RE: [IP] Wilfred Brimley's TV commercial pronunciation
The closest I can come to the original (Greek) pronunciation is
dee uh bay tes
As for the "correct" one, all I can say is that diabeteeees sounds horrid to
me.
Cheers,
Felix.
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The word diabetes originates from Latin and Greek thereby giving several
choices for correct pronunciation depending on which language dialect you
prefer
--- di a beet es, di a beet is (Brimley's choice), di a beet eez.
gilda, type 1 55 yrs
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