de gustibus non est disputandum

[ de -goos-ti-boos nohn est -dis-poo-tahn-doom; English dee -guhs-tuh-buhs non est -dis-pyoo-tan-duhm ]

/ dɛ ˈgʊs tɪˌbʊs noʊn ɛst ˌdɪs pʊˈtɑn dʊm; English di ˈgʌs tə bəs nɒn ɛst ˌdɪs pyʊˈtæn dəm /

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there is no disputing about tastes.

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De gustibus non est disputandum

[ (day goos-ti-boos nohn est dis-poo-tahn-dem) ]

Latin for “There's no disputing about taste.” Another version of this saying is “There's no accounting for taste.”