Insulin

Sarah69

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #1

Hi, can anyone tell me why people pronounce insulin as inshulin?

 

db89

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #2

I don't - I pronounce it like 'in-syu-lin'..

 

Mr_Pot

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #3

Sarah69 said:

Hi, can anyone tell me why people pronounce insulin as inshulin?

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I didn't know they did.

 

Juicyj

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #4

It could be a local dialect, I pronounce it as insulin.

 

Listlad

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #5

Sarah69 said:

Hi, can anyone tell me why people pronounce insulin as inshulin?

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Like insurance?

 

Guzzler

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #6

Does it matter?

 

LooperCat

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #7

Never heard it called that before...

 

Listlad

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #8

To be fair to the OP I have heard it both ways. But my thinking is, why not?

 

Bluetit1802

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #9

New to me.

 

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #10

Can’t say I’ve ever noticed. You been hanging out with Sean Connery?

 

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Daibell

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #11

Sarah69 said:

Hi, can anyone tell me why people pronounce insulin as inshulin?

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Never heard that

 

Chook

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #12

Up here in the area of Yorkshire where I live it seems to be mainly called 'inslun'.

 

JohnEGreen

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• Feb 12, 2019

• #13

Could be they have a lisp.

 

Listlad

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• Feb 12, 2019

• #14

JohnEGreen said:

Could be they have a lisp.

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That would be “inthulin”.

 

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Flora123

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• Feb 12, 2019

• #15

There you go. Uk and US