debate between Schenectady and Synecdoche is gibberish.  The movie begins in Schenectady and then moves to a movie set in New York City where the main character lives out wherein snippets of his life ultimately represent his whole life. Schenectady/synecdoche is a pun.

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[thedutchangle]

Exquisite!

[GreatUnwashedMass]

I don't get the example 'England beat the United States at soccer...'

[masterchalk1985]

The whole of England didn't beat the whole of the united states at Soccer, just the representative players from the team.

[jimthelizardking]

@GreatUnwashedMass The whole being 'England beat the United States at everything.'

[kreptel8]

@jimthelizardking I think he meant to say "London beat D.C." since London would be synecdochal for England and D.C. for the USA. (Metonymy would be "The crown beat America.") He was so happy he nailed the answer for the camera that I think he blew his cool at the last minute. I also think he knew he botched the example right as/after he said it. You can see he falters and then leaves. Maybe I'm wrong. :)

[cmezak]

@kreptel8 He was totally correct. To say that England beat the USA doesn't literally mean that one entire country beat the other entire country. In that statement, the countries (the wholes) stand for the soccer teams (the parts). Pure synecdochocityness!

[essay1945]

Schenectady is an indian name not greek and it means beyond the openings. Because I am from Schenectady, I am used to these kinds of pronunciations. I still have trouble spelling it to others if I spell it to fast.

[pasowen]

Yes, Schenectady is a Mohawk word, but that's not the name of the film. It's called Synecdoche, New York. Synecdoche, not Schenectady.

This reply was much easier to type than it would have been to say out loud.

[feckingbillgates]

The word here is not "schenectady". "Synecdoche" means a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. This is the concept of the film Synecdoche, New York, which you should go and see because it's lovely.

[mrchomet]

england owns again, damn that is a cool place

[jigsaw99]

of course the British person in the end gets it right...

[BjornIn1979]

It's kind of unfair when they are asking THE CORRECT pronunciation of a an English word to French and other European people, (some of the people in the video) I mean c'mon! the French don't even pronounce the word "French" the same way we do

[greengiant123]

It's actually Greek, and English speakers have a hard time pronouncing it as well.

[henripche]

Yes but in French the reader is actually aided by the spelling (something the English are wholly foreign to, e.g. I once thought opaque rhymed with plaque, what an absurd idea!): it's spelled "synecdoque" in French.

[skat1140]

You NAILED IT, pedantic "Michael Caine" imitator dude!

[BjornIn1979]

I wouldn't want to be that last dude's dentist, I would refer him else where

[juleswinns]

dude was an asshole but a smart asshole

[tidalriddle]

How about U.S. beats England, huh? Well, I guess not. Definition? Pronunciation? Just see the film!

[monalisasmiles4you]

Sin-ech-doc?

I just saw that movie last night...sooo bizarre, disturbing, and powerful.

[rabidrandy]

0:33 - 0:38 HOT !!!

[BlueMestizo26]

i second that

[BjornIn1979]

she looks like a tranny, way too much plastic surgery / nip and tuck on those lips, what kind of taste do you two have in women? gay taste I presume :P

[TonyManeroNY]

the title alone makes me cringe.

[cj397]

this movie is about and takes place in, and rhymes with Schenectady, Ny the city im from.

[voodooscuba]

First off, it's not about Schenectady and it doesn't rhyme with it, either. You're one for three. And I'm very sorry you're stuck in that little blood blister of a town.

[cj397]

Way wrong, your chance at cleverly insulting someone on youtube was a failure. look it up, it takes place in schenectady in the beginning.

and yes it is pronounced (si-neck-di-kee)

research first.

[Ckyslayer99]

im from schenectady too :D

[Marotodoghetto]

Sinedouchebag

[darkboi13]

hahaha

[BennyComa]

Hahaha!!! Great vid!

[rini6]

That guy with the headphones is hilarious!

[calendargirl89]

1:16 has it right. Sin-ECK-duh-key

[2SKARX]

0.34 = daaaayyyyyummm

[angrylittletsk]

lol, the girl at 0:36 . trying to pronounce it in an exotic and sexy way.

[TheRougeEyelash]

I think its because she really is exotic and sexy.

Last guy who nails it must bee a crossword puzzle player. si-nek-duh-kee. hahaha

[ekvaughan]

Was that Paul Giamatti at the end? Sure looked like him. If not, they were separated at birth...

[ironlung1028]

dude, not even close!!!! seriously.

[soulcalibur22]

thanx now get my batsuit ready....

[ItsLikeAGlove]

well done, 1:16! cheers to you!

[SednaDeli]

Man, having taken an English class where one of our prime objectives was to learn literary concepts with funny names like "synecdoche," this video is excrutiating.

[unfito]

lol. i thought i knew how to pronounce it, but obviously i was far from right.

In my defense i must say i'm spanish, not english. But i also have to admit that the spanish word for "synecdoche" is "sinécdoque" which is pronounced quite alike (you only have to change the latest "ee" like in "theese" for a "e" like in lemon).

[jmonkey21]

sin-nect-da-kee : that guys a genius !

[Cuda11]

the guy at 1:16 said it correctly.

[YUMAKEN]

"sine'kdэki"

By some dictionary web.

[MRTUMNUS6]

XD I tried that myself with my friends. fun. :D