How do you pronounce MIDI?

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How do you pronounce MIDI?

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I’ve never heard this acronym spoken aloud before, only ever seen it in writing. I’ve usually thought of it as “middy”, but one pronunciation guide did say “mi-dee”. How do those in the music and technical field tend to go?
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MID-E.
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I have never heard it as anything but middy or mi-DEE except from "The Space Quest Historian" who pronounced it as “mee-DEE”.
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Like the french midi (noon): mee-DEE.
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dic ... glish/midi

Perhaps mee-DEE is more common in Europe, but the accepted is mi-DEE
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I've always gone with "Middy", myself. *shrug*
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