How do you pronounce "NETA"?

Daecon · Post by **Daecon** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:02 am

I've always pronounced it "Nee-ta" myself.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:55 am

George Gilbert · Post by **George Gilbert** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:36 am

To rhyme with "wetter" myself...

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:00 pm

NEH-TA here.

copperman · Post by **copperman** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:45 pm

Long E. ALthough I never really worried about it.

Sabreman · Post by **Sabreman** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:36 pm

Neater.

Post by **Ameena** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:26 pm

Yeah I've always said it as "NEE-tuh".

Post by **Sophia** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:36 pm

Weirdos!

George Gilbert wrote:To rhyme with "wetter" myself...

You Brits and your crazy way of talking...

Just ignoring that r! It must get lonely!

Post by **Ameena** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:37 pm

Well, go on then - how do you say it?

Post by **Lunever** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:33 pm

Can't do the poll - Most non-English-speakers wouldn't pronounce it like an english "e" anyway, no matter whether short or long.

R.K. · Post by **R.K.** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:45 am

I've always pronounced it "NAY-ta".

Des · Post by **Des** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:11 am

nee-ta for me, like the Greek letter Beta - though I have heard this pronounced bay-ta, a la RK.

TyGuy6 · Post by **TyGuy6** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:36 am

Nay-ta or neh-ta, like R.K. and Trantor. Rhymes with beta or feta cheese.

Edit: O.K. Not like Trantor. I pronounce it nay-ta like R.K.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:45 am

i pronounce feta cheese feh-ta and beta bay-ta so those don't rhymne for me

copperman · Post by **copperman** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:23 am

I knew this would throw up far more than was expected. Tomatoe, tomatoe...

Mindstone · Post by **Mindstone** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:54 am

I pronounce it a bit more sarcastically

Net-duuuhh!

(that joke was sponsored by Relisys, providing efficient monitors since 1978)

Post by **Ameena** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:23 pm

I pronounce "Beta" the same too - "bee-tuh"...what about the "Ceti" in "Tau Ceti" (the name of a star)? I say it as "SEE-ty" but I've heard it pronounced as "SET-ee" on telly...but I think that was by Americans though so mayby they pronounce it differently *looks in Soph's direction*.

Post by **Gambit37** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:03 pm

It's "set-ee".

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:02 pm

settee too, like the thing you sit on

Daecon · Post by **Daecon** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:51 pm

I pronounce it "setty".

Is your SEE-ty with a "tee" or a "tie" sounding ty?

Isn't language fun?

Post by **Ameena** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:07 pm

It's "ty" as in "tye"/"tie". I think it's 'cause that's how my dad says it so that's how I say it, 'cause it's in "Frontier Elite II", a game we had on the Atari.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:01 pm

do people pronounce that 'at-TAR-ry' or 'at-ah-ree' :)

Post by **Ameena** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:22 pm

I say "uh-TAH-ree".

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:26 pm

lol, me too

Mindstone · Post by **Mindstone** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:39 pm

yes yes yes, but how would you pronounce "Pronoiai Allagion", who were ancient Byzantine heavy horsemen!

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:50 pm

If you are standing around trying to pronounce it, I assume you will be dead from ancient byzantine spears pretty soon anyway so your answer would be moot.

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:10 pm

y'all are crazy! Let the cow articulate for you.. everything is pronounced "MOO!" .... the cow has spoken... thank you..

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:30 pm

The cow has spoken! His will be done!

Des · Post by **Des** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:15 pm

Whilst we're on the subject of pronunciation, I've been playing a superb board game called "Caylus" with some fellow game geeks recently and we're not too sure how to say it.

The Klingon version comes to mind first (KAY-LUSS) but as it is a French town I would have thought it was more likely to be SAY-LOO or KAY-LOO... or KAY-MOO ?

Post by **Ameena** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:54 pm

Well, seeing that word, I read it as "KAY-lus"