Is it Open Mike or Open Mic?
Answer: The correct phrase is "Open Mic"
Mic is the shortened form of microphone refering to the electric sound wand on stage that is openly available for use by anyone who turns up at such an event.Mike — on the other hand — is an informal handle used when refering to someone named Michael. If the phrase was "Open Mike" it would mean "A man named Micheal who is openly available for use by anyone". If you are looking for that kind of thing and have arrived here by accident, may I suggest searching Facebook for people named Michael, but please keep the results of that little experiment to yourself.
The variation of the phrase "open mike" is often used by Americans. They are wrong.
Examples of famous Mikes
Mike Skinner
Musician with poetic British band The Streets
Mike MyersComedian, actor and animation voice artist
Mike RutherfordLead singer of Mike and the Mechanics
Celebrity images not owned by Open Mic Finder. Mike Skinner image courtesy of manchestereventsguide.co.uk, Mike Myers image courtesy of nndb.com, Mike Rutherford image courtesy of stoneimagesrocks.com. All copyright for the above 3 images is owned by stated companies.
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