DIABETES vs. DIABETES

[Jinx]

#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

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[The Summoner of Leviathan]

The former, obviously.

[Shauna]

It is never the latter. Ever. That is actually wrong.

[The Man]

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]

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]

#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]

eat ease

[Clo]

Um the last option because it's HILARIOUS and that's how I'm going to refer to it from now on.

Duh.

[Pheesh]

I was so determined to press the former as quickly as possibly that I didn't see how funny the last option was.

[Shlup]

My brother has type-1 (so does most of his mother's family) so I like to say "diabeetus" just to bug him.

[Raistlin]

"Diabeetus" is correct if you're Wilfred Brimley. For everyone else, it's the former.

[Tigmafuzz]

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]

Diet-beat-us is what I hear and it is sooo wrong.

[Denmark]

dye a bee, tease

[Tigmafuzz]

da bears, toots

[Loony BoB]

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]

I say it completely differently to those.

Die-a-beet-eez

[Jinx]

I say it completely differently to those.

Die-a-beet-eez

That's the same as the first option.

[Night Fury]

No, the first one is di-uh-bee-tees

[Quindiana Jones]

I say dire-beats.

[Jinx]

No, the first one is di-uh-bee-tees

So you say it die-ay-beet-eez?

[qwertysaur]

The last choice is perfect. The first choice is correct.

[Night Fury]

now i'm just fucking confused. whatever, everything sounds stupid in my accent anyway

[sharkythesharkdogg]

My mother has the diabeetus you insensitive jackasses. :colbert:

No really, she does. Also it's diabeeteese.

[Jinx]

My mother has the diabeetus you insensitive jackasses. :colbert:

No really, she does. Also it's diabeeteese.

So does my father!

[qwertysaur]

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]

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]

Die and beat us.

[Jinx]

Dianne Betis

[Clo]

My family is awfully hard struck with the sugars.

They are though.

I try to stay fit.











I fail.

[DrAssenov]

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]

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