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# A question...
Is B3ta pronounced (bay-tah) or (bee-tah)
(I helped save b3ta! tolin its me, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:51, archived)
# peter it rhyme with
as in the faq
;o)
('tin'tintin, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:52, archived)
#
so it is bee-ta
(I helped save b3ta! tolin its me, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:54, archived)
# i think it varies
depending on where in the world you are...

in the UK it's pronounced bee-tah
in north america it seems to be pronounced bay-tah
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:54, archived)
# nope
lets have none of that.

beeeta it is, and I think it might be nice if Amerib3tans called it that in honour of its specialness
(not that my opinion counts for anything)

*edit/ and Canab3tans as well
('tin'tintin, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:59, archived)
# Out of curiosity
What Americans have you met that pronounced it bay-tah? Northerners?
(thppp, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:06, archived)
# I pronounce it bay-tuh
as in "beta testing"
and I'm from the mid-atlantic
(KnitWit, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:11, archived)
# smae with me
except i pronounce b3ta so as to rhyme with peter, like the fak.
(Corn Dog, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:18, archived)
# oi you!
don't go giving us mid-atlantic-ers a bad pronunciation name. I always say "bee-ta".
and besides, "bay-tans" just sounds much weirder than "bee-tans"

/relurk
/cries over not being able to do big math homework problem
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:18, archived)
# I'm stodgily set in my ways :)
I know "bee-ta" is correct, but I just can't reconcile it with "beta" as in "beta carotine" or "beta testing"

/fuddy-duddy
(KnitWit, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:20, archived)
# howardandpeanut.com is down!
all is now dark :'(
(Corn Dog, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:22, archived)
# yes
i'm afraid you're right.
explanation here
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:25, archived)
# Thank you.
(Corn Dog, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:43, archived)
# northerners and southerners
NY and So-Cal
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:11, archived)
# Strange.
I wish I knew some b3tans in person so I could hear how they pronounce it.

I pronounce it bee-tah.
(thppp, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:39, archived)
# All
I'm American,I say Bay-tah and so does every American I've ever spoken to. I only heard bee-tah from a recent British transplant. DO you say Katherine ZEE-tah Jones?
(I helped save b3ta! Artamnesia, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 5:26, archived)
# they do
though greeks say 'eee' whenever feasible.

I've been trained to say beetah now, though I'll probably be looked at funny
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 5:34, archived)
# bee-three-tee-ay
At least to me, allthough I know that's wrong, but I've never actually spoken to a b3tan, so debris is de-briss I'm afraid.
(I helped save b3ta! sof sof, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:53, archived)
# I call it that.
Normally it is met with howls or derision, even rob said he found it unusual when someone referred to it like that. The reason I do it is because I called it beeta and my friend Marc gave me a dead arm. Git.
(I helped save b3ta! Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:57, archived)
# You mean this friend Marc?
www.msu.edu/~couilla3/ninja/kidgarbage.jpg

EDIT: :)
(I helped save b3ta! sof sof, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:00, archived)
# No,
Marc isnt a ninja and he hasnt started puberty so it isnt braggable. I'll find a picture for you.

See here:
co-project.lboro.ac.uk/users/maph2/third/marc.php
He made this website but the whole group passed it off as theirs, its ugly as sin in my opinion but fucking impressive php-wise.
(I helped save b3ta! Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:01, archived)
# bee-tah
although that cunt mr bongo always used to call it bee-three-tee-'ay, which made me want to stab him.
(I helped save b3ta! 100% of Gibbon, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:54, archived)
# TJ: and probably GC...
ever wanted to make your own TRON costume?
www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/TRONcostume/
here is all the information... in fact, just a bit too much information!
(I helped save b3ta! woowoowoo, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:56, archived)
# if he was digitised
...the file size would be huge :)
(I helped save b3ta! Xkimo was at work on, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:02, archived)
# Now that question has been answered: Take This Thread To Cuba! (i don't usually say things like that - i must be suffering fromsome sort of exhaustive dementia)
Night night everyone. Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire for me.
(I helped save b3ta! 100% of Gibbon, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 3:57, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! EvS, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:13, archived)
# but are they between the ages of 10 and 20?
(KnitWit, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 4:16, archived)