minus-squarekristian@lemmy.astheriver.arttoSpace@beehaw.org•is anyone else just learning now that Betelgeuse is pronounced like "Beetlejuice"?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year ago like betelgyse Yeah I remember Patrick Moore always pronouncing it like that (with a hard g). Although Wikipedia suggests that the name originally comes from the Arabic for Orion, al-Jauzā’, so the colloquial pronunciation is probably more correct. linkfedilink
Yeah I remember Patrick Moore always pronouncing it like that (with a hard g).
Although Wikipedia suggests that the name originally comes from the Arabic for Orion, al-Jauzā’, so the colloquial pronunciation is probably more correct.