I do
I pronounce it ta da~! , jazz hands included
Yes. I’m British.
Exactly what I was gonna say.
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being a particular asshole, but I really don’t like the pronunciation data… it’s honestly tiresome, problematic, and outdated.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.
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 alternate between the two pronunciations depending on whatever I vibe with at the time, much like with how I spell colour/color
I vacillate between the two. Really depends on the words surrounding “data”.
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.
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.
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 use them interchangeably 🙈
It is pronounced /ˈdætə/.
Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
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.
There’s a kid who calls her father dada (dadda?..sp?) throughout the movie
Oh same
Yes, i watched TNG before (and during) i learned English
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