Beta. Beta. or Beta.

[Tsung]

Guy at work here says "Bay-ta"
I say "beat-ta"
or should it be "bet-a"
Which one is correct?

oppps should of added a poll :(

[Brains-Lans]

Americans say the first
We say the second
third is slang for 'better'

[TheDon]

I say bee-ta

afaik bay-ta is the americanized version. They never pronounce anything correctly.

[Vikx]

i say bay-ta buffy kept laughing at me when i said it wrong :(

[Omnituens]

bee-ta is how i say it

i flinch when i someone says bay-ta to me.

BEE-TA DAMNIT.

[bulletsponge]

Tbh, i normally say bay-terrrr. But im from Bristol.

[Boffykins]

Bee-ta

[Vikx]

i say bee ta now.

[catbeef]

i say bayta. and i say a double u p.

i was loling a lot when i heard people pronounce it awp.

[Dux0r]

bee-ta blaitently :P

[Chicane]

i say both depending on my mood

[Big Giant Head]

bee-ta

[Tsung]

bee-ta is how i say it
i flinch when i someone says bay-ta to me.
BEE-TA DAMNIT.

Good it isn't just me who flinches where it is said wrong.:)

[Baroness]

Isn't Bay-ta the proper way of saying it, like from the Greek alphabet?

[UberMonkey]

i say bayta. and i say a double u p.

i was loling a lot when i heard people pronounce it awp.

i say awp, i say lol, i say rofl.

A W P, L O L, R O F L... etc. just take too long...

the best one though is my friend who insists on calling mmorpgs 'morps'

[Zenith]

bee-ta

[Aardvark]

The americans have it right for a change, think about how you pronounce 'alphabet' for a clue :)

[Baz]

bay-ta

[Obi-Wan-Shinobi]

Pile on......oh wait

[Portia]

the best one though is my friend who insists on calling mmorpgs 'morps'

I pronounce it MUD.

Its bee-ta, obviously. I feel than anyone who pronounce it bay-ta, is doing it just to wind me up.

The other one which really annoys, is dah-ta instead of day-ta.

<think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts>

[D0c]

How do I say "b3ta?"

It rhymes with Peter.

[Neon]

I say Bay-Ta.

[Say_Ten]

Bee-ta is the UK pronunciation.
Bay-ta is the US pronunciation.

There's no 'correct' way of saying it it's just our language has evolved over the past 200 years where as the American language has pretty much been static since the emmigration.

[Woogie]

I pronounce it MUD.


i personally call them MMO's

hmmm

but its definately BEE-ta

[Cabe]

if you are from a cirtain gaming firm its pronounced "release"

[Manic]

if you are from a cirtain gaming firm its pronounced "release"

cough cough EA cough

[wizard1974uk]

I normally say who cares? :D

[Demonic]

I say bet-a, bee-ta or bay-ta, depending on my mood, in that order.

[Nivek]

i say tommato

[KingDaveRa]

It's Linnuks

and Beeta, btw (just for some relevance)

[Unplugged]

bee-ta clearly :p

[Say_Ten]

Language evolves, live with it ;)

[catbeef]

The americans have it right for a change, think about how you pronounce 'alphabet' for a clue :)

alphabait?

[Baroness]

<off topic for a moment>

How else *would* you pronounce Linux? <interested - are there freaks out there who pronounce it a different way?>

[Big Giant Head]

Li-nux

Is how a lot of people (myself included I must admit) say it

[bulletsponge]

line-uks ?

Not my way of saying it, but i have heard it refered to that before.

[[CoW]J-Raw]

lin-ucks & beat-a

as in a beta radiation ray in science, I used to say "better"

I used to call an archive: ar-chiv or something .. it was wrong either way but I'm just dense :)

[TheDon]

<off topic for a moment>

How else *would* you pronounce Linux? <interested - are there freaks out there who pronounce it a different way?>

According to the guy who created and named it, it's lin-ucks. (http://www.jx90.com/download/torvalds-says-linux.mp3)

But I'm heard it pronounced quite alot as lie-nuck, lin-ics and lie-nics.

[Frag-O-Byte]

do you care? because i dont you can call it a can of beans for all i care as long as i know what ur on about!

[bulletsponge]

can of be-ans or be-ens? ;)

[UberMonkey]

lin-ux (sometimes lie-nux if i'm in 'that' kinda mood)
tom-ah-to
bee-ta

[catbeef]

be-ans, be-ens?

last time i checked it was just beenz

[Elbonio]

Beanz ftw

bee-ta
lyn-ucks

[Kaution]

"Bay-ta" for me, if i hear someone say Bee-ta i may just change what i say if its ontopic to suit them to what they wanna hear tbh, doesnt really matter but ive always said "bay-ta" or "bett-a''