Marvel Subtly Confirms How To Pronounce 'Symbiote' In Response To Sony's VENOM Movie

Marvel Subtly Confirms How To Pronounce 'Symbiote' In Response To Sony's VENOM Movie

Did Marvel take a subtle jab at Sony's pronunciation of the word "symbiote" in the latest Venom trailer by including their own pronunciation of the word in the newest issue of Amazing Spider-Man?

By MattIsForReal - May 30, 2018 10:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Venom
Source: Comic Book
Last month, Sony gave us our first real look at the upcoming Venom spinoff with a full-length trailer. There was certainly a lot to take away from the trailer, but one of the biggest criticisms coming out of it was the way Jenny Slate's character pronounced the word "symbiote" - adding an odd emphasis on the middle syllable ("sim-BYE-oat").

It certainly caught a lot of fans off guard, generating a bit of controversy in the way the word should be announced. Thankfully, Marvel was paying attention and addressed the word's pronunciation in Amazing Spider-Man #800. The latest issue features the following exchange between Daily Bugle editor-in-chief J. Jonah Jameson and Eddie Brock/Venom.



Jameson specifically asking Brock if his first name is "BEE-yote," not "BYE-oat," seems like a pretty obvious response to how Sony handled the word's pronunciation. After all, Marvel has never felt the need to clarify the pronunciation prior to the trailer.

Now it's entirely possible this is just Jameson's pronunciation and not the officially correct way - maybe it's just one of those "to-may-toe"-"to-mah-toe" type things. Whatever the case or real pronunciation, you have to appreciate Marvel's subtle response to the trailer controversy.

So which is it: sym-bye-oat or sym-bee-yote?



Venom hits theaters October 5, 2018. It'll be interesting to see if Sony corrects the pronunciation to what Marvel seemingly says it is.
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BreakTheCode
BreakTheCode - 5/30/2018, 10:22 PM
It’s definitely Bee. Between the obvious butchering of the source material and horrible dialogue in the trailer this movie looks terrible.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 5/30/2018, 10:26 PM
@BreakTheCode - agreed. Lines like "your boss is the evil person" and "you will only hurt bad people" were a bit cringy to me.
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 5/30/2018, 10:26 PM
Leave it to Avi Arad to [frick] up anything Spider-Man related.
KingEmperor
KingEmperor - 5/31/2018, 2:38 AM
@Mercwitham0uth
Don’t forget real-life comic book villain Tom Rothman.
Krav
Krav - 5/30/2018, 10:26 PM
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 5/30/2018, 10:34 PM
Same thing with The Last Airbender pronouncing the characters names wrong.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 5/31/2018, 2:25 AM
@Kevwebsz - but they always said the names right. Why would the show mess that up?
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 5/30/2018, 10:37 PM
It’s even pronounced “sym-bee-yote” in Spider-Man 3 lmao
StormXmen123
StormXmen123 - 5/30/2018, 10:40 PM
The pronunciation should be Sym-BYE-ote.

Symbiosis is used to described a close relationship (parasitic, muatalstic, etc) between two living ORGANISMS (hen the emphasis on BIO).

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