View Poll Results: How do Yanks pronounce "data"?
Dayta
49
69.01%
Darta
5
7.04%
Datta
6
8.45%
Oh FFS
11
15.49%
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Pronunciation of "data"
May 29th 2009, 2:19 pm
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Pronunciation of "data"
Over in the dingo forum the debate is raging about the pronunciation of certain words in Oz. This has spawned a minor side discussion about how Americans pronounce the word "data".
Just to make sure I don't live and work in a strange pocket of linguistic oddballs who pronounce the word differently from the rest of the USA, I thought I might throw it out to you lot. If you can be arsed.
Just to make sure I don't live and work in a strange pocket of linguistic oddballs who pronounce the word differently from the rest of the USA, I thought I might throw it out to you lot. If you can be arsed.
May 29th 2009, 2:21 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
both daaaaaaata and daytaaaaa for me. 
May 29th 2009, 2:22 pm
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May 29th 2009, 2:23 pm
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May 29th 2009, 2:23 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
Over in the dingo forum the debate is raging about the pronunciation of certain words in Oz. This has spawned a minor side discussion about how Americans pronounce the word "data".
Just to make sure I don't live and work in a strange pocket of linguistic oddballs who pronounce the word differently from the rest of the USA, I thought I might throw it out to you lot. If you can be arsed.
Just to make sure I don't live and work in a strange pocket of linguistic oddballs who pronounce the word differently from the rest of the USA, I thought I might throw it out to you lot. If you can be arsed.
Victoria: Mother tried to teach me "carstle", and dayta. I chose castle and dayta.
Moved to Sydney when I was 21. It was all carstle/darta/charnce/darnce. Has been ever since.
May 29th 2009, 2:30 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
Shouldn't option 3 be 'dadda'?
May 29th 2009, 2:30 pm
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May 29th 2009, 2:31 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
dayta for me but just loved the fact you put ffs...so had to put that, sorry, british I see a swear word I am drawn to it?
May 29th 2009, 2:32 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
Tha one on Star Trek is Mr Dayta isn't he?
Oh but then Picard isn't American.
Oh but then Picard isn't American.
May 29th 2009, 2:36 pm
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May 29th 2009, 2:43 pm
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May 29th 2009, 2:46 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
T-glottalization: realizing non-initial /t/ as a glottal stop instead of an alveolar stop, e.g. Data (pronounced as [daʔə]).
