I pronounce it data. Guess I thought everyone did.
Same
I know it's me just being a particular asshole, but I really don't like the pronunciation data... it's honestly tiresome, problematic, and outdated. It's pronounced DATA.
Me too. Out of interest do you pronounce it 'gif' as well?
I do, but that's because "now these points of data make a beautiful line, and we're out of beta, we're releasing on time."
If anyone would know how to pronounce it, it's a computer
I vacillate between the two. Really depends on the words surrounding “data”.
Yes. I'm British.
Exactly what I was gonna say.
I've taught statistics for over 20 years. I flipflop on this constantly, sometimes in the middle of a sentence. Even more disturbing: I don't have a consistent position, at least grammatically, on whether it's singular or plural.
It's sort of like the dual pronunciation of the word 'a' in English. While that has more distinct rules, it's still mostly which one feels nicer.
Another one for me is "route".
edit: On further thought, it only works both ways as a synonym for a highway, if I'm talking about a path more generally the root pronunciation sounds wrong.
If you mean like "Dei-tuh" , then yah . Just sounds more natural to me
I only say data the way it's said in Star Trek. Same for database.
I alternate between the two pronunciations depending on whatever I vibe with at the time, much like with how I spell colour/color
A local radio DJ said once that if he's feeling fancy he says "Da Ta" like "ta-da!" Cracked me up way more that it should have.
I pronounce it like that, but I call the character "dah-ta"
One is his name, the other is not
I know it's wrong, but it's ok right? 👉 👈
If Data had feelings, he'd be very upset right now.
American. Day-duh.
Data: First, the two A's/vowels:
The first of two A's gets the "Aey" sound, the second gets the "Ah" sound.
Then, because I'm from California, the ah becomes uh.
Then, similarly, the "tuh" has a hard T at the beginning. But again because California/USA, the T becomes a D (British: butter ("buttah", hard t's), usa: budder(soft t's or d's))
Thus: day-duh.
For his name I say data but when talking about data I say data but when I say database I say data and when I watch 1986’s Willow with Warwick Davis I say data
What does Willow (1986) have to do with data? Isn't it, like, a sword-and-sorcery fantasy movie?
Oh I bet there's a character with a name that sounds like the word "data".
You should probably watch willow. It’s not terrible. Val kilmer with a sword.
Oh same
I don’t know, because I have no idea how the Star Trek character says it…
Yes, I'm from the UK and that's just how it's said here.
I use them interchangeably 🙈
It is pronounced /ˈdætə/.
Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
Yes, i watched TNG before (and during) i learned English
How else are you supposed to pronounce it?
There are three variants I’m aware of: /eɪ/ as in “day”, /æ/ as in “dad”, and /ɑː/ as in “spa”. I personally say it with /æ/.
I pronounce it ta da~! , jazz hands included
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