I've never had an out loud conversation regarding her, but I have always pronounced Diana 'dye anne uh' in my head, and thus shortened to 'dye'. How do you pronounce it...
I can't think of any regional accent that does. It's certainly a homophone in RP (received pronunciation - standard british english in as much as that exists)
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serene_flac@lemmy.world · 165 pts · 1d
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1d
That's the princess we all loved!
speakupattheback@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 20h
She was the people's princess
Everyone had a go
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 22h
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 1d
I could've beaten it but only to the first story, second one's too sad.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 1d
You’re just not trying hard enough.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1d
There's a medication for that.
EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app · 36 pts · 1d
And now it's my favorite too, thanks!
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 33 pts · 1d
In france tje day of the accident they called her "lady di" pronounced like "Lady die" for half a day before they caught up.
decolo@piefed.social · 25 pts · 1d
I've never had an out loud conversation regarding her, but I have always pronounced Diana 'dye anne uh' in my head, and thus shortened to 'dye'. How do you pronounce it...
slampisko@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1d
ESL here, it has always been the same as "Lady Dee". Thinking about it as "Lady Dye" is blowing my mind.
Note, Diana is pronounced as Dee-Ya-Na in my mother tongue, perhaps that's why it feels more natural
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 1d
English speaker - I always heard Dye. I can't imagine anyone saying Dee!
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1d
She's not a bird!
decolo@piefed.social · 12 pts · 1d
What's funny is where I grew up, that's a different name from Diana and spelled Deanna
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 1d
I'm pretty sure the Brits always called her Lady Di (as in "dye") as that's how her first name is pronounced in English.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22h
Do brits pronounce dye and die differently?
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 5 pts · 22h
I can't think of any regional accent that does. It's certainly a homophone in RP (received pronunciation - standard british english in as much as that exists)
village604@adultswim.fan · 7 pts · 1d
That's how it was pronounced, though.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 1d
I wonder if copies of the original are worth anything. Like the "Dewey Defeats Truman" papers
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1d
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/09/03/stores-withdraw-tabloid-editions-with-inappropriate-diana-stories/31f215f4-26c9-4fc0-a150-e4da7e554f53/
It's real.
nialv7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1d
Isn't the national enquirer a US tabloid?
nialv7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Uh I didn't delete my comment fast enough 😭
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
A reverse Matt Storey
fedikitty@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1d
I think a lot of Nottheonion articles can beat the version they corrected.