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submitted 2 years ago by iamhazel@beehaw.org to c/space@beehaw.org

Not going to describe how I would've tried to pronounce it...

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[-] kristian@lemmy.astheriver.art 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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