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Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

Do you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?

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Do you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?

Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago
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  • RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world
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    Depends on how much Star Trek we’ve been watching lately.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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      so, always Dayta.

      • sorghum@sh.itjust.works
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        Data is a proper noun, data is not.

        https://youtu.be/WssBJeExiOM

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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      Applicable to many areas of my life

  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    Day-ta

    • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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      Ditto

      • avguser@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Dih-toe

        • meco03211@lemmy.world
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          Die-toe

          • lugal@lemmy.ml
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            That’s German and means “the toe”

            • meco03211@lemmy.world
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              Die Bart die

            • Asafum@feddit.nl
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              Die über toe!

              • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
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                You should probably see a podiatrist for that problem.

          • Jarix@lemmy.world
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            Dit toh

            • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world
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          • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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            Dy-do

    • PixelTron@lemm.ee
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      This is the way

  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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    Like this

    • Jojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      I mean the man told us how he prefers it, I don’t understand why this is so hard for people

      Edit: typo

    • derf82@lemmy.world
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      One is my name. The other is not.

    • hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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      Pulaski?

  • weker01@sh.itjust.works
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    I pronounce it “data” of course.

    • Tug@lemmy.world
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      Of course! That’s the only way to say it, all others are wrong!

      • massacre@lemmy.world
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        Agreed. Does it have two Ts? Then it’s not datta which you just instinctively rest as dah-ta

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    Both, randomly switching between them

    • vermyndax@lemmy.world
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      Same, and when I catch myself doing that, I wonder why I do it, then move on with life and do it again later.

  • Balthazar@lemmy.world
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    Yes.

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  • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world
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    Dah-ta in a day-tabase.

    • Agrivar@lemmy.world
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      precisely.

  • Linux is for pussies@dormi.zone
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    Dat-uh is information, Day-tuh is a Star Trek character.

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      One is his name. The other is not.

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    Annoyingly I go back and forth because whichever pronunciation I’m on sounds worse than when I hear it the other way.

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      I recently caught myself using both pronunciations in the same sentence.

  • nebulaone@lemmy.world
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    Both. I am german and I speak a weird amalgamation of british and american english.

    • B312@lemmy.world
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      Same minus the german part

    • macniel@feddit.org
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      Same

      • chrizzly@feddit.org
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        Yep, finding myself there, too. Mostly depends on what bit of music/show/media I have listened to/watched most recently :D

  • TryingToActHuman@lemmy.world
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    Both. I feel like one of them always tends to fit the conversation better than the other, but which one that is seems to be totally random.

    • waz@lemmy.world
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      Same with Caribbean. Royal Caribbean and Pirates of the Caribbean both sound wrong if you use the alternate pronunciation.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    It depends on how many ay’s and ah’s are in my sentence. My mouth seems to natural conform to whatever has more as I speak at 9 million words per minute.

    • Semperverus@lemmy.world
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      By itself or in short sentences, I default to day-ta, but otherwise I’m exactly the same.

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    Day-tah

    And it’s uncountable.

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      deleted by creator

      • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com
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        Yes, because you’ve added a “container” word. Well done. You get a gold star.

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    I flip flop back and forth, I’m not totally sure if there’s a specific rhyme or reason to my choices, it may just come down to a subjective feeling about which I think sounds better in the sentence.

    My wife is a dayta analyst, and she analyzes dahta.

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    Depends. Do you mean the Android Day-Ta? Or you mean the Information Unit Datah.

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      Came here to say, one is his name, the other is not.

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        Still calling it “The Chat Gippity” though

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