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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?
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Artamnesia,
Thu 22 Apr 2004, 5:26,
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they do
though greeks say 'eee' whenever feasible.
I've been trained to say beetah now, though I'll probably be looked at funny
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kitty meow meow,
Thu 22 Apr 2004, 5:34,
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