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[-] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 116 points 2 months ago

Depends on how much Star Trek we've been watching lately.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago
[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Data is a proper noun, data is not.

https://youtu.be/WssBJeExiOM

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Applicable to many areas of my life

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 88 points 2 months ago
[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago
[-] derf82@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

One is my name. The other is not.

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[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 months ago

I pronounce it "data" of course.

[-] Tugboater203@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Of course! That's the only way to say it, all others are wrong!

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[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 34 points 2 months ago

Both, randomly switching between them

[-] vermyndax@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Same, and when I catch myself doing that, I wonder why I do it, then move on with life and do it again later.

[-] Balthazar@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago
[-] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago
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[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Annoyingly I go back and forth because whichever pronunciation I’m on sounds worse than when I hear it the other way.

[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 16 points 2 months ago

I recently caught myself using both pronunciations in the same sentence.

[-] nebulaone@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Both. I am german and I speak a weird amalgamation of british and american english.

[-] B312@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Same minus the german part

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[-] Banichan@dormi.zone 19 points 2 months ago

Dat-uh is information, Day-tuh is a Star Trek character.

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[-] TryingToActHuman@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Both. I feel like one of them always tends to fit the conversation better than the other, but which one that is seems to be totally random.

[-] waz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Same with Caribbean. Royal Caribbean and Pirates of the Caribbean both sound wrong if you use the alternate pronunciation.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

It depends on how many ay's and ah's are in my sentence. My mouth seems to natural conform to whatever has more as I speak at 9 million words per minute.

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[-] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 2 months ago

Day-tah

And it's uncountable.

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[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

I flip flop back and forth, I'm not totally sure if there's a specific rhyme or reason to my choices, it may just come down to a subjective feeling about which I think sounds better in the sentence.

My wife is a dayta analyst, and she analyzes dahta.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago

Depends. Do you mean the Android Day-Ta? Or you mean the Information Unit Datah.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Came here to say, one is his name, the other is not.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Still calling it "The Chat Gippity" though

[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I use both. One feels more singular while the other feels more plural though I can't tell you which when you ask me. We have to sneak up on it together.

I have the same issue with "Thuh" and "Thee" for "The."

[-] Limfjorden@feddit.dk 11 points 2 months ago

"The" does have two pronunciations depending on if the word after it starts with a vovel sound or not. It's "Thuh" for consonants and "Thee" for vowels.

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[-] ryan213@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago
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[-] tpihkal@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

If were talking about a collection of information..."datta". If we're talking about the worlds' favorite android, his name sounds like "Day-tah".

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago
[-] ettyblatant@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

That pronunciation always drives me wild! it only makes sense to call it data.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Dahtum

Dayta

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago
[-] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Potato potato

[-] Hayduke@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The latter, just to make everyone else in my organization question themselves. Whether it is correct or not is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is the seed of uncertainty that I plant every day.

[-] tlou3please@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Day-tah

But I'm from the UK. Anything else would sound bizarre with my accent

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[-] DefiantBidet@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

data.... dad - d + ta

the other way doesn't bother me though... unlike "experiment".
it freaks me out when people throw a "spear" in that word

[-] wick@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I sounded out both in my head and now I can't remember.

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago
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