how do you pronounce 'Deity'

[The Unavoidable]

is it A: Dee-ety

or B: Day-ety


?

 

[MarkG]

I go with B

 

[Jind]

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary - both are perfectly acceptable pronunciations.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deity

Click on the little speaker icons.

For what it's worth - I pronounce it in the B form.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

A
like in Warrel Dane's "let you down"

 

[J.DavisNJ]

A, I assumed that was the Yank way...haha.

-Joe

 

[The Unavoidable]

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary - both are perfectly acceptable pronunciations.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deity

Click on the little speaker icons.

For what it's worth - I pronounce it in the B form.

Huh. Cool, thanks.

I used to go with A, but B is easier to work into a conversation.

 

[greyskull]

b!
Day - uh- tea

 

[Metaltastic]

b!
Day - uh- tea

No, A you limey redcoat

 

[STINNETT]

Dee-uh-tee

As in Deicide.

Dayicide? I don't think so.

 

[greyskull]

its B you yankee .
learn how to speak proper

 

[TheWinterSnow]

Dee-uh-tee

As in Deicide.

Dayicide? I don't think so.

exactly

"ei" is pronounced "ay" when it is followed by a "gh". I don't see a "gh" in deity, so dee-ih-tee it is.

besides that is much easier to say, since its more closed mouth so it feels more natural.

b!
Day - uh- tea

where the hell are you getting the "ay" and "uh" out of "ei", either, its "ay" or "ee-ih", you can't have both

and last time I checked, phonetically speaking, the letter "i" can't make an "uh" sound, so all the idtiots that keep writing "uh-tee" are retards.

 

[JBroll]

I'm used to hearing it as (A) but I've heard both.

TheWinterSnow, plenty of other words ending in 'ity' (conformity, monstrosity, et cetera) have a pronunciation of 'i' that sounds more like 'uh' with some accents. Also, be careful with who you call an 'idtiot'.

Jeff

 

[greyskull]

well. i speak the queens english, sooooooooooo as far as i'm concerned you're all wrong as izzard said, you say aluminum, we say alluminium, you say thru and we say through, and you say 'urbs and we say Herbs; BECAUSE THERE'S A FUCKING H IN IT.
all good fun.

 

[Metaltastic]

Also, be careful with who you call an 'idtiot'.

Jeff

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, holy fuck

 

[JamieK]

I say B

Dayicide? I don't think so.

Errr, actually that's how i pronounce it.

well. i speak the queens english, sooooooooooo as far as i'm concerned you're all wrong as izzard said, you say aluminum, we say alluminium, you say thru and we say through, and you say 'urbs and we say Herbs; BECAUSE THERE'S A FUCKING H IN IT.
all good fun.

lololololol, the other one that gets me is when they say 'Carmel' instead of 'Caramel' LEARN TO READ!

(no offence to all u Americans )

 

[Metaltastic]

Hey, you know what other one gets me? When people write "u" instead of "you" - LEARN TO SPELL! But yes, "Carmel" rather than "Caramel" makes me fly into an insane bloodthirsty rage, especially since I live right next to the town of Carmel, NY

 

[JeffTD]

I'm not even going to bring up the extra R's you guys add to every fucking word I never thought possible to end with an R.

 

[Metaltastic]

SERIOUSLY - I forgot what that's called, there's a specific name for it (I think the "terminating r"); let's go look it up on wikipediar!

 

[JamieK]

Hey, you know what other one gets me? When people write "u" instead of "you" - LEARN TO SPELL!

Hahahaha, damn you got me! I guess I will have to watch my grammar and spelling from now on.

P.S
I think this post is grammatically correct, I double checked it!

 

[noarin]

That's the intrusive "R" and "J" and the linking "R" Marcus

It's indeed ridiculous how many R's the English add lol. The intrusive R is what the Received Pronunctiation or Queens English is known for they pronounce "in the area of" as "in the areaRof" and "that ideaRis good" (links two vowels). also: umbrella-r-organization, a milieu-r-in which, grandpa-r-is ill, law-r-and order, etc.

It's also used e.g. in "Far away". On it's own UK English would pronounce "Far" as "Fah" but when there is a vowel in the word after it they do pronounce the R, which makes you not stumble over your own words when speaking basically