How do you pronounce "BETA"?

[AionXn_]

I say it 'better'.

I thought it was only americans that pronounced it beater :p

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yeah. sometimes i say bayta while i usually say bet-a

[Dessimat0r]

I'm a Brit and I use bay-tuh.

[bkellner]

bay-tuh

[elliot]

Bay-tah.

[FiREFLi]

bi ta

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As in bite-ah? :laugh:

Bee-tah

Edited October 6, 2005 by FiREFLi

[tony-inpo]

beater

as bee tar

[kjordan2001]

It's true.  We in the UK, who speak proper English :), pronounce it "beater" whereas the Americans pronounce it "beyter".

Unlike the word 'Data' which the UK pronounces "Dayter" and the US pronounces "Darta"... unless you're watching ST: TNG.

Just don't confuse this pronunciation with Feta cheese, which is said "fetta".

I'm going back to bed.  This is all too much.

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Huh? What American pronounces it beyter? We pronounce it bay-tah or bay-tuh. Same with data, we don't add an r to it. We pronounce it either Day-tuh/Day-tah or Dat-uh/Dat-ah.

[John S. Veteran]

It's true.  We in the UK, who speak proper English :), pronounce it "beater" whereas the Americans pronounce it "beyter".

Unlike the word 'Data' which the UK pronounces "Dayter" and the US pronounces "Darta"... unless you're watching ST: TNG.

Just don't confuse this pronunciation with Feta cheese, which is said "fetta".

I'm going back to bed.  This is all too much.

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Most Americans don't add "arrr's and rrrr's" where they don't belong in words, that's a northern thing

The people saying "prounounce it like the ENGLISH pronounce it" are ridiculous.  It's a Greek letter.  Saying "beater" is more ridiculous.  Why add a letter that isn't there?  It's like when I was in Korea and a Korean girl tried to pronounce my friend Josh's name.  "Josh-ie?"  It took us forever to get her to stop adding the "ie".

Merriam-Webster's Definition

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Exactly...click the wave at webster.com, that's how I pronounce it

[thagame]

bay-tah where are you getting an r

[Gazza12]

Beh-ta

[llbbl]

Pronunciation: 'bA-t&, chiefly British 'bE-

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book...tionary&va=beta

Pronunciation Guide

http://www.m-w.com/help/pronguide.htm

Wave file American Pronunciation {click to hear}

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?beta0001.wav=beta

[Slow]

Brit here, i say B - ta

I haven't met anyone who says "Lawr" and i live in east london.

I don't think UK english is any better than US i regard it as in "i speak english, you speak american" as there are some differences on both languages so that's my way of distinguishing them.

[Lee G. Veteran]

It's pronounced Bee-ta (B-ta) - I thought it couldn't be pronounced differently.

[JodyWatts]

I say "Bay-tah" because I also say "Day-ta" and Sony's format was "Bay-ta Max" and movies say "Bay-tah" etc. That's not to say "Bee-tah" is wrong

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I agree. Well put!

:yes:

[kibkid]

bay-tuh

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I pronounce it the same

[teh h4x0r5]

Beater, plain and simple. :p

[undu]

I'm not english, but I remeber Terry Prattchet writting that "eta beta pi" was pronounced like eat a better pie, so whenever I pronounce it in English I pronounce it as it it osunds in Spanish :laugh:

[quick]

Bay-Ta... never even heard it said any other way. No need to keep adding R, making it more confusing...

[.Neo]

B?tah

[h4rry90]

beater :)

[Andy07]

i pronounce it like having a bet!

[audioscheine]

Americans dont supress their R.. the american accent makes the R stand out

[y0sh]

Some people still dont read. If you're still getting confused why some british are saying "beater", then listen up:

British pronounce the word "beater" like "bee-tuh". The R isn't stressed in English, like it is in American English.

AAAH

I agree. Well put!

:yes:

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Thank you :)

[brentaal]

Better... But where I come from, there are no such complications... There is only one possible way in reading it.. :)

[GaMeDtX]

bay-tuh

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