For those who pronounce B3ta as Bay-ta:
Pair of punts...



...it's "Beeeta" you cnuts

[edit] oh dear, I appear to have started a small war on the board

From the New Cockney Rhyming Slang challenge. See all 332 entries (closed)

( Gingey is able to shoot Mind Bullets, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:25, archived)

i say bee three teee eh.

( mike - kicking arse since 1983, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:26, archived)

freak.
( Dr Phil Kitten, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:27, archived)

I concur :P
( Mushroom, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:28, archived)

so do i

even though i used to say that :)
( mountainloz i want a bulldog/Shih Tzu cross breed, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:32, archived)

i only say that
when I'm trying to tell someone with no hummus the URL
( Evil|berT is posting post-hummusly, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:58, archived)

bovine said "I fancy keith chegwin. He's GORGEOUS!"
( Lumpbucket says: Try Giddy 3! http://www.giddy3.co.uk, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:34, archived)

that's why he bought a Chegbot.

( brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:35, archived)

lumpbucket once ate some poo out of bovine's bumhole.
( mike - kicking arse since 1983, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:36, archived)

stop now
or there will be tears before bedtime.
( Dr Phil Kitten, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:38, archived)

ahh
but theres also a chance we could have beers before tedtime!
( Lumpbucket says: Try Giddy 3! http://www.giddy3.co.uk, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:39, archived)

I do hope the tears of which you speak
rhymes with "beers"
( brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:39, archived)

shut the fuck up ian!

( Lumpbucket says: Try Giddy 3! http://www.giddy3.co.uk, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:38, archived)

you stupid bathroom!

( mike - kicking arse since 1983, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:41, archived)

is that really
hygenic?
( Thor_sonofodin https://twitter.com/Thor_sonofodin, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:39, archived)

i think it's cos it is
you know, a three. if it was an E i'd say it differently. but it's a three.
( mike - kicking arse since 1983, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:29, archived)

it's a less annoying
derivative from "1337"
You don't pronounce that "lay-t" do you? No! It's "leet". So B3ta is beeta!

*rests his case*
( Mushroom, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:35, archived)

B33TA?
Nope.
What's "leet", anyway?
( monster munch probably your elder, almost certainly your better, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:36, archived)

the pronunciation of "1337"
which is that daft language replacing numbers with letters that 13 year old CS/QUAKE players use.

( Mushroom, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:39, archived)

Tsk.
But what does it me? "Sorry I was leet, the traffic was bad"?

/edit: Hack-saw! Heh!
( monster munch probably your elder, almost certainly your better, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:40, archived)

it's a cut down version of
"elite"

apparently.
( Mushroom, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:41, archived)

I have no idea what leet is
and I shall never utter the word "b3ta" so none of you will never ever know how I say it. (and I just want you to know that my pronunciation of the word is unlike any you have ever heard or ever will hear).
( Artamnesia, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:41, archived)

here here.
.
( Happyperson, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:36, archived)

I used to
till I mentioned that I did & was then mocked mercilessly.
( thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:29, archived)

me too
until I saw someone else get mocked mercilessly, at which point a realised the error of my ways.
( Pootle where's his tart on his sleve?, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:31, archived)

all too familiar!
:'(
( mountainloz i want a bulldog/Shih Tzu cross breed, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:33, archived)

err
so do I - no one knows what I'm talking about if I say beta
(RowdsterDelux, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:41, archived)

it's also
Zeebra not zehbra you weirdo.
( zog knees! knees! nuh nuh nuh nuh knees!, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:28, archived)

jeez
fer chrissake will ya lissen ta these freaks!? :)

One of my favourite b3ta moments was you at a bash going "bayta! bayta!" and then having a flash of inspiration and saying "like, how would you say the second letter of the greek alphabet!?" and everyone saying "beeeta!" back at you.
( Dr Phil Kitten, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:37, archived)

My favorite B3ta moments.
possibility for a satelite TV series there. :)
( mnb098mnb used to be here, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:41, archived)

hosted by William Shatner!
cos
( Gingey is able to shoot Mind Bullets, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:47, archived)

Surely
Troy Mclure
( Finite appears to be falling apart, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:54, archived)

He's dead, inni?

( thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:55, archived)

and I remember you drunk and cute in the green man
talking in your american accent.

and you and tom turning into wallace and gromit.
but that's another story.
( zog knees! knees! nuh nuh nuh nuh knees!, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:43, archived)

You say tom - ay - to
I say Tom - ah - to
Let's call the whole thing off.
( Monkeyboy, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:39, archived)

FRANKLY
I think America and England should go to war again about this.
but we should have all the battles at sea with tall ships and cannons.
we get france as an ally, you guys get the dutch or the spanish. your choice.

whaddayathink?
it'll be fun!
( zog knees! knees! nuh nuh nuh nuh knees!, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:45, archived)

Yep - I'm up for it
You're welcome to the French. We'll take the spaniards. Their wenches are finer. Yarrr.
( Monkeyboy, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:48, archived)

You can have the Italians as well
if we can have the Portugese
( thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:51, archived)

Do people pronounce it Bay-ta?
My mate calls it Bee-Three-Tee-Ay.
I keep telling him but i'm sure he forgets on purpose.
( Threepwood, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:28, archived)

No,
it's Bay-ta
even though Bee-three-Tea-Aye sounds best
( monster munch probably your elder, almost certainly your better, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:28, archived)

no no!
neither is better... and anyway, the FAQ says it rhymes with "peter"
:P
( Mushroom, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:30, archived)

Then why isn't it called
"Beater"? Hmm?
:P x 1000000
( monster munch probably your elder, almost certainly your better, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:31, archived)

which
is a good dutch name, and is pronounced "Paytuhr"
(radja, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:33, archived)

Bay-ta
is how european types pronounce beta.
I think americans might do the same, but I use the word "herb" as an example of why we shouldn't pay any attention of what they say.
(WouldSwapABearForATiger, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:33, archived)

Herb?
ah... weed! :)
(radja, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:35, archived)

No,
they pronounce it "erb".
Nothing to do with weed at all.
(WouldSwapABearForATiger, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:52, archived)

I think we should go with the original pronunciation of the word
Anyone know any ancient Greeks?
( Artamnesia, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:43, archived)

the greek letter spelt beta
is actually pronounced veta
/smartass
( Queen of Cheesecake, Sat 8 Feb 2003, 12:35, archived)

nonsense we all know
it rhymes with carrot.
( PeterSeychelles, Fri 7 Feb 2003, 16:59, archived)

b'tar surely
...
( Sandman-uk, Sat 8 Feb 2003, 16:42, archived)