How do you say "diabetes"?

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It didn't let me post a poll.

A) diabeedees
B) diabeetus
C) some other way, cuz I'm a freak that way
I pronounce it "dy-uh-beet-ez" or "dy-uh-beet-ees", depending on how much talking I'm doing and how it flows into the other words I'm saying. I also tend to pronounce it however my pt's pronounce it.That's because I weirdly-- and unintentionally-- tend to mimic those with whom I am speaking.I'm trying to decide how much of a weirdo this makes me EDIT: I didn't see your poll the first time, so I'd have to say "B" and "C".

My husband, also a nurse, insists that I'm the only person in the world who pronounces it like B.

Like option a) except with a T instead of a D sound. Dy-a-beet-eez

Quote from kloneMy husband, also a nurse, insists that I'm the only person in the world who pronounces it like B.

Quote from Hygiene QueenI don't think so...Wilford Brimley Diabeetus Remix - YouTube

Quote from kloneIt didn't let me post a poll.

Quote from SwansonRNLike option a) except with a T instead of a D sound. Dy-a-beet-eez

Sugars. (Hey, it's a regional thing. "My sugars is acting up again." <-- real complaint that I have received from patients in the past.)But when I'm using the actual terminology, A.

Quote from kloneMy husband, also a nurse, insists that I'm the only person in the world who pronounces it like B.

Die-ya-bee-teez I say "I have Type 1 die-ya-bee-teez" I hate it when people say "dia-ya-beat-us" lol. I lived in the south for awhile and everyone called it "the sugar", like "you must have the sugar bad cause you're on insulin" or "my granny only has a bit of the sugar cause she takes those sugar pills".

Quote from SwansonRNYou read my mind

I couldn't stand the way Wilford Brimley pronounced it, so I'm very careful to enunciate it carefully. "Dye-a-beet-eez".