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2. In Austria (where they used to have one) it's dee-yet, but that's how it would be said in German

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:47 PM

Mar 2016

Ditto Japan.

It just struck me I've never actually heard an English speaker say it.

(Also, as a Protestant kid growing up, I always loved learning about the "Diet of Worms" in Sunday School.)

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How do you pronounce "diet" in the sense of "parliament" [View all] Recursion Mar 2016 OP

Atkins, everywhere I've been. nt MADem Mar 2016 #1

In Austria (where they used to have one) it's dee-yet, but that's how it would be said in German Recursion Mar 2016 #2

LOL!!! MADem Mar 2016 #3

The Germans are an inordinately shit-obsessed people Recursion Mar 2016 #4

Maybe if that poor feller had eaten a diet of worms, he might have loosened up a bit! MADem Mar 2016 #7

The latter; it's from Medieval Latin. eppur_se_muova Mar 2016 #5

I've been to Worms. Recursion Mar 2016 #6

Pronounce it like a German, and then you'll be safe! nt MADem Mar 2016 #8

Agreed! (nt) Recursion Mar 2016 #9