Re: [IP] Wilfred Brimley's TV commercial pronunciation
In 1984 in Greece, a friend of mine was told it came from 'Dia-vee-ti-
kos' (Phonetic spelling).
I know the Greek Arteaus spoke was more 'ancient', where diabetes is
derived from the word for Siphon, but for today's Greek the word for
siphon is something like -roll the 'r'- 'Rrrue-foess' (phonetically,
from a greek man here in the neighbourhood) so despite all that, we've
heard it said like Mr. Brimley for the most part. I got the 'ees' end
whilst in the UK where I was diagnosed.
On Mar 2, 2008, at 2:05 PM, email @ redacted wrote:
> 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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