I guess it's the when people who don't know say it.
Like our lass - 'Have you been on bee 3 tee ay all day?'
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Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 15:13,
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I've always said it as 'bee three tee ay'
..even after reading the faq.
The reason? Well if I say 'beeta' no-one has a fucking clue what I'm going on about =)
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Canker,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 15:34,
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