From: generickid	Date: October 11th, 2008 01:32 am (UTC)		(Link)

I aim more for an 'ein' sound. As in the german sense of phonics. But I picked your DINE-uh-stee as it is pretty close, in fact I am not sure if I could really differentiate the two now that I think about it.

	From: rumplefurskin	Date: October 11th, 2008 01:45 am (UTC)		(Link)

I put the "n" in the second syllable: DIE-nah-stee.

	From: autobuck	Date: October 11th, 2008 03:37 am (UTC)		(Link)

This is how I say it, too, but I voted DINE-etc.

	From: pr1ss	Date: October 11th, 2008 03:55 am (UTC)		(Link)

Same.

	From: youngwilliam	Date: October 11th, 2008 04:08 am (UTC)		(Link)

Thirded. It's like someone is going to "die nasty", emphasis on "die" -- those who choose to live nasty, die nasty. Like that.

	From: shinshokuinsane	Date: October 11th, 2008 05:41 am (UTC)		(Link)

Again here.

	From: theempathogen	Date: October 12th, 2008 08:13 am (UTC)		(Link)

Ditto.

	From: knitmeapony	Date: October 11th, 2008 01:49 am (UTC)		(Link)

I have a short i on the second syllable and the N moves -- DIE-ni-stee

	From: miseri	Date: October 11th, 2008 04:14 am (UTC)		(Link)

On occasion, and just for fun, I like to pronounce it "Die Nasty".

	From: petrusplancius	Date: October 11th, 2008 08:45 am (UTC)		(Link)

This is one of those words in which there is a difference between American and British usage. The Oxford dictionary doesn't even give a long y as an alternative in 'dynasty' (only in dynast).

	From: lizw	Date: October 11th, 2008 09:12 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Dinn" for the first syllable, but a short a rather than a schwa in the second syllable, and a short i rather than ee at the end.

	From: bookaddict88	Date: October 11th, 2008 09:57 am (UTC)		(Link)

die-nuh-stee, or occassionally die-ni-stee (with a short i)

	From: beaglebot	Date: October 11th, 2008 12:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Dine-eh-stee

	From: sorceror	Date: October 11th, 2008 05:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I think this is responsible for many of the DINE-uh-stee results.

	From: theempathogen	Date: October 12th, 2008 08:14 am (UTC)		(Link)
	The man who reads dictionaries

I think you could hang with this guy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7654511.stm

From: krilltish	Date: October 14th, 2008 01:45 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I say "DINE-ih-stee", which (in this case) is very different from "DINE-uh-stee"

	From: balthcat	Date: October 15th, 2008 10:44 am (UTC)		(Link)

I DINE unless it's dynastic, when it might be either.

	From: balthcat	Date: October 15th, 2008 10:51 am (UTC)		(Link)

Though I think I'm going to have to shift the N to the second syllable like some of the others when the I is long.