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Permalink Reply by Peetie on September 28, 2011 at 4:45am

Hmm... I think it happened around the same time they changed the way we pronounce the name of the planet Uranus. :)

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Permalink Reply by BadMoonT2 on September 28, 2011 at 4:51am

Personally I like the fact that different people have different accents and pronounce words differently. Viva la difference!

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Permalink Reply by BadMoonT2 on September 28, 2011 at 7:43am

Perhaps a better term would be dialect. Here's a wikipedia article on the New England dialect Characteristics are distinctive ways of pronouncing vowels and emphasizing or leaving off certain consonants. I think of the Di-a-be-tus pronounciation as more western, its how a cowboy form Texas might say it. Of course the fact that you an Ohioan says it that way shows this is all way beyond my pay grade:)

Any way it was a good excuse for AR to post the Wilford video.

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on September 28, 2011 at 5:11am

My friend is a psychiatrist, MD and all that, and says beat-us. It makes me cringe.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Marshall on September 28, 2011 at 6:17am

I think the Wilfred Brimley clip answers the question better than anyone could. Thank you. It gave me a much needed laugh.

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Permalink Reply by Brunetta on October 1, 2011 at 4:50am

Acid I knew you wouldn't miss a chance to re- pull this video. It has always been hilarious to me!!! I heard both pronunciations from medical personnel when I was diagnosed in 1968.. We always said "dia-bee-tees" in my home and that is how I pronounce it to this day.. I was raised in southwest GA.

God Bless
Brunetta

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Permalink Reply by MyBustedPancreas on September 28, 2011 at 5:35am

"Diabetus" has always driven me crazy. My mom says it and it drives me nuts, maybe because I associate it with Wilford Brimley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4LyaNgzy6U

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on September 28, 2011 at 6:15am

I can't think of the guys name but it is a talk show that comes on after Letterman. He was mocking Wilford Brimley last night. Perfect timing for this post!

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Permalink Reply by Jared on September 28, 2011 at 6:48am

I've said Di-a-be-tees for 27 years. I just don't see how you can pronounce DiabetES as DiabetUS. I don't see it. It's not spelled that way. Mr Brimley does make me laugh every time I hear him say that.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on September 28, 2011 at 6:59am

I have always said it as tees also. I was diagnosed almost 28 years ago but my grandmother and aunt also had it also long before I ever did.

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Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on October 1, 2011 at 8:07am

Yeah, Jared, but colonel is not spelled "kernel", either. In English, spelling is really NOT a good way to predict the pronunciation of a word, which is why dictionaries offer guidance.

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on October 1, 2011 at 8:14am

But it's Greek! Aristophanes!! Pleiades!! You name them, they are all deez!! Perhaps it could be marketed as a Jersey Shore thing? "Yo Snooki, who's 'tes are deez?"

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