sry this is so random...
some people say DIM sum, and some say dim SUM (if that makes sense). just curious...

don't know what you are talking about. why does it matter? just ask your parents or friends...
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it's pronounced the same way it's spelled.

umm...normally? i don't know. just dim sum?

um.. wah does that mean anyway?

what!?

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neither..i say it the true cantonese way...IN cantonese.

Well...in Cantonese it's more like:
deem SUM.

Does that answer your question? I guess people read it as "dim sum", like...as in "Tim", but it's really like "been".

^ ya.. i say deem SUM lol.. ><" i think..

yea, I say it in Canto...deem SUM

I'm not from that part of the world, where its eaten, but I can tell you this..
to make it more clear, you'd use the accents. ;]

'dim sum
or
dim 'sum

its da same thing .. dim sum is dim sum .. short sounds

Well, the english way is to say it (without and accent) "dim sum."

I like to pronounce it as "deem' sam" accentuating "dim" :D

I think most Chinese know what I'm talking about.

Yeah, I know what you're talking about. :D

umm i dont know, dim sum..?

I say it in the canto way, cantonese accent but its kinda pronounced as the spelling except the pitch of the voice saying it is different, than just saying it in English.

is this really about food?

xD I love eating those.. I like this white whingy with shruimp inside and lotsa sweet soy sauce.. o_o fergot what it calls, lol

yea like that, "been" is pronouned like bin...so i think "dim" ir more like redeem...deem sum

depends..? haha i dont kno..maybe ummm its pronouced the way it looks like..? dim sum.. thats how i say it..

i heard of dim sum a lot
but i never try it =(

in Thailand, we say TiM [say 'im' hard ] Sum [say 'um' longer]

Dim Sum...

Your first and second choice answers are the same.

Dim~ Sum' that's how you spell it in vietnamese. But i think it goes "deem sum" i dont know, but those food are good. Oh and if you guys are wondering what DIM SUM is, it's a chinese breakfest... :)

well vietnamese pronuonce it as.. deem sum

I say it like how we Chinese people say it, dim SUM.

Do you mean they emphasize dim or they emphasize sum?

I don't emphasize any, I just say dim sum.

i'm confused....but i guess this topic is for asians.

Is dim sum some kind of food since it's in the food section?

ok.. from a chinese point of view, it's "deem sum" u emphasize the "eem".. plus don't call them dim shims, or dim sim..

lol true...its pronouced deem[U] sum...lol
and yeas..deem sum is sorta lik a breakfast thing...

its cantonese translated so theres no right way or wrong way might as well just learn cantonese! ^^

haha yeah i say it the english/american way!!

yea.. what are you talking about?

its just a friggen food, gawsh damnit.

how everyone else pronounces it?