How do you say Beta?


How do you say Beta?  

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  1. 1. How do you say Beta?

    • Bay-ta
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    • Bee-ta
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bay-ta

I know someone who says 'better', its SO annoying.

him: "oh my god are you a bettertester?"

me: "yes, i am a better tester than you"

him: "NO A BETTER TESTER"

me: ...

me: oh BAY-TA TESTER..

him: .

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Reading that makes me wanna slap him :rofl: .

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Doesn't anyone consult a dictionary nowadays? Look up 'beta' and it says the pronunciation is 'beeta', and not bay-ta. :)

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beeta is from the Greek - it's the second letter of the greek alphabet as well as meaning 'beta' in the sense we're talking about.

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its a pretty well known word to pronounce wrong... unless you have an accent, then its ok if you say it differntly.

but since the 70s its been pronounced bAy - Tah

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I've listened to that encarta.msn.com and webster sounds. It's more than wrong.

Definitely not bay-tah.

I don't know how on earth you mutilated the sound of the word. :blink:

munashii is right. It's the same in every romantic language.

I attached a .wav clip of me saying beta.

beta.wav

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it is bay-taa

Its from the ancient greeks alphabet. (alpha,beta,gamma,delta,epsilon,zeta,eta,theta etc)

Greek Alphabet

Beta can stand for:*Β or β the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.

Beta should not be confused with a similar-looking but unrelated letter in German language orthography, ?, (beta S) which denotes a voiceless "s" sound.*From its position in the Greek alphabet, beta often stands for the second in a series; e.g., β Centauri for the second brightest star in constellation...:woot::

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