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08 Jan 2024, 8:04 pm

How do you pronounce "data"?

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08 Jan 2024, 8:47 pm

The Star Trek guy? Day-ta.

Data entry? Either dat-a Or day-ta used interchangeably. I don’t think I consciously choose one or the other and I’m pretty sure I’ve used both and never given it a second thought about either sounding weird.

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08 Jan 2024, 8:50 pm

One is his name - the other is not.

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08 Jan 2024, 9:13 pm

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08 Jan 2024, 10:50 pm

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08 Jan 2024, 10:52 pm

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08 Jan 2024, 10:55 pm

Day-ta with a "ta" rather than a "da" at the end.

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08 Jan 2024, 11:12 pm

Dat-a

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09 Jan 2024, 2:58 am

(•) "information"

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09 Jan 2024, 7:17 am

day-ta

Plural would be "day-tum".

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09 Jan 2024, 7:20 am

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Technically, "data" is a plural noun—it is the plural form of the noun "datum."

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/e ... or-Plural-

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09 Jan 2024, 7:22 am

Day-ta.

I have been told this is not British, but is instead American. I don't know how true that is.

I am British, so apparently I am speaking like a yank. :lol:

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09 Jan 2024, 8:55 am

TwilightPrincess wrote:

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Technically, "data" is a plural noun—it is the plural form of the noun "datum."

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/e ... or-Plural-

I got it turned around Your right. :oops:

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"Data" is the whole body of the information you gathered.

A "datum" is one of the 'data points'.

A datum would be the response of Joe Blow on Maple St. Anytown USA who who told your poll taker that "Yes. I believe the Earth is flat".

And the "data" gathered from the thousands of folks across the land you group interviewed might show that "62 percent of the American people believe the that the earth is flat...with a thick pizza crust around it".

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09 Jan 2024, 10:58 am

I pronounce it the correct way.

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09 Jan 2024, 11:48 am

goldfish21 wrote:

The Star Trek guy? Day-ta.

Data entry? Either dat-a Or day-ta used interchangeably. I don’t think I consciously choose one or the other and I’m pretty sure I’ve used both and never given it a second thought about either sounding weird.

I always say Day-ta for both unless I'm trying to sound funny or weird

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09 Jan 2024, 6:15 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

day-ta

Plural would be "day-tum".

You have it backwards.

"Datum" is singular, while "Data" is plural.

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