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3 May, 2012 at 10:32 am
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Annette A
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I say In-sy-lin. With the s and y elided and the y pronounced as a schwa. (no, I’m not really studying linguistics at the moment, honest…)
My
I’d go for something more descriptive – sugar killer? Glucocide fluid? Or how about Island juice, in honor of the Islets of Langerhans?