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MutaDoom
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1163 Posts
August 31 2009 17:02 GMT
#41
"bay-tah", "dah-tuh", and I just started calling him "bee-sue", 'cuz for so long I just knew him as assholewhoalwayswins.
How about zealot? Anyone say "zee-lot" like a friend of mine, or do you run with "zeh-lot" like me?
Tekin
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2711 Posts
August 31 2009 17:20 GMT
#42
bEEE TA LOL sounds funny :D
Cheers! //¯◡◡¯\\ 문채원 | 한지우 -___-
Mah Buckit!
Profile Joined April 2009
Finland474 Posts
August 31 2009 17:23 GMT
#43
ALPHA !!!!!!

I think I failed
Starcraft? Epic Grimness.
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
August 31 2009 17:31 GMT
#44
bey-tuh or, especially Brit., bee-


;p
Hates Fun🤔
closed
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Vatican City State491 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-31 17:35:39
August 31 2009 17:35 GMT
#45
bat-man

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beta
m-w pronounces it as "bey-tah", but shouldnt it be just "beh-tah"? just as "data"
"day-tah" is so startrekish :-)
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
August 31 2009 17:39 GMT
#46
you'll never in your life see a thread like this in a Spanish speaking forum.

beta

our vowels are so easily pronounced that there is no pronunciation ambiguity going on for us at all
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
August 31 2009 17:44 GMT
#47
The real question that needs to be answered is how people pronounce "Leta".
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EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
August 31 2009 17:47 GMT
#48
I've always read and pronounced it as Le (as in letter) - ta (as in taco).

Though I'm sure there are others that pronounce it as Lee-ta
SanguineToss
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada815 Posts
August 31 2009 17:48 GMT
#49
On September 01 2009 00:26 Plexa wrote:
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 =/


????????????
Smace
Profile Joined June 2009
Australia24 Posts
August 31 2009 17:58 GMT
#50
On September 01 2009 00:25 Hyde wrote:
I say Bee-ta/beh-ta too, do any Australians say bay-ta?

Maybe it's just my South Aussie accent, but I've always said bay-tah.
Terror Australis :: [TA] ::
Ghost151
Profile Joined May 2008
United States290 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-31 18:18:26
August 31 2009 18:16 GMT
#51
um...well it's Greek, which means it's *not* English and that means there's a huge probability that it has a definite pronunciation unlike basically anything in English. Lots of languages have very definite vowel sounds (Japanese, Spanish, Latin) but English is not one of them. I always to prefer to pronounce words like in Spanish where every vowel sounds the same unless I already know the pronunciation from a different language or it just won't work. For instance, trying this method with Swedish words would fail horribly....

that said:
a = ah/aw
e = like in hay or canadian eh
i = ee (like English "e" lol)
o = oh
u = oo

so yeah, BAY-TAH is how I would pronounce it. But really if you speak English you don't really need to worry about how to pronounce crap cause it's such a weird language :p


EDIT: I can see how someone might pronounce it beh-tah, but who pronouces it bee-tah? o.O
fuck art its a competition if you dont get pissed off when you lose you dont care enough - Idra, on the "art" of RTS games.
Railxp
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Hong Kong1313 Posts
August 31 2009 18:17 GMT
#52
fo sure bay-ta! who the hell pronounces it bee ta. Just ask your friends to check with your greek teacher
~\(。◕‿‿◕。)/~,,,,,,,,>
Gnabgib
Profile Joined July 2009
United States381 Posts
August 31 2009 18:45 GMT
#53
Greek letter, use greek pernunciations.
suxN
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Finland1167 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-01 04:46:40
August 31 2009 19:20 GMT
#54
well.. even the letters you are writing are pronounced differently in different countries. However i think its "B'su"

edit* oh yeah the original word was beta not bisu..
I dont want to be totally out :3
Badjas
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Netherlands2038 Posts
August 31 2009 20:12 GMT
#55
I keep pronouncing it as Dee-late
I <3 the internet, I <3 you
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
August 31 2009 20:12 GMT
#56
Bay-ta for sure. I can't even imagine someone saying it otherwise seriously.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
August 31 2009 20:54 GMT
#57
Lee-ta
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
August 31 2009 20:58 GMT
#58
béta
redneck_mike
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States124 Posts
August 31 2009 21:25 GMT
#59
in my opinion

beta = bey-tuh
zealot = zey-a-lot
im the only person i know of to overuse scouts
Hurricane
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States3939 Posts
August 31 2009 21:48 GMT
#60
This quote fits this thread way too well

On December 16 2003 04:39 sux2bme wrote:
How many Teamliquid.net forumers does it take to to screw in a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
light bulb could have been changed differently

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs

53 to flame the spell checkers

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...

another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term
is "lamp"

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light
bulb" is perfectly correct

156 to email the moderators complaining that they are in violation of
their "acceptable use policy"

109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please
take this discussion to a lightbulb forum

111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light
bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum

306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where
to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for
this technique and what brands are faulty

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected URL's

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
cannot handle the light bulb controversy

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

44 to ask what is a "FAQ"

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
questions about light bulbs"

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
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