How is Disme pronounced.

CaptainRon · July 30, 2003 2:20PM

Silly question, how is Disme pronounced, is the S silent?

Coulport · July 30, 2003 2:21PM

Deem.

cherrypickincoin · July 30, 2003 2:25PM

Yep, it's pronounced Deem.

relayer · July 30, 2003 2:36PM

Whoops!

Hear it pronounced here

In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary box, type in disme and click "Look It Up" and there will be a link to the audio

CaptainRon · July 30, 2003 2:39PM

nothing happens when i click on your link

Coulport · July 30, 2003 2:42PM

Maybe relayer is trying to tell us that all the letters are silent.
Whacha think?

CaptainRon · July 30, 2003 2:49PM

Sounds like he is saying Dime to me, with an I sound

Deadhorse · July 30, 2003 5:51PM

Hmmm.......I always thought it was pronounced dime, just like a regular dime.

Dictionary says dime also. Never heard of the deem pronounciation before.

cherrypickincoin · July 30, 2003 5:56PM

According to various coin books I've looked through just now, it is definitely pronounced deem. I'd probably go with the pronunciation given by a numismatic reference over Merriam Webster.

cherrypickincoin · July 30, 2003 6:02PM

I should also add that Deem was the french pronunciation for the coin and it has been documented that we used this term until we later altered it to Dime. Of course, we have to do everything our own way!

Deadhorse · July 30, 2003 6:34PM

Hey Brian,

If it's French.......well, that explains everything.

What more is there to say other than damn....err, dime.......err, deem.

cherrypickincoin · July 30, 2003 6:38PM

lol, you got it deadhorse!

northcoin · July 30, 2003 7:18PM

Of course its current pronunciation is "Freedom coin." [Speaking of things French I understand if you go to google and place the keywords "French Military Victories" into the search box and then hit "I'm feeling lucky" you would get a response that says, "Do you mean French military defeats, there are no victories." I see now that response has been altered but there still is reference to it as you scroll down.]

jhar · July 30, 2003 8:39PM

LOL!! Thanks guys, I've been pronouncing disme, dis-may!!!!

Deem

Makes sence to me.

Cam40 · July 30, 2003 8:55PM

I guess if you ask a frenchie to pronounce this word ..`Dime` they,d say....Deem...Oui

I never knew how it sounded. I thought maybe it sounded like diz-me or dis-me.

Walt Dizzme`s Mickey Moose.....

BAJJERFAN · July 30, 2003 9:38PM

Just another example of what a screwed up mess the English language,as used in this country, really is.

nwcs · July 30, 2003 10:12PM

Remember that our language originated in Europe with a lot of French in it (among other influences and contributions from Latin, German, Greek, etc). And in Europe an I is pronounced EE. And in this case the S is silent making the pronunciation (phonetically) DEEM.

BAJJERFAN · July 30, 2003 10:52PM

Tis true but then who would ever guess that Colonel is pronounced kernel when it doesn't even have a freakin R in it. Not to say that it is a U.S. born word but it does illustrate the difficulty that newbies have learning it largely cuz there are more exceptions to the rule than there are rules.

Conder101 · July 30, 2003 11:13PM

At one time Breen also reported the finding of a poem contemporary to the period in which the word disme was used to rhyme with the word steam. (No I don't have a copy of the stanza refered to.) The term disme was used, at least in internal mint records until 1837.

nwcs · July 30, 2003 11:36PM

Interesting thing about colonel. From dictionary.com:

Alteration of obsolete coronel, from French, from Old Italian colonello, from diminutive of colonna, column of soldiers, from Latin columna, column. See kel-2 in Indo-European Roots.

How is Disme pronounced.

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