I do
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 vacillate between the two. Really depends on the words surrounding “data”.
I only say data the way it’s said in Star Trek. Same for database.
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.
I alternate between the two pronunciations depending on whatever I vibe with at the time, much like with how I spell colour/color
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
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being a particular asshole, but I really don’t like the pronunciation data… it’s honestly tiresome, problematic, and outdated.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 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
Yes. I’m British.
Exactly what I was gonna say.
Yes, I’m from the UK and that’s just how it’s said here.
I don’t know, because I have no idea how the Star Trek character says it…
Day-ta
Nope. Definitely don’t say it like that!
Do you say it how the woman said it then?
Yep! Though now that I’ve seen that, I’ll use Data’s preferred pronunciation when talking about the character
Data thanks you :) you are very respectful
Data, I think because of digimon
My approach: A single data point is “dah-ta” Some quantity of data is “day-ta”
For example: “I back up my game’s save dah-ta in case my hard drive’s day-ta gets corrupted”
The singular of data is datum though?
Yes you’re right, but then you get into the argument
- The data is corrupt
- The data are corrupt
I’m camp one because I treat data as a collective noun of data-items, not as a plural of datum.
Fair enough - I’d also go with ‘the data is corrupt’ so looks like I must eat my own words!
I use them interchangeably 🙈
