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How do you pronounce Beatrice and where are you from?

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Crunchymum · 25/05/2019 21:37

Ball park on location of course

"Beer-triss" - South East

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DieCryHate · 25/05/2019 23:19

Bee/ah/triss. SW England

Symbol · 25/05/2019 23:20

Bate treese Northern Ireland.

GlitterPixie · 25/05/2019 23:21

Bee Ah Triss Ireland

C0untDucku1a · 25/05/2019 23:24

Bee a triss north west

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Crunchymum · 25/05/2019 23:52

Lots of different pronunciations then?

So if nickname is "Bea" how is that pronounced?

Be-ah or Bea as in pea?

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RaffertyFair · 25/05/2019 23:58

To rhyme with pea

OllyBJolly · 26/05/2019 00:06

Bee in our family (but full name Bay ah triss)

Corneliawildthing · 26/05/2019 00:07

Beet riss NE Scotland

AtSea1979 · 26/05/2019 00:10

Nickname would be pronounced as Bee (North West)

OwlBeThere · 26/05/2019 01:57

bee-uh-triss. south wales.

OwlBeThere · 26/05/2019 01:57

bea-pea.

MillicentMartha · 26/05/2019 02:11

Beer is pronounced bee ah in my accent. Bee ah triss.

Nickname Bea to rhyme with pea.

Whatareyoutalkingabout · 26/05/2019 05:33

Bee-uh-triss

mathanxiety · 26/05/2019 05:37

BEE-uh-triss.

Originally from Dublin.

NN Bay-a, or Bee.

Pinkvoid · 26/05/2019 05:43

Same as you, I’m from Yorkshire.

Fulltimemummy85 · 26/05/2019 15:56

Bea eer trisss Yorkshire

Enko · 26/05/2019 16:05

Bee Ah Triss

SE and I know 3 not one of them are called Beer Triss so I find it interesting so many form SE have said that is how they say it.

redwoodmazza · 26/05/2019 16:21

Bee-a-triss
I'm originally from the Midlands.

PeachandBee · 26/05/2019 16:47

I have a Beatrice, pn Bee-ah-triss. Nickname Bea to rhyme with Pea, or Bebe. We are Milton Keynes but I'm originally west country.

TatianaLarina · 26/05/2019 17:16

I say Beer triss, it’s one of my names.

Or Indomitable Bea for anyone who read Hideous Kinky.

CalamityJess · 26/05/2019 17:21

Beer-triss

Midlands

CalamityJess · 26/05/2019 17:22

Bea to rhyme with pea

RedSheep73 · 26/05/2019 17:22

Beer-triss. How else?

Hertfordshire.

SoupDragon · 26/05/2019 17:28

Beer-trice SE England

I'm wondering if many of those pronouncing it beer-triss are using the same invisible "r" as is often found in their bath?

Or maybe, like a large proportion of the population of the UK, they have a non-rhotic accent. 🙄

kaytee87 · 26/05/2019 17:30

@SoupDragon I understand the accent difference but surely you know there's not meant to be an R sound there? I'm genuinely not trying to be goady. I just never understand why people type an R in on these threads.