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Fen
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Australia1848 Posts
August 31 2009 15:05 GMT
#1
Hey, Sorry if ive mislead you with the title, this has nothing to do with SC2 beta.

Ive just got a quick question about pronounciation. Ive been saying beta as "bay-ta" while my friend thinks its "bee-ta".

Which is the correct way to say it?

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Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
August 31 2009 15:06 GMT
#2
Isn't it Bay-ta?

Who the hell pronounces it Bee-ta?
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Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8170 Posts
August 31 2009 15:08 GMT
#3
On September 01 2009 00:06 Roffles wrote:
Isn't it Bay-ta?

Who the hell pronounces it Bee-ta?


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JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
August 31 2009 15:09 GMT
#4
On September 01 2009 00:06 Roffles wrote:
Isn't it Bay-ta?

Who the hell pronounces it Bee-ta?

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naonao
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States847 Posts
August 31 2009 15:12 GMT
#5
People say Bee-ta? O.o
FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6184 Posts
August 31 2009 15:15 GMT
#6
Bé - ta
n_n
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
August 31 2009 15:16 GMT
#7
i say bee-ta =[
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Zortch
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada635 Posts
August 31 2009 15:19 GMT
#8
Its ok Plexa, you and your accent can get away with anything.
Respect is everything. ~ARchon
coltrane
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Chile988 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-31 15:21:04
August 31 2009 15:19 GMT
#9
you should look for the greek pronounciation

should be something like béta
Jävla skit
Enrique
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States377 Posts
August 31 2009 15:19 GMT
#10
Everyone I know says bay-ta, but then we all have our standard west coast American accents. As I recall on Battlestar Galactica, Dr. Baltar at one point used the phrase "bee-ta test". My guess is it's just an accent thing and that both could be correct.
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Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
August 31 2009 15:19 GMT
#11
Pretty much every dictionary I can find says that it's bay-tah. There might be a different pronunciation in Oceania like how Americans and Brits pronounce things differently, but as far as I'm concerned it's bay-tah.
Tehinf
Profile Joined September 2008
United States192 Posts
August 31 2009 15:20 GMT
#12
what about data, some people say day-ta, and other people say dat-ta
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VarmVaffel
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Norway378 Posts
August 31 2009 15:21 GMT
#13
Beh-ta
Enrique
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States377 Posts
August 31 2009 15:21 GMT
#14
On September 01 2009 00:20 Tehinf wrote:
what about data, some people say day-ta, and other people say dat-ta


Technically, as I recall, both of those are correct as well. One is the plural, and one is the singular. Of course I don't remember which is which. (I think day-ta is singular) It is, of course, a distinction, much like who vs. whom, that almost no one adheres to anymore.
~Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges~
inReacH
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Sweden1612 Posts
August 31 2009 15:22 GMT
#15
On September 01 2009 00:20 Tehinf wrote:
what about data, some people say day-ta, and other people say dat-ta


Star Trek: TNG.
VorcePA
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1102 Posts
August 31 2009 15:23 GMT
#16
"Beh - Tuh"

The "e" is not elongated by the "a". Both vowels are short.
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Hamster1800
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States175 Posts
August 31 2009 15:23 GMT
#17
Actually the singular form of data is datum.
D is for Diamond, E is for Everything Else
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
August 31 2009 15:25 GMT
#18
I say Bee-ta/beh-ta too, do any Australians say bay-ta?
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
Enrique
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States377 Posts
August 31 2009 15:25 GMT
#19
On September 01 2009 00:23 Hamster1800 wrote:
Actually the singular form of data is datum.


Well in that case, the only difference is that one is Data's name... and the other is not. Totally one of my favorite lines from TNG.
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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-31 15:27:35
August 31 2009 15:26 GMT
#20
I say dah-ta =/

god i'm weird

I also pronounced bisu, Bis-sue up until the mass of TL pressure has made me say bee-su
For months I did not get those bee suit jokes =/
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