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Help[Opinions] Re: Beatrice
in reply to a message by Anneza
So is your daughter's nickname pronounced Bee-uh? I've never heard that before. I assumed Bea was always said like Bee.
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More like Beer, actually, but without the -r, and only by Afrikaans-speaking people. In English, here, Bea does indeed = Bee. Just another example of why it would be nice to be able to use real phonetic symbols on this site, but I for one would have to do a lot of revision if it ever happens.
Bee-uh is more like the German pronunciation, and I use it sometimes: not sure why, as my German's pretty rudimentary and she doesn't speak it at all.
Bee-uh is more like the German pronunciation, and I use it sometimes: not sure why, as my German's pretty rudimentary and she doesn't speak it at all.
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