• Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    In france tje day of the accident they called her “lady di” pronounced like “Lady die” for half a day before they caught up.

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      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.

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      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…

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        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