Please help me pronounce diacetyl

Die - ass - it - tull?

Die - ass - it - till?

Die - see - till?

Die - a - see - till?

Please help.

I think die-a-see-tul

I hear it pronounced die - ass - it - tull or die - ass - it - till.

I've heard it two ways- Di-ASS-e-til, or Di-A-Cee-Til

I say it the former, which is what flyangler posted.

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Diacetyl:


Pronunciation: dī-as′ĕ-til, dī-as′ĕ-tăl

A yellow liquid, (CH3CO)2, having the pungent odor of quinone and carrying the aromas of coffee, vinegar, butter, and other foods; a byproduct of carbohydrate degradation.

How do you pronounce 'quinone'?

Better yet: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (I pronounce it: 'beer yeast').

I've had several organic chemistry, and biochemistry professors over the years. In my part of the country, it is mostly pronounced dī-as′ĕ-tăl. BUT, it is frequently pronounced Die - a - see - tull. I think the former rolls off the tongue more easily than the latter.

Technically, both are correct.

But-ter

;-)

SpanishCastleAle said:

How do you pronounce 'quinone'?

Better yet: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (I pronounce it: 'beer yeast').

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Sack-arr-o-my-sees sarah-vis-e-a (all single vowels are long)

Thanks Pchef. I got the first word right and then just used the spanish word for beer for the second. Now I know.

I was once told Di-ASS-e-til is the substance, Di-A-Cee-Til is the quality.

As in "I skipped the Di-ASS-e-til rest, so my beer has a pronounced Di-A-Cee-Til taste."

One word I apparently was mis-pronouncing is Willamette. I went to a 'beer bar' and the bartender seemed to be pretty well informed and told me it's easy to remember how to pronounce it; It's Will-ammit, dammit. Say it so they rhyme. I was saying it like a french word.

According to YouTube and dictionary.com, it’s die-uh-SEE-til. I looked it up, because I had been saying die-AH-si-til.

Cpt_Kirks said:

But-ter ;-)

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PAR-KAY...

SpanishCastleAle said:

One word I apparently was mis-pronouncing is Willamette. I went to a 'beer bar' and the bartender seemed to be pretty well informed and told me it's easy to remember how to pronounce it; It's Will-ammit, dammit. Say it so they rhyme. I was saying it like a french word.

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I was on a business trip to Portland many, many years ago and mispronounced Willamette. A (local) guy I was working with corrected me and said if I said that in a bar they would know I was not a local.

Louisville.

LOO-uh-vill
LOO-vill
LOO-ee-vill
LOO-iss-vill
LUH-vill

I can't remember which one the locals use. Everyone around me in the bar knew I was from out of state, anyway.

I went to my LHBS and the guy kept talking about “kev-ick” yeast. Never could figure out what he was going on about, since it’s only one syllable.

https://soundcloud.com/andreas-misund-berntsen/kveik-pronounciation

merlinusm said:

According to YouTube and dictionary.com, it’s die-uh-SEE-til.

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Congrats, this is correct

And this thread is so old it's giving me flashbacks in black and white.

MaxStout said:

Louisville.

LOO-uh-vill
LOO-vill
LOO-ee-vill
LOO-iss-vill
LUH-vill

I can't remember which one the locals use. Everyone around me in the bar knew I was from out of state, anyway.

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Lou-ee-vill would be correct. Ain’t sher how the KY folkasay’n it.

homebrewer_99 said:

PAR-KAY...

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I can't believe it

OK, now let's try: Radiator: Rad-EE-AHT-tor or RAID-EE-AHT-tor?

Up next: Sack vs bag? Pop vs soda?

SpanishCastleAle said:

One word I apparently was mis-pronouncing is Willamette. I went to a 'beer bar' and the bartender seemed to be pretty well informed and told me it's easy to remember how to pronounce it; It's Will-ammit, dammit. Say it so they rhyme. I was saying it like a french word.

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Most people who are not from the PNW mispronounce Willamette from just reading it. It's a valley and river in Oregon so growing up there we used to get tourists asking where the will-a-met-ee river was. But yes, it should rhyme with dammit.

Dog House Brew said:

Lou-ee-vill would be correct. Ain’t sher how the KY folkasay’n it.

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I had a coworker from there, he said LOO-uh-vul
(loo rhyming with few)

He laughed when I pronounced with the long e in the middle, like Louisiana. That is certainly not how a local says it.