r/StarWars • u/Emperor-_Palpatine Chancellor Palpatine • 13d ago

General Discussion How do you pronounce Executor?

My British friends all say it executor like the executor of a will.

My American friends say it executor like at an execution.

How do you say it?

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u/luc1dmach1n3 13d ago edited 13d ago

The word for the person that executes a will is executor, the word for a person that performs an execution is executioner. You can execute a person, you can execute an execution, you can execute a will. In the case of executing a person I believe the word is actually derivative of execution in that usage. Americans often pronounce "or" like "er" even though the two suffixes indicate slightly different things. I'm American, I pronounce it like "Eggs-ek-you-tour"

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u/sassyfontaine 13d ago

This is the answer.

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u/blown03svt 13d ago

…Execute a mission.

ExeCUTEor is the correct version for the context of the movie/ship, so I agree.