Fluther: How do you pronounce Betelgeuse?

How do you pronounce Betelgeuse?

Asked by rebbel (35550

) February 22nd, 2020
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The red supergiant.

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I would pronounce it like the movie name “Beetle-juice” but I don’t know that’s right.

janbb (62887

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I believe “beetle-juize” is the most common pronunciation. So just voice the “c” in the above. The name comes from a misreading of Arabic.

Demosthenes (14950

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I usually hear it pronounced as Beetlejuice too, but every now and then I hear ’Bettle Geese’.

rebbel (35550

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When I first saw it written out, I pronounced it in my head as “bettle-gooz”. I didn’t even know the movie Beetlejuice was referencing the name of the star.

Demosthenes (14950

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ˈbɛtəldʒuːz

ragingloli (51982

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In the astronomy community we say “Baytel Juice”

Caravanfan (13536

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According to Wikipedia , there are six common pronunciations:

الجوزاء / Ibṭ al-Jauzā’
or
يد الجوزا / Yad al-Jauzā
or
Betelgeuse /ˈbɛtəldʒuːz/
or
Betelgeuse /ˈbiːtəldʒuːz/
or
Betelgeuse /ˈbɛtəldʒuːs/
or
Betelgeuse /ˈbiːtəldʒuːs/,

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