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How do you pronounce Live Mode?

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Kind of a random question, but I've always assumed live mode was pronounced as in "live tv", but recently I've heard other people pronouncing it like "I live".

I'd thought it'd be interesting to see which is most popular, so how do you pronounce it?

How do you pronounce Live Mode? 199 votes

Live like "Live TV"
70%
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Live like "I Live"
29%
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    NationalPokedexNationalPokedex Posts: 829 Member
    Live like "I Live"
    I say Live like “I live” because Build and Buy are also being used as verbs, so I pronounce live like the verb.
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    OnverserOnverser Posts: 3,364 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    For me I've always pronounced it like live tv because I interpret it as the game is now live and playing
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    SERVERFRASERVERFRA Posts: 7,237 Member
    Live like "I Live"
    Live Mode is playing the sims.
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    SimsLady2000SimsLady2000 Posts: 1,236 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    I say live mode because Build and Buy mode is stationary and inactive whereas live mode is alive.
    The Sims is NOT a game, it's a lifestyle choice.

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    SelinaKylesSelinaKyles Posts: 4,337 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    Always said “live” like “Live in 3..” but apparently a guru a while back in a livestream said it as “live” like I live here. But I don’t care, I prefer the first one
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    popstarsleypopstarsley Posts: 1,086 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    Build and buy are paused modes while the other is unpaused, live mode. 🤷🏽‍♀️
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    DuvelinaDuvelina Posts: 2,619 Member
    Live like "I Live"
    I've noticed this too a while ago. I've always said it as 'live' like in 'I live'. I think it's because I used to play the game in my own language and it's definitely the verb there.
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    DoloresGreyDoloresGrey Posts: 3,493 Member
    Live like "I Live"
    build move because I build in there and live mode because I (my sims) live in there :)
    -probably just playing Phasmophobia :p
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    DaWaterRatDaWaterRat Posts: 3,378 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    Even though I'm no longer thrown by people in videos saying using the "I live" pronunciation, in my head, I still use the "Live TV" one. I just accept that I'm pronouncing it wrong and try not to do so when I'm actually talking out loud to someone who cares. As this happens ... pretty much never, it doesn't matter.

    :smiley:
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    FinvolaFinvola Posts: 1,041 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    I always pronounced it as in "Live music" or something like that but was surprised when I watched a few guru streams and heard them pronouncing the other way and I was like "ohhhhhh". But I still say it the old way in my my head.
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    ChampandGirlieChampandGirlie Posts: 2,490 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    Like "alive", I don't know why, that's just how I think of it.
    Champ and Girlie are dogs.
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    adduapinaadduapina Posts: 556 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    Live, not live, for some weird reason.
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    SimAlexandriaSimAlexandria Posts: 4,845 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    I was going to make this poll awhile ago and forgot haha. I say it like Live TV but I thought I was the only one. I guess not
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    MDianaSimsMDianaSims Posts: 4,186 Member
    Live like "I Live"
    Duvelina wrote: »
    I've noticed this too a while ago. I've always said it as 'live' like in 'I live'. I think it's because I used to play the game in my own language and it's definitely the verb there.

    This.

    I think the gurus pronounce it this way as well? It's been a while since I've seen a livestream where they've mentioned it though. However I wouldn't be surprised if they used both pronunciations :joy:
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    Nate_Whiplash1Nate_Whiplash1 Posts: 4,168 Member
    edited September 2020
    Live like "Live TV"
    Interesting....I never knew anyone pronounced it as in "I live"
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    HolidayHoliday Posts: 684 Member
    Live like "I Live"
    I used to pronounce it the Live TV way too, but when I started watching streamers and YouTubers they all said it the I Live way, and it made me think I was saying it wrong, so now I say it that way. I'm surprised the former is actually winning the poll, looks like after all these years, I wasn't in the minority as I thought.
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    SimAlexandriaSimAlexandria Posts: 4,845 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    Holiday wrote: »
    I used to pronounce it the Live TV way too, but when I started watching streamers and YouTubers they all said it the I Live way, and it made me think I was saying it wrong, so now I say it that way. I'm surprised the former is actually winning the poll, looks like after all these years, I wasn't in the minority as I thought.

    This happened to me too except that I tried to say it the way the youtubers/gurus said it and never manaed to change haha. SO I still say it the live tv way and thought I was just wrong until I saw this haha. Maybe I'm still wrong, but I'm not the only one it seems!
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    SindocatSindocat Posts: 5,622 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    "Mode" is a noun, so in modifying it, "live" is an adjective, which rhymes with "five".
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    EvilCirce09EvilCirce09 Posts: 5 New Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    For me, it's been Live (long i) Mode for the last 20 years. lol I've never heard anyone else say it, so that's how I always read it.
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    CAPTAIN_NXR7CAPTAIN_NXR7 Posts: 4,576 Member
    Live like "I Live"
    It’s where the pixel folks live...
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    So_MoneySo_Money Posts: 2,536 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    Live, rhymes with five, makes more sense to me. As opposed to Build Mode, where the game remains paused and everything is static, in Live mode everything is active, which is basically the definition of the word.
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    Chicklet453681Chicklet453681 Posts: 2,438 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    Onverser wrote: »
    For me I've always pronounced it like live tv because I interpret it as the game is now live and playing
    Build and buy are paused modes while the other is unpaused, live mode. 🤷🏽‍♀️

    Exactly! The game is now "aLIVE" when in live mode, that's how I have always thought of it.

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    taydevtaydev Posts: 912 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    I’ve always pronounce it like in the first option and didn’t even know it was pronounced the other way by the simgurus until I watched one of their live streams.
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    RouensimsRouensims Posts: 4,858 Member
    edited September 2020
    Live like "Live TV"
    I considered "live" to be an adjective modifying "mode," so it only made sense to me that it should be /laɪv/ (lah-eev). I was actually confused by the topic at first because I never even considered any other way of pronouncing it. But now it does kind of make sense that it could be similar to "build mode." I'll always think of it as /laɪv/ (lah-eev) (like live TV) mode though. You can't stop me! :smiley:
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    Admiral8QAdmiral8Q Posts: 3,334 Member
    Live like "Live TV"
    This is interesting! I never thought of saying it as "I live on the beach". It is a bit of a different meaning depending on the pronunciation in the English language. Either works though. :)

    "Live TV" the live means active.

    "I live", the live means reside or inhabit.
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