How do you say Betta?

[DAVIDFBT]

If you say it slowly, syllable by syllable, how do you say betta?

Even though I know the correct pronounciation(sp?) is beh-tah I say it how I've been saying it for 7 years: bay-tah. :silly:

 

[Zr0]

Bay-tah

 

[TMDragon]

I say Bay-tah.
I think most people say it this way because the spelling is very similar to the greek letter beta. That's just my theory anyway.

 

[eroomlorac]

Well, I don't know what is correct but because there are two "t's" I pronounce it "Bet ta". If it had one 't' I would pronounce it "Bay ta", like the Greek letter.
just my opinion.

As an example, canned vs. caned

 

[Dwarf Puffers]

Beh-tah. Like eroomlorac said, the two t's are what do it for me.

 

[FreshFish82]

lol, never really thought about it till now.

 

[Marinemom]

I think the second choice. If the spelling only had one t then I would choose the first one but with two t's, then I think the second one is correct.

Marinemom

 

[Lady G]

Wow, I never thought about this at all until now...and I had to say it several times to realize exactly how I say it, it is the second way Beh-tah

 

[Easydoesit]

i say bay-ta
im always wondering if it should be pronounced the other way bc it seems like it should.. but it just sounds better as bay-tah i think lol.

 

[Yadokari]

I pronounce it bay-tah, although I still question myself. There's a ton of stuff I'm not too clear about in terms of pronunciation. One example would be Riccia. Ris-sia or Rik-kia?
But yeah, is there a right way of saying the name betta or do both work?
I tend to just avoid saying the name when I'm not too sure. Haha