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[dr_octagon]

DaY-ta or DaH-ta?

 

[FunkMiller]

 

[ipukespiders]

I say data

 

[Trogdor1123]

I use both, Day-ta for the character and dah-ta in general

 

[Tesseract]

sometimes day, sometimes daa

here's what google and quora have to say

'Data' is pronounced: day-taa, not daa-taa. It is the plural of 'datum' (day-tum). Most dictionaries you refer would tell you this. Just google “data meaning”.

What is the correct pronunciation of "data"?

Answer (1 of 59): I disagree with many answers. There is only one way to pronounce “data” and that is as it is written. As it is written, it is “dayta”. If we follow one of the most elementary of English spelling rules (there are 80 or so), one of them deals with open and closed syllables. This ...

www.quora.com

 

[Lupingosei]

Well, it depends if you are:

then it is Dah-ta

Or:

then it is Day-ta

 

[DESTROYA]

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Dee dee

Spoiler

 

[thefool]

Dabba Dee-a Dabba da da ba dee dabba da

 

[Irobot82]

Depends on the context in the sentence. It's interchangable.

The dah-ta show such and such.

Look at what the day-ta says.

 

[ThatGamingDude]

Like a fucking boss

 

[teezzy]

Farns-goth

 

[DGrayson]

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But ya i say both probably more often DAH-ta

 

[J-Roderton]

Day-ta?

 

[Kayoba]

Both I guess?

Dah-ta in my native language and day-ta when I speak english.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Data says Day-ta. So I've been going with that.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Richard Packer]

Doe-ta

 

[dr_octagon]

Farns-goth

the professor is good but he's no zoidberg

 

[Mistershine.]

Correctly, as god and doctor noonian soong intended.

 

[dr_octagon]

I worked with Aussies, Kiwis and SAfricans who used to say daHta

 

[haxan7]

I say it both ways

 

[triplestation]

both

i diversify

 

[DragoonKain]

I said dah-ta until I had a teacher once who said day-ta and then I started saying it too. Now I say both.

I have two words I rotate pronunciations with. This and Ay-dolf vs Ah-dolf

 

[MrS]

DAY-TUH

 

[nush]

DAY-TON-AHHHH

 

[The Pleasure]

The Japanese have a lucky da and go. DA TAH!

 

[KiNeMz]

Dar-Ta

 

[FunkMiller]

Well, it depends if you are:

then it is Dah-ta

Or:

then it is Day-ta

Nope, British people say day-ta. Aussies and Kiwis use dah-ta, though not all.

 

[Vestal]

Both since I speak both English and Spanish.

Day-ta for english
Dah-ta for Spanish

 

[Tschumi]

I use both, my accent is a mess, but dah-tah is the usual mode.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Rentahamster]

I say it both ways

I like it both ways too, if you know what I mean.

 

[jufonuk]

Well, it depends if you are:

then it is Dah-ta

Or:

then it is Day-ta

I'm British and I say Day-ta in fact most people do. I think

just the Ozzies and Kiwis who say Dah-tuh also Pah-star but they are cool people who also despite speaking English like other people around the world, happen to have their own pronunciation for words, but what ever