I do
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being a particular asshole, but I really don’t like the pronunciation data… it’s honestly tiresome, problematic, and outdated.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 vacillate between the two. Really depends on the words surrounding “data”.
I alternate between the two pronunciations depending on whatever I vibe with at the time, much like with how I spell colour/color
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
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”
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.
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 is pronounced /ˈdætə/.
Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
I pronounce it the correct way: dah-tah
how do you pronounce database?
Dah-tah-bah-seh
Doita?
Yes, i watched TNG before (and during) i learned English
I use them interchangeably 🙈
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5GqABNl26ZY&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD
This is the way.
If you mean like “Dei-tuh” , then yah . Just sounds more natural to me
How else are you supposed to pronounce it?
Dat a
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/.
