Pronounce: Diabolist

[The Grandfather]

Is it:

A) dee-Ah-bo-list?

or

B) die-Ah-bo-list?

[Fangdelicious]

The Grandfather wrote:

Is it:

A) dee-Ah-bo-list?

or

B) die-Ah-bo-list?

Miriam Webster says (B) but most people I know (and me) pronounce it like (A). It seems pronouncing it like (A) is influenced by the Spanish pronunciation of diablo.

[Tom Carpenter]

The Grandfather wrote:

Is it:

A) dee-Ah-bo-list?

or

B) die-Ah-bo-list?

Choice B seems to be the norm I hear the most.

[Remco Sommeling]

not only that B) is also the only proper (english) way to pronounce it

[The Grandfather]

Fangdelicious wrote:

Miriam Webster says (B) but most people I know (and me) pronounce it like (A). It seems pronouncing it like (A) is influenced by the Spanish pronunciation of diablo.

Funny really!

I have always called it B from "diabolical" which I have heard a lot.
But got in doubt since Spanish is my first language... and as you said in Spanish it is pronounced like the computer game "Diablo".

Thanks.

[Selgard]

I dunno the "right" way but i prefer the first rather than the second.

It just sounds more creepy.. which I thing befits the word.

:)

-S

[Moriarty]

The Grandfather wrote:

Fangdelicious wrote:

Miriam Webster says (B) but most people I know (and me) pronounce it like (A). It seems pronouncing it like (A) is influenced by the Spanish pronunciation of diablo.

Funny really!

I have always called it B from "diabolical" which I have heard a lot.
But got in doubt since Spanish is my first language... and as you said in Spanish it is pronounced like the computer game "Diablo".

Thanks.

Agreed. We always figured it was a variation of "diabolical" so we say it like that only with an "-ist" at the end instead of the "-cal."

[Remco Sommeling]

try this if you are in doubt, havent tested it extensively but it seems useful :

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=diabolist&submit=Submit

[hogarth]

I pronounce it like "Diabolique" with "ist" instead of "ique".

[MisterSlanky]

We pronounce it like "A".

Such as in the word Diablerie meaning the domain or realm of demons/devils.

EDIT:

Apparently we're all wrong though. From Dictionary.com it should be pronounced dahy-ab-uh-liz-uhm.

So Day vs. Die, Dah, or Dee.

[The Grandfather]

MisterSlanky wrote:

We pronounce it like "A".

Such as in the word Diablerie meaning the domain or realm of demons/devils.

EDIT:

Apparently we're all wrong though. From Dictionary.com it should be pronounced dahy-ab-uh-liz-uhm.

So Day vs. Die, Dah, or Dee.

It's write differently, but corresponds to B.

Good lincs by the way. Diablerie corresponds to A and Diabolism is B

[Jason Beardsley]

The Grandfather wrote:

Is it:

A) dee-Ah-bo-list?

or

B) die-Ah-bo-list?

Yes.

[James Jacobs]

For real words, I find the best place to go for pronunciations is dictionary.com. They have a little speaker button you can push and the internet says the word for you in a soothing voice!

AKA: Option B is correct.

[Russ Taylor]

James Jacobs wrote:

For real words, I find the best place to go for pronunciations is dictionary.com. They have a little speaker button you can push and the internet says the word for you in a soothing voice!

AKA: Option B is correct.

I had to do just that to prove I was wrong on "bestiary". :)

[The Grandfather]

James Jacobs wrote:

For real words, I find the best place to go for pronunciations is dictionary.com. They have a little speaker button you can push and the internet says the word for you in a soothing voice!

AKA: Option B is correct.

Thanks, for words like these, where the dictionary cannoy help it is really great to have you guys pitch in.

I always come to think of the word "drow".
It was really a surpise when we found out it was pronounced like cow an not like grow.

[Set]

Man, I've always pronounced it 'dee-ah-bo-list,' and it just 'sounds wrong' to say it the other way!

Oh well. Poh-tay-to, poh-tah-to.

I'm sure that the Church of Asmodeus has a 'proper' pronunciation for Melbrionionsadsazzerfeltselior as well.

[Andrew Turner]

B

[Valegrim]

Choice B is most correct; as the root is from Diabolical; but really; as long as the hearer understands; it makes no difference. There is not correct spelling or pronunciation; that is all a myth taken way to seriously that came about from old Webster not being able to read his Enclyopedias; so he had to make a "dictionary of most common usage" so people could understand.