I do
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Yes. I’m British.
Exactly what I was gonna say.
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.
I only say data the way it’s said in Star Trek. Same for database.
I pronounce it data. Guess I thought everyone did.
Me too. Out of interest do you pronounce it ‘gif’ as well?
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being a particular asshole, but I really don’t like the pronunciation data… it’s honestly tiresome, problematic, and outdated.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.
I use them interchangeably 🙈
I alternate between the two pronunciations depending on whatever I vibe with at the time, much like with how I spell colour/color
I pronounce it like that, but I call the character “dah-ta”
Is that meant to be /æ/ as in “dad” or /ɑː/ as in “spa”? I find people do not agree on which sound the spelling <ah> indicates.
Oh I assure you, I would have used IPA if my goal was to accurately convey my pronunciation.
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.
It is pronounced /ˈdætə/.
Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
I vacillate between the two. Really depends on the words surrounding “data”.
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.
As more data becomes available
Then we can start doing more with it
And as we do more with it
That that creates more data
Yes, i watched TNG before (and during) i learned English
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”.
There’s a kid who calls her father dada (dadda?..sp?) throughout the movie
You should probably watch willow. It’s not terrible. Val kilmer with a sword.
Oh same
