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Reply With QuoteI most definitely do NOT pronounce it like Wilford Brimley!! I cringe every time I see him say "die-ah-beet-US"!!Originally Posted by BriOnH
DiabetEs - Long E
Diabetus - Short e
Depends on situation
This is a discussion on How do you pronounce 'Diabetes'? within the Diabetes forums, part of the Living with Diabetes category; Curious as to how other people say it....
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Curious as to how other people say it.
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I most definitely do NOT pronounce it like Wilford Brimley!! I cringe every time I see him say "die-ah-beet-US"!!
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short e for me
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hmm...I guess I don't "see" him say it. When I HEAR him say "diabetUS" I talk to the TV...
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LMAO - I feel the same.....Now, it may depend on the person's situation (i.e. if they have an accent, such as a New York accent, lol, they may pronounce it differently). That said, Wilford doesn't have an accent, so he has no excuse!
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Maybe the word is getting distorted by his mustache??LMAO - I feel the same.....Now, it may depend on the person's situation (i.e. if they have an accent, such as a New York accent, lol, they may pronounce it differently). That said, Wilford doesn't have an accent, so he has no excuse!
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lol I am in the short e vote. I thought for sure I would be in the majority on this one! doh!
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DiabeTEEEES
Whenever people say it the other way I cringe soooo much.
As a funny side note my doctor is from thailand and his accent makes it sound like he is sayin "diabebes" like its a bb gun hehe
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die-uh-BE'-ees.
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Short e for me
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Well I was going to say it was a California thing....short E here too. However Pam from Cape Cod just said short E too. LOL
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But oh what a mustache it is!Maybe the word is getting distorted by his mustache??
To report from rural North Carolina: The long "e" is the generally accepted form.
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long eeeeeeeeee
die ahh bee teees
the other way drives me nuts. i put diabetes in my english/spanish translator once and it does long E also.
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di-uh-BEE-tees
I'm from the South (USA), and some people here call it some strange things in some weird ways. Don't know where Wilford Brimley is from, but many people in this region pronounce it the same way he does in those medical supply (Liberty?) commercials. A common name, especially with older Southerners, is sugar diabetes. (Why they specify the "sugar" I don't know -- I doubt they even know about diabetes insipidus [unrelated disease]). Many people here say it as 3 syllables: di-BEE-tees (or di-BEE-tus).
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