how do u say betta?

[lvlyldyuk]

hi

how do u say betta, is it beater or better?

aggy
x

 

[cation]

I say bay-tuh, but I believe the generally accepted proper way is bet-uh. HTH

 

[The-Wolf]

I say Bet-A
emphasis on the A
like the second letter of the greek alphabet

 

[lvlyldyuk]

o rite cheers me have been saying more like beater,lol

 

[sylvia]

Yeah, I say it like the english translation of the greek letter (the greek would actualy be pronounced vEE-tuh). So, I say bEE-tuh. Emphasis goes on the 'ee'.

 

[lvlyldyuk]

ok so i guess either way dont matter then. bit like u say potato n i say potatoe,lolol

 

[OohFeeshy]

I say betta as in 'better'. Hey, I don't care if I'm wrong.

 

[Bloo]

I say b-EH-ta (with the empansis on the "E")

 

[smithrc]

beater - but then again we only have 2

 

[wuvmybetta]

I say bay-tuh, but I believe the generally accepted proper way is bet-uh. HTH

ditto that. I'm sure I annoy the bejeepers out of all the bet-uh people But I say "Americanize it,baby"
I always think of Dennis Leary and his "croissant, croissan...cro-blahhhhh,just gimme the freakin' crescent" joke when this topic comes up..

 

[red-devil0602]

Well my boyfriend says it like this "not another F*****G fighter fish" but i say better!

 

[GSD]

i say
bett A

 

[Grim Reaper]

Well I say Siamese fighter (well when I got to my LFS) when I first got a betta I called my LFS to ask if they had a betta in stock and the guy that answered the phone asked me what’s a betta I told him it’s a fish and he told me that he has no idea what I am talking, I told him its also called a Siamese fighting fish he goes ‘oh say like that then’

Since then when ever I got there and I have to ask about Bettas I say ‘Siamese fighter’

 

[wuvmybetta]

I use the term "fighters" a lot too. People who aren't into fish always look at ya like >What's a betta?, but for some reason they know a fighter

 

[cation]

I say bay-tuh, but I believe the generally accepted proper way is bet-uh. HTH

ditto that. I'm sure I annoy the bejeepers out of all the bet-uh people But I say "Americanize it,baby"
I always think of Dennis Leary and his "croissant, croissan...cro-blahhhhh,just gimme the freakin' crescent" joke when this topic comes up..

Sing it, sister.

Course I do the same thing with plakat - to me, it's plak-et, another one that drives people crazy, I'm sure...