How do you pronounce Vita?

[Aetera]

Due to years of studying Latin, in my head I will always pronounce it "wee-tah." Out loud, though, I'll say "vee-tah."

 

[Korolev]

I pronounce it Vee-ta, because I can't stand saying "Vit-a".

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Probably based on the Latin word for Life, so Vee - Tay would be the preferable way.

 

[Don Reba]

So yeah, Sony's new handheld.

Is it just like, Vita? As in Windows Vista without the "s," or Veeta? Or Vighta? Like in the beginning of vitamin?

Ahm. All those things are pronounced the same way. Should've used IPA [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English].

Spanish speakers will pronounce it "beeta".

 

[Continuity]

Well, it's a Latin word, so you pronounce it as you see it.

Except its not a Latin word, its a proper noun.

 

[LuckyClover95]

Vee-ta
Is the way I read it and the way they say it.

 

[LuckyClover95]

Due to years of studying Latin, in my head I will always pronounce it "wee-tah." Out loud, though, I'll say "vee-tah."

Irrelevant to the subject, why did you spend years studying latin?

 

[Ghostkai]

Veeta, you know, like the company pronounces it. <.<

 

[HassEsser]

I used to pronounce it Vye-Tuh, and when I heard a Sony rep call it Vee-Tuh, I thought it was awkward at first, but now I'm used to it, and think it's actually way better.

 

[Snotnarok]

I call it PSP2 because Vita is a dumb bloody name.

 

[Feylynn]

I used to pronounce it Vahy-Tay Sounding like 'I' and an 'A'.
But my hating the pronunciation Vee-Tuh lead me to look it up online and apparently only Vahy-Tuh and Vee-Tuh count as viable pronunciation so I guess I lose mine.

I also far prefer the plural Vee-Tahy rather then Vahy-Tee, which is just silly.

So I'm going to go and double standard here.
Vahy-Tuh singular.
and
Vee-Tahy plural.

 

[Carnagath]

Well, it's a Latin word, so you pronounce it as you see it.

Except its not a Latin word, its a proper noun.

Well, a brief search gives me only one possible usage for that word as an English noun (plural, curriculum vitae), and I don't think that's what Sony had in mind. Seems they're using it in its Latin definition of "life".

 

[Continuity]

Well, it's a Latin word, so you pronounce it as you see it.

Except its not a Latin word, its a proper noun.

Well, a brief search gives me only one possible usage for that word as an English noun (plural, curriculum vitae), and I don't think that's what Sony had in mind. Seems they're using it in its Latin definition of "life".

You misunderstand, whatever its derivation it is not a Latin word, it is a name of a product and as such they can pronounce it however the hell they like and be correct... its their product and their name. The Latin roots are completely irrelevant for pronunciation.

 

[efrafa_6]

Vee-Tah

 

[grimmreapervi]

It could also mean the greek "b", as in, psp 2.0, or mk II.
http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#en|el|b%0A%0A%0A

 

[Gill Kaiser]

I thought it was "Veeta".

That's a sign of bad marketing when people start threads to figure out how to pronounce a new product. Then again, what do you expect from a company who's PC's are called "Vaio"? Heck, first time I saw that logo on a PC with its funky font, I could only suspect it was a word, but had no idea how was spelled. I almost thought it was some odd symbol.

Waio?
Wio?
Waro?
Nio?

Seriously???

It is a symbol. The VA part is a wave, representing analogue, and the IO is a 1 and 0, representing digital.

 

[IamQ]

Veetah definetly. Vyta just sounds weird.

 

[Vhite]

Im gonna go with Wy&#357;ä