How do you pronounce the Greek letter beta?
In Greek, for example, the letter β is pronounced “veeta”, but in science, people use “beta“.
How do you pronounce beta in America?
Is beta or beta pronounced?
Yes, outside of the US and Canada, /bi:ta/ is the common English pronunciations. Americans do what most languages do though when they say /be:ta/. Do British people really pronounce “beta” as “bee-ta”?
Why do British people say Beta?
Beta is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. The Greeks pronounce it as beeta (in Greek it sounds like veeta) and so the Brit pronounciation is more correct.