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# I would dispute that
Surely the Latin vite would be 'Veetay'

(I helped save b3ta! Vulthoom, Tue 14 Apr 2009, 10:15, archived)
# or
"witç" - "V" was pronounced as "W"
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 14 Apr 2009, 10:19, archived)
# But the "modern" English pronunciation
when the word was first coined would have used the (incorrect) hard V.

Hey! Wait a minute.
I just rememebered.

No-one cares!

Poot Poot.
(I helped save b3ta! Vulthoom, Tue 14 Apr 2009, 10:25, archived)
# also, happy b3taday
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 14 Apr 2009, 10:28, archived)
# Yes it would
But vitamins is a portmanteau of vital amines. So they're still pronouncing it wrong: it should be vite-a-meens
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Tue 14 Apr 2009, 10:25, archived)