EPTIve 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?
How to say Beta?
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Fen
Australia1848 Posts
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
Pitcairn19291 Posts
Who the hell pronounces it Bee-ta? | ||
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Ideas
United States8101 Posts
On September 01 2009 00:06 Roffles wrote: Isn't it Bay-ta? Who the hell pronounces it Bee-ta? qft | ||
JWD
United States12607 Posts
On September 01 2009 00:06 Roffles wrote: Isn't it Bay-ta? Who the hell pronounces it Bee-ta? yep | ||
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naonao
United States847 Posts
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FaCE_1
Canada6172 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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Zortch
Canada635 Posts
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coltrane
Chile988 Posts
should be something like béta | ||
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Enrique
United States377 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
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Tehinf
United States192 Posts
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VarmVaffel
Norway378 Posts
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Enrique
United States377 Posts
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. | ||
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inReacH
Sweden1612 Posts
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. | ||
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VorcePA
United States1102 Posts
The "e" is not elongated by the "a". Both vowels are short. | ||
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Hamster1800
United States175 Posts
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Hyde
Australia14568 Posts
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Enrique
United States377 Posts
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
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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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Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
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Navane
Netherlands2748 Posts
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thedeadhaji
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cgrinker
United States3824 Posts
Da-tum for singular. How's that for inconsistent | ||
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ChaseR
Norway1004 Posts
Does it matter? | ||
Empyrean
16987 Posts
beta: "BEE-teh" theta: "THEE-teh" omega: "OH-mih-guh" and stuff. So I can totally understand where Plexa is coming from | ||
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Zoler
Sweden6339 Posts
in english bay-ta | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
rofl plexa is weird WEIRD KIWI | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
On September 01 2009 00:15 FaCE_1 wrote: Bé - ta I think that's the English English way, so yeah ;p | ||
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KinosJourney2
Sweden1811 Posts
On September 01 2009 00:19 Zortch wrote: Its ok Plexa, you and your accent can get away with anything. Lmao, however im 100% sure Bay-Ta is the right way to pronounce it. | ||
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WeSt
Portugal918 Posts
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RaGe
Belgium9947 Posts
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MrHoon
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micronesia
United States24682 Posts
On September 01 2009 00:19 Zortch wrote: Its ok Plexa, you and your accent can get away with anything. I lol'd for real. Every physics professor I've ever had has basically said bay-ta. | ||
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Pads
England3228 Posts
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 =/ Haha, I was exactly the same with the beesuit jokes >_< took me so long to catch onto that. I pronounce it bee-ta too. | ||
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Itachii
Poland12466 Posts
ULTIMATE TOOL FOR SAYING BETA | ||
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Triple7
United States656 Posts
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LuDwig-
Italy1143 Posts
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Husky
United States3362 Posts
No offense to anyone who says it that way, I just find it highly amusing. | ||
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Itachii
Poland12466 Posts
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MutaDoom
Canada1163 Posts
How about zealot? Anyone say "zee-lot" like a friend of mine, or do you run with "zeh-lot" like me? | ||
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Tekin
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Mah Buckit!
Finland474 Posts
I think I failed  | ||
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paper
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bey-tuh or, especially Brit., bee- ;p | ||
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closed
Vatican City State491 Posts
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 :-) | ||
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EsX_Raptor
United States2801 Posts
beta our vowels are so easily pronounced that there is no pronunciation ambiguity going on for us at all | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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EsX_Raptor
United States2801 Posts
Though I'm sure there are others that pronounce it as Lee-ta | ||
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SanguineToss
Canada815 Posts
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 =/ ???????????? | ||
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Smace
Australia24 Posts
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. | ||
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Ghost151
United States290 Posts
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 | ||
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Railxp
Hong Kong1313 Posts
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Gnabgib
United States381 Posts
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suxN
Finland1167 Posts
edit* oh yeah the original word was beta not bisu.. | ||
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Badjas
Netherlands2038 Posts
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Kyuukyuu
Canada6263 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
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redneck_mike
United States124 Posts
beta = bey-tuh zealot = zey-a-lot | ||
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Hurricane
United States3939 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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skyglow1
New Zealand3962 Posts
I say day-tah for data. | ||
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blue_arrow
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bay-tuh both day-tuh and dah-tuh mee-lee zee-lot the question i have is whether you pronouce capo as cay-poh or cah-poh | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Boblion
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Leath
Canada1724 Posts
/ˈbeɪtə or, especially Brit., ˈbi-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [bey-tuh or, especially Brit., bee-] | ||
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vRoOk
United States1024 Posts
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Cambium
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Chef
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On September 01 2009 00:19 Falcynn wrote: 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. Do Americans pronounce anal "Eh-null" or "Ay-nal?" | ||
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KlaCkoN
Sweden1661 Posts
On September 01 2009 15:13 Kwark wrote: Have fun with your alphabait. Whats the correct way of saying it in English (not American)? | ||
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jtype
England2167 Posts
On September 01 2009 01:57 Itachii wrote: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beta Well, there you go.. | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
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KlaCkoN
Sweden1661 Posts
Yeah and if had been studying languages I might have been able to read that page :p I _think_ it confirmed what I thought already (long "e" sound) but I can't really read phonetics. | ||
Bockit
Sydney2287 Posts
On September 01 2009 17:18 KlaCkoN wrote: Yeah and if had been studying languages I might have been able to read that page :p I _think_ it confirmed what I thought already (long "e" sound) but I can't really read phonetics. I tried to look up what it meant and it looked like it bee (long e) and bay are both acceptable EDIT: I say bee myself, most Australians would too I believe. | ||
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29 fps
United States5724 Posts
On September 01 2009 00:21 VarmVaffel wrote: Beh-ta i thought it was gonna be a debate between bay-ta and beh-ta.. bee-ta just sounds strange. | ||
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redneck_mike
United States124 Posts
butter testing sounds epic. | ||
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Canada698 Posts
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