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Hayden
Location: Vietnam 
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 02:38
- Post subject: Bit of an embarrassing question..(maybe..)
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I'm 16. Forgive me that I wasn't alive at the time. And I have a question.
Well, simply, the album 'Closer' by Joy Division, has become a favourite of mine over the past 2-3 months. Wasn't a fan of it at first, but it grew on me (still working on Unknown Pleasures..)
But, I don't know how to pronounce the title, or what word it is  
Is it "Closer", as in, something/ someone that closes something, or is it "Closer" as in, when you're nearer to something?
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Bork
Executive Hillbilly
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA 
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 02:40
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No embarassment needed. I was well born at the time but never even thought of it. I always assumed it was Closer as in a person who closes a deal (or an album that closes a bands career).
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 02:48
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oh?
I have only ever heard it pronounced like 'closer' as in 'nearer' or 'not so far away' (so with a soft s rather than a z like one)...
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Bork
Executive Hillbilly
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 02:49
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You're probably right. I'm not claiming I was right. Just never entered my mind that that's what it might be.
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Hayden
Location: Vietnam
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 02:50
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| Bork wrote: | | No embarassment needed. I was well born at the time but never even thought of it. I always assumed it was Closer as in a person who closes a deal (or an album that closes a bands career). |
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oh?
I have only ever heard it pronounced like 'closer' as in 'nearer' or 'not so far away' (so with a soft s rather than a z like one)... |
Pam? Joy? Cellar? Moose? Help?
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 02:52
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Damn Edits....
Anyway...
I am inclined to think that I am right purely because the expression 'closer' (as in someone who closes something) is not very common in the UK/Manchester (or at least wasn't 30 years ago)... but I don't know for sure so am happy to be corrected if it is wrong!
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Facetious
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Location: Somewhere you've never been 
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 03:30
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I assumed it was the 'nearer' one. Interesting question, though. 
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HigherThanTheSun
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Location: UK 
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 04:09
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| mancsoulsister wrote: | | I have only ever heard it pronounced like 'closer' as in 'nearer' or 'not so far away' (so with a soft s rather than a z like one)... |
^^ Same. People don't much say closer, as in something which closes something, in the UK so I assumed closer as in close to.
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 05:02
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I am pretty sure that it is "closer" as in being "close" to someone
Although considering what happened after the recording, either pronunciation seems appropriate in a macabre sort of way
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- Posted: 03/03/2012 12:19
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You deserve applause for starting this topic...
I have wondered myself in the past. And I wasn't quite sure either. I think both work and that maybe intended. Fridge Brilliance? You heard of it? They both work!
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