Beta

Dustaz

Does Beta mean anything in japanese?

It seems sony are quite taken with this word, what with Betamax, Betacam SP, DigitalBetacam and lots of varients.

Or does it just sound cool...

Shinji

Nope, they just think it sounds cool. Obviously it's the second letter of the Greek alphabet and so on

("Sony" means nothing in Japanese either. It's a word designed specifically to be memorable and pronouncable in all major world languages, but not to mean anything in any of them.)

Lex_Diamonds

Actually in the ancient language of the Malaysian tribe known as Sonyspisqatsi it means "the well endowed one";)

Dustaz

In an entirely unrelated question, is there any such thing as a 'beta male' ?:)

fisty

Originally posted by Lex_Diamonds
Actually in the ancient language of the Malaysian tribe known as Sonyspisqatsi it means "the well endowed one";)

you lie!
It actually means in Sonyspisqatsi:
"We like to overcharge for inferior japanese electronics"
jesus! get your facts straight before you post! pfft.