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Do you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

I had a HS science teachers in the early 90s who was very insistent that, "day-ta is a name, dah-ta is information." And between Star Trek and The Goonies, that made sense to me.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

IMO The sentence you enter dahta into a daytabase is correct to me. Dahta is like unworked mana (pronounced mahna) whereas manah is what you have done or are doing with it and Tomaytos are fresh, tomahtos are what you have done with them.

People who say potahto should be flogged in the village square however... damn heathens.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

anything can be a name, and that has no bearing on how you should pronounce anything else.

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