View Full Version : DIABETES vs. DIABETES
#eoff is a really weird place.
Apparently Steve has a foot fetish, which led to us discussing feet, and foa telling us not to google 'diabetes feet.' Which led me to create this poll, because my mom and I always fight over the correct pronunciation.
die-uh-bee-tees
or
die-uh-beat-us
??????????////
The Summoner of Leviathan
02-10-2013, 09:29 PM
The former, obviously.
Shauna
02-10-2013, 09:30 PM
It is never the latter. Ever. That is actually wrong.
The Man
02-10-2013, 09:30 PM
Die-uh-bee-tees is the correct pronunciation but I usually end up saying die-uh-beat-us thanks to spending way too much time on the Internets.
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/115/diabeetus.jpg
Shauna
02-10-2013, 09:36 PM
Man. One of my lecturers at uni - an endocrinologist, of all things, which just made it worse - legitimately used "diabeetus". It hurt. Every time. And he talked about it a lot, being a damn endocrinologist. xD
Iceglow
02-10-2013, 10:06 PM
#eoff is a really weird place.
Apparently Steve has a foot fetish
More of a foot phobia. Let's be honest feet are vile disgusting things good for walking and kicking Paul in the balls with.
Denmark
02-10-2013, 10:26 PM
eat ease
Um the last option because it's HILARIOUS and that's how I'm going to refer to it from now on.
Duh.
Pheesh
02-10-2013, 11:23 PM
I was so determined to press the former as quickly as possibly that I didn't see how funny the last option was.
Shlup
02-11-2013, 12:24 AM
My brother has type-1 (so does most of his mother's family) so I like to say "diabeetus" just to bug him.
Raistlin
02-11-2013, 01:25 AM
"Diabeetus" is correct if you're Wilfred Brimley. For everyone else, it's the former.
Tigmafuzz
02-11-2013, 02:31 AM
A friend of mine has type 2 OH LAWD MY BABY'S GOT THE SUGARS. It sucks knowing she can't have all the greatest foods in the world :(
Faris
02-11-2013, 02:49 AM
Diet-beat-us is what I hear and it is sooo wrong.
Denmark
02-11-2013, 03:09 AM
dye a bee, tease
Tigmafuzz
02-11-2013, 08:49 AM
da bears, toots
Loony BoB
02-11-2013, 11:09 AM
die-a-bee-deez, because I'm a terrible lazy person who doesn't pronunciate his T's in some words. But yeah, the right way, seriously. I've never heard it said the other way. I imagine the American dictionaries will take it up as official in a matter of months.
Night Fury
02-11-2013, 11:15 AM
I say it completely differently to those.
Die-a-beet-eez
I say it completely differently to those.
Die-a-beet-eez
That's the same as the first option.
Night Fury
02-11-2013, 02:14 PM
No, the first one is di-uh-bee-tees
Quindiana Jones
02-11-2013, 02:43 PM
I say dire-beats.
No, the first one is di-uh-bee-tees
So you say it die-ay-beet-eez?
qwertysaur
02-11-2013, 04:30 PM
The last choice is perfect. The first choice is correct.
Night Fury
02-11-2013, 04:40 PM
now i'm just fucking confused. whatever, everything sounds stupid in my accent anyway
sharkythesharkdogg
02-11-2013, 04:50 PM
My mother has the diabeetus you insensitive jackasses. :colbert:
No really, she does. Also it's diabeeteese.
My mother has the diabeetus you insensitive jackasses. :colbert:
No really, she does. Also it's diabeeteese.
So does my father!
qwertysaur
02-11-2013, 05:13 PM
My mother has the diabeetus you insensitive jackasses. :colbert:
No really, she does. Also it's diabeeteese.
So does my father!
so does my grandma, aunt and uncle.
Shauna
02-11-2013, 05:28 PM
now i'm just fucking confused. whatever, everything sounds stupid in my accent anyway
The distinction is in the end of the word: -uss or -eeze, with the latter being correct. :3
Laddy
02-11-2013, 06:16 PM
Die and beat us.
My family is awfully hard struck with the sugars.
They are though.
I try to stay fit.
I fail.
DrAssenov
02-12-2013, 03:08 AM
Me: So, do you have any medical conditions, like high blood pressure or diabetes?
Patient: Dia-what?
Me: Di-uh-bee-tees.
Patient: What's that?
Me: It's when you have problems with blood sugar.
Patient: Oh, that's right,! Yeah I got the sugahs!
Me: (please, Vanessa, do not laugh, omg so f'ing hilarious)
sharkythesharkdogg
02-12-2013, 03:48 AM
Where in the hell do you live? I've been in the south all my life, and still the only time I hear it get called that is ironically. :p
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