Just curious…
I pronounce the word Data like…
Day-tuh - always like how Captain Picard says it
Da-tuh - always like how Doctor Pulaski says it
Day-tuh for data science, but Da-tuh for database
Da-tuh for data science, but Day-tuh for database
Day-tuh for the Star Trek TNG Android, but Da-tuh for everyelse
Dah-tuh
Some other combination (Please elaborate)
Day-tuh: /ˈdeɪtə/
Da-tuh: /ˈdætə/
Dah-tuh: /ˈdɑːtə/
It would be interesting if we can get some explanation to why you arrived at how you say that word.
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KHHville:
and it’s plural
If there’s just one datum, it’s just a number.
I’m just throwing grenades into grammar
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TT
June 30, 2022, 1:56am
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I use both, I think, but don’t have corpus data for explanatory context
Either either
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01000100 01100001 01110100 01100001
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I’m not sure, but I think when I was young I pronounced it da-tuh:/ˈdætə/ , but over the years, I kept hearing day-tuh:/ˈdeɪtə/ , so eventually I adopted that pronunciation.
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day-ta
day pronounced normally, ta pronounced as 他.
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When I was in the Marines, my mom’s was called Data Network Specialist.
We had this debate regularly, but I never caved. I always called it daytuh
I’m Mandarin big data should be dadada
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zender
June 30, 2022, 2:25am
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It rhymes with how people in Boston say “waiter.”
It’s a British vs 'merkun pronunciation thing.
Latin origins would prefer the British pronunciation.
yes, some of us have learnt Latin.
Gain
June 30, 2022, 2:50am
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I feel like I should say dah-tah more
Wouldn’t Classical Latin prefer Dah-tah?
Yes, that’s what I thought i was agreeing to. Same sound and stress on both syllables.
bdog
June 30, 2022, 4:07am
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Nerds. No one pronounces the last syllables of things. “Date”.
Andrew
June 30, 2022, 4:23am
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hansioux:
80%Day-tuh
I think I use “day-tuh” naturally, including in “database”. It’s one of those words I might not be totally consistent with though, e.g., if I’m talking to someone who pronounces it another way.
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I’ve always said ‘day-tuh’, in all cases.
For stats purposes: I’m male, white, from USA (California), Generation Jones.
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