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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 58): There is no absolutely correct pronunciation. If you ask some self-proclaimed scholars, or Google it, many sources will swear that the only correct way to say it is “day-tah” because of the open vowel. In British English, foreign words tend to be overly anglicized. People in the...

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.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

 

[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