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[Opinions] Beatrice
I was talking to my best friend about middle names, and this came up... My middle name's Beatrice. BtN lists two pronounciations in English: BEE-uh-tris and BEE-tris. I was wondering, how do you pronounce Beatrice? And did you ever hear anyone pronounce it the other way? Which one do you prefer? Mommy to Myrtle Nola (22-10-2012) and Vance Paul Conrad (16-04-2015)
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I have never heard it with two syllables. I say it with three.
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I say Bee-ah-tris (english) or Beh-ah-triss (french/german). I never heard somebody say Bee-tris.
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As the granddaughter, daughter and mother of a Beatrice, I've only ever heard the three-syllable BEE-a-tris version. My daughter has often been called BEE-tris, but never by English-speakers; she reports that it often sounds more like BEERtris, and though she's happy to be associated with the drink, she rejects it firmly as part of her name. She chooses to be called Bea, pronounced like the insect (and with that in mind, we gave her the family mns Elizabeth and Anne). My mother was the same. I've heard Bea pronounced like BAYa by German-speakers, which I like but it doesn't seem to fit comfortably into English sentences.
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I say BEE-triss. I'm not keen on the BEE-uh-tris way because it often sounds like BEER-triss. Less nice. I like the French and Italian pronunciations better than the English ones, actually, but either way it's such a nice name.
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I pronounce it BEE-uh-tris. A friend of mine pronounces it BEE-tris. We're both Australian.
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I pronounce it with 3 syllables, but my SO and his family say it in 2. Same with Beatrix. I've heard others do the same thing, too.Since I don't like BEE-tris or BEE-trix, Beatrice & Beatrix are off my lists.
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I have heard it said both ways, but I say BEE-uh-tris. I like it, it's nice.
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BEE tris. This was my grandma's name. To me, BEE tris is more American, and BEE uh tris is more British.
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Huh, I would have assumed the opposite. I'm sort of curious what region you're from now...(I've mostly lived in the SE and NW, and I've never heard it pronounced BEE-tris.)
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I'm from the Green Bay, Wisconsin area. My grandma's grandparents were from Germany and Prussia, so maybe that affected how the family says it.
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I've heard it pronounced BEE-ə-tris and BE-ah-trees, but never BEE-tris.I say BEE-ə-tris.
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I've never heard BEE-tris, sounds a bit like tetris.
I think Beatrice is a lovely name, when pronounced BEE-uh-tris.
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I say BEE-uh-tris, which is definitely how I like it said :).
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I prefer the Swedish pronounciation, be-uh-TREES. The Italian pronounciation be-a-TREE-cheh is cute, too.
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Hmm, I would say BEE-uh-trees in Swedish, that's the pronunciation I've heard the most. (But I have heard both) I wonder which of the two is more common ... Or maybe it's regional, like Viola seems to be?
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I have only ever heard it pronounced "BEE-uh-tris." That's still the pronunciation I prefer.
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I say BEE-tris. I never hear it said, so I don't know about others. I hate it either way.
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I like Beatrice. I say it bee-ah-tris. I've never heard it pronounced the other way.
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BEE-ah-tris. I've never heard it with 2 syllables.

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I say it with three syllables and I've never heart it the other way.
I like it better as BEE-uh-tris.
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I've heard it both ways, but I say BEE-uh-triss. Just cuz. I prefer it that way, too. It's prettier, IMO.
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