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, 3:07 pm
#18
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
After 13 years I may say elevator instead of lift and apartment instead of flat but I still pronounce all my words the British way.
May 29th 2009, 3:15 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
Sometimes in Panera I if I really want the Tomayto soup I have to compromise 
May 30th 2009, 12:46 am
#20
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
Of which Yanks are we speaking? the ones who say "dayta" or the ones who say "dayda" or the ones who say "dad-uh" or the ones who say "dahta"or the....
May 30th 2009, 12:48 am
#21
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May 30th 2009, 12:50 am
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
Did any one bring up Star Trek and Mr Data? yank program and they pronounce it the proper way.
I voted FFS.
I voted FFS.
May 30th 2009, 6:11 am
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
You missed out the glottal stop option, beloved by us Scots.
My american colleagues crack up every time I have to talk about our metadata database. (Meh-ah-day-ah day-ah-base)
My american colleagues crack up every time I have to talk about our metadata database. (Meh-ah-day-ah day-ah-base)
May 30th 2009, 12:11 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
I don't think I've used the word data in years as its not something that pops up in conversation with a 7 year old..
May 30th 2009, 3:52 pm
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Re: Pronunciation of "data"
May 30th 2009, 10:57 pm
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May 30th 2009, 11:14 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.
May 31st 2009, 1:40 am
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