Bay-Ta or bee-ta the meaning is clear.

Behodar:

 

SirHumphreyAppleby:

 

Apparently, the correct pronunciation in Greek is more like vee-ta.

 

My rules is, if it's sensible in the language you are speaking, it's fine. Given the wild inconsistency in English, bee-tuh and bay-tah either, either.

 

 

I learned some basic Greek a few years ago and was surprised to find that "deka", ten, like in "decagon" was actually more like "theka".

 

So we've been pronouncing Huntly's sign wrong for all these years?!?

Tinkerisk:

 

Geektastic: I ended up buying the hottest sauce they had, called “Death Nectar”! It’s 337,000 SU and tastes like ten times that. A fifth of a teaspoon in a large pot of chili is more than enough unless you’re insane.

 

We have something like that here with curry sausage sauces. However, these crazy, scoville-rich sauces are usually made with extracted and non-natural capsaicin - reliably recognisable by the hiccups that occur later. The real culinary benefit has not yet opened up for me and until then I still see the stuff as a pubescent dare - how can you still taste anything of the food with the atomic wildfires?

 

This was just a matter of time. 

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/teens-death-after-eating-a-single-chip-highlights-risks-of-ultra-spicy-foods/

Gurezaemon:

 

This was just a matter of time. 

 

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/teens-death-after-eating-a-single-chip-highlights-risks-of-ultra-spicy-foods/

 

I'm annoyed that these are being taken off the shelves. I hope it's only temporary. It's not like they are going to lead to a lifetime of addiction, financial burden and death from throat or lung cancer.

They are a novelty item for use by responsible, if not slightly foolish, adults. Personally, I would probably have a nibble on one if someone else was paying.

It's not like it changes anything. I grow chillies every year (first in the cellar, then) on the balcony to get rarer species for kitchen recipes that you can't buy here (despite the now plentiful supply).

For me, after much cooking, I decided to draw the line at a personal, comfortable 50,000 Scoville. But these things already have 1.5 to 2.2 million Scoville, which "bite" like a snake in a flash - allergic shock is inevitable if you have a pre-existing condition.

Behodar:

 

Had a whole group of Kiwis pronouncing "beta" as "bayta" the other day...

 

Did you thank them for educating you? :) 

My BIL calling Wifi Wee-Fee. 

No matter how many times people tell him that isn't how it's spelt, he keeps using it that way. 

Makes me want to bop him right on the knows!

networkn:

 

My BIL calling Wifi Wee-Fee. 

 

No matter how many times people tell him that isn't how it's spelt, he keeps using it that way. 

 

Makes me want to bop him right on the knows!

 

What about Free-Wee? 😉

rb99:

IMHO, its bee-tah.

 

Geektastic:

rb99:

 

IMHO, its bee-tah.

 

It’s Greek. It’s as you say, or was in all my Classics lessons.

Anyway, nobody can correctly pronounce data here so let’s not start in beta!!

Not only that. There is even a Greek and an ancient Greek pronunciation.

I have an 11" iPad Pro that's a few years old. I love its form factor - but it's annoying that when it's sitting on a flat surface, it's impossible to pick it up with one hand. It takes two and if you already have something in one hand, you have to put that down to pick up the iPad. So I have got into the habit of always putting it down with part of it projecting over the edge of a table or desk so I can easily pick it up again with one hand.

Behodar:

 

Had a whole group of Kiwis pronouncing "beta" as "bayta" the other day...

 

That is closer to the correct pronunciation in Greek.

https://www.howtopronounce.com/greek/beta#google_vignette

Found a Steering Wheel lock on the berm outside, reviewed video footage.

Got a reg plate, checked, stolen!

Contacted 105. Advised to retrieve the lock carefully and secure.

Advised I have video etc.

24 hours later = NOTHING!

I don't think car theft is a (Even low) priority!

There have been plenty of stories of people who are GPS tracking their stolen vehicles but being unable to get police to intercept them. Not enough police to do the job?