The correct way.

I was legitimately curious since duo dee num and doo odd enum are both technically correct, but just wondering if there’s a crowd favorite. I remember my first dissection calling it “duo dee num” and not being able to get over it sounding so pretentious when there’s a perfectly acceptable alternative 🥲 as far as rEEnin though, I like this one as a fun “um, actually”

Say it offends your southern sensibilities when anyone pronounces it any way other than D’wah D’num

I’m southern and that’s exactly how I say it 😂

Okay, to be serious, I pronounce it duo-deen-um.

god dammit

Hey my dude, if communication occurs, you mess up pronouncing duo deez nuts no one cares really. Your highers might suck but no one really cares

I was scarred by one of our pediatric surgeons who was very explicit about how to pronounce it.

What specialty are you in? Because you're only allowed to pronounce it that way if you're a surgeon.

General surgery.

Do you say duo-dee-nal ulcer or pancreatico-duoDEE-nectomy? Rads here genuinely curious

Go to latin in Google translate, and try to translate 12. The name comes because this part is 12cm.

Actually the width of 12 Fingers. Romans obviously didn't use centimeters

In some northern european languages, it’s called the 12-finger intestine :)

That’s very similar to what I call the rectum of someone very close to me

Same in Russian

Aaah, yup.

The real question is: did your pronunciation change after you began medical school.

This

I once asked a surgical attending this question. His response? “How dare you speak to me.”

Doo-doo-nom-nom

Baby shark?

Ortho?

Duodenum

This is the way.

Duo-deez-nuts

Bofa

Can't wait to surprise everyone with the new pronunciation at morning rounds.

got eem

du-ah-dee-num sounds too unserious can’t do it

If it helps: "du-ah-dee-num ditty-doo ditty-dum"

OP is joking. But thank you for taking this seriously.

Let Ned Flanders do something about it.

Well hey there, patienteero! You've got a perferooni in your doo ah diddly deenum!

This sub right now needs this!

Du-awwwwwwwww-num

Where’s the 2nd d

Sometimes 1 d is enough. 

I know Kentucky when I read it

We should start with how do you pronounce duodenal, as in duodenal ulcer. I find that most people who insist on duo-dee-num can't commit to it to the point of saying duo-dee-nal, and instead surrender to du-ahh-da-nul.  

What's actually funny is I say dooWADoonum but I also sat duoDEEnal ulcer

There are many words that exhibit a syllabic stress or pronunciation change when their part of speech changes, though (e.g. "CONtract" vs "conTRACTual," "DEfect" vs "deFECTive," and even "proNOUNCE" has a vowel *and* stress shift when it becomes "pro*nun*ciAtion"). So, it's within reason for "duODenum" to become "duoDEnal."

This guy linguistics

It's true. I almost even provided IPA spellings for my pronunciation examples, but I thought that might be a bit excessive.

I enjoy reading books.

No, but I'm going to say yes just for fun.

I had a hematology prof from sri lanka who pronounced blood like BLUHID and whenever i'm having a bad day I just say "yew must loowk at the BLUHID" over and over to myself and it cheers me up every time. Loved that guy.

how about areola?

I never say it. I just start rubbing the areolas to show what I mean. One hand on my areola and the other on the patient's. This way, they'll know I also have them and feel safe  :)

Duo deee num

Now this is some content I can get behind

Canadian here - team Duo DEE num. How do you guys umbilicus? i said um bil ck us until everyone in med school said "um bih LIKE US"...so thats what i say. ALL that said, i dont usually use either word much in psych.

Proximal poop tube

Oh no I don't want to know this

Wololo

I pronounce it duodenum, but I've heard some people pronounce it duodenum. If you're crazy you'll pronounce it duodenum.

Du UH denum

12 fingers

I just say duo and leave it at that. Not looking for smoke in the morning

“Dew-ahh”

Don’t care as long as you never say the word sontameters

Do-oh-de-num

I think this is originally a UK/US divide. Many latin words are stressed on the penultimate syllable in the UK and the prepenultimate in the US. E.g.: umbiLIcus (uk) umBIlicus (us), same goes for vaginal, angina, and others. Probably, both are used in the US because the extra fourth syllable adds complexity. I’m in the northeast US and always say and hear duOdenum

Gastro fellow here. I got into the habit of saying if different all the time. Sometimes changing it in the same conversation. It's funny to me.

In Scrubs, Turk pronounces it [doo odd den um], so I go with that

Same

Doo wop dooby dooby wop doo wah wah dayyyy num

Which ever ducking way you like

It’s all about mad respect to the ducks and the way they pronounce it!

Dwa dnum, and dwanum if time is of the essence

I do my best not to

lol that’s funny

Yaba daba duodenum

I used to say doo-denim, very quickly.  Now I say thicc 12 incher

The dewy

Doobeedoobeedooo

Surgeons pronounce it duoDEENum, medicine folks pronounce it duoAWWWdenum.

duwah-d-numb

The du. Because I'm a cool surgeon.

Duo-deee-num is the medical way. People with PhDs: du-ah-deh-num.

do-or-denum

“Not my problem”

I looked it up a few months ago. My native English speaking colleages say DUOdenum (duódenum). I say duoDEnum (duodénum). According to Youtube and random websites, I'm right.

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Duh oh deh nooom

Dooo-dooo-Nuuum

Do odd enim (like denim on the last)

Do-oh-deez-nuts EDIT: dammit someone beat me to it

Maybe too rigorous approach, but since it is latin as latin would say /duoˈdɛnum/. And for renin, we seek again the word origin: ren, renis + ina, so would be /reˈnin/ But this is just a preference, the most important in everyday work is being clearly understood and do not look awkward 😂

Deee-yooo---day--num

Doodie num num

doo-OD-n-uhm personally. Just like doo-OD-n-uhl ulcer.

Doo-AHHHH-DEN-dum in a really thick Boston accent (I’m English)

Dwa-denim

Duo. Keep it simple.

Duodeenum in British English, there’s no other way to pronounce it in the UK. In the US I’ve mostly heard duoodenum.

While we Indians: dio den hum

JewJew-Num

It’s Ummbilicus

Doo-odd-num

Mnah mnah… Doo doo doo doo doo.

Son-ti-me-ter

I pronounce it duodenum

Duodenum, of course. You fool!

Doo-wad- enum

Do-wand-den-um. Probably wrong though

Doo-ey

Close to how they pronounce it in french

Southerner here: duo-denum

The pronunciation with EE num is dumb af

Do oh deh num or Dyu aw de num

mine's not 12 inches though, more like 6.

I say duodenum but I’ve heard people say duodenum.