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09-25-04, 01:50 PM
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Arugment over a word "Peta"
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The other day me and my friends were aruging on how the word is pronounced. We dont know if its Pet-a Or Pe-ta/pita lol. So i was wondering if someone knew excalty how its said
Thanks
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09-25-04, 01:53 PM
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I say Pet - ta. Anyone out there a linguist?
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09-25-04, 01:58 PM
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lol my bet is also on pet-a but my friends on the other had think its pita lol
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09-25-04, 02:00 PM
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I'm saying its' Peta (pita).
It's an acronym, and you're actually SAYING the letter 'e' right?
right.
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09-25-04, 03:08 PM
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I've always said peetah as well.
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09-25-04, 03:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by CamHanna
I've always said peetah as well.
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Diddo here.
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09-25-04, 03:16 PM
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Yes, PETA is said like "Pita" and it means People Eating Tasty Animals i beleive  .
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09-25-04, 03:37 PM
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Chunky, that's funny. I've always tried to avoid allowing PETA into my thoughts, but if I must, I pronounced it Pee-tah. Right or wrong? Who reeeealy cares?
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09-25-04, 04:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by meow_mix450
Hey
The other day me and my friends were aruging on how the word is pronounced. We dont know if its Pet-a Or Pe-ta/pita lol. So i was wondering if someone knew excalty how its said
Thanks
Meow
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First off, the phrase is, “The other day my friends and I …” Sorry, just had to say that 
Quote:
Originally posted by HeatherRose
I'm saying its' Peta (pita).
It's an acronym, and you're actually SAYING the letter 'e' right?
right.
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This is the reason it is pronounced “pee-tah”. The organisation uses the acronym PeTA.
But a good example of why it is pee-tah and not pet-tah is that a single consonant following a vowel gives the vowel a long sound (eg: bat is not pronounced “bate”, cat is not “kate”). When a vowel is followed by double consonants or a second vowel, the vowel takes a short sound (eg: betta is “bet-tah” not “bee-tah”, litter is not “lite-ter”. See above for the second vowel examples). So for PeTA to be “pet-tah is would have to be spelled Petta.
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Originally posted by ChunkyMunky
Yes, PETA is said like "Pita" and it means People Eating Tasty Animals i beleive .
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Usually I ignore this stale joke but please consider that some people take the killing of animals for food as a serious moral issue. Every time someone cracks that PeTA joke, they are down playing someone’s beliefs. It would be different if the joke was “people terrorizing animal-lab-technicians” or something. No one slaps anti-abortionists in the face with dead baby jokes so consider the same thing with animal rightists – even if you don’t agree.
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09-26-04, 06:04 PM
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My belief: If God didn't mean for us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. Oh, and peetah, not pet-ah.
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09-26-04, 06:37 PM
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Usually I ignore this stale joke but please consider that some people take the killing of animals for food as a serious moral issue. Every time someone cracks that PeTA joke, they are down playing someone’s beliefs. It would be different if the joke was “people terrorizing animal-lab-technicians” or something. No one slaps anti-abortionists in the face with dead baby jokes so consider the same thing with animal rightists – even if you don’t agree.
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Well you're kinda on the wrong website to have that attitude. The members of the board are responsable for the deths of hundreds may thousands of animals a day for food. Plus the animals kept by members are bread for profit and caged.
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09-26-04, 06:49 PM
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Just have respect for other people's beliefs. You don't have to agree with them but let them walk their path and you walk yours.
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09-26-04, 06:53 PM
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Okay, i think meow got his/her answer.. Let's just leave it at that now and forget the debate of whether the consumption of animals is right or wrong..
Closed..
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