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How do you pronounce "Data"?

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  • #32
    Dermighty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Dermighty


    Dayta, as in the guy from Star Trek


  • #33
    Pace2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,587 ✭✭✭Pace2008


    That-ah
    Aoifey! wrote: »
    I say "That-ah".

    Always thought it was right? Maybe not?
    No, not at all. I have absolutely no idea where you and the OP got the notion that "D" should ever be pronounced as "th."


  • #34
    silverspoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭silverspoon


    Pace2008 wrote: »
    Funny, I'd consider your "correct" pronunciation to be more American.

    Funny, I'd consider you to be wrong. The American pronunciation of 'data' has an 'ay' sound. Otherwise it'd be pronounced 'dah-dah' phonetically.


  • #35
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    That-ah
    KKV wrote: »
    Quick question,

    In general every day conversation, how do you pronounce the word "Data"


    Personally, I go with "That-ah". I think I'm pronouncing it wrong, though? :(

    ok hold on

    you actually pronounce it THAT-ah?

    or do you pronounce it dat-ah? yet for some reason youre unaware that TH does not make a D sound?


  • #36
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    I pronounce it Brent Spiner


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  • #37
    Pwindedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭Pwindedd


    That-ah
    Data is such a knobby word - I prefer info


  • #38
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,380 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    With the passion it deserves...


  • #39
    TanG411
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,836 ✭✭✭TanG411


    Heyyyyyyyyyy youuuuuuuu guyyyyyyyys.


  • #40
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Lt Cmdr Day-ta processes Da-Ta.


  • #41
    Unpossible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Unpossible


    That-ah
    Pace2008 wrote: »
    No, not at all. I have absolutely no idea where you and the OP got the notion that "D" should ever be pronounced as "th."
    Yeah, everyone knows its the other way around, "th" is pronounced "d".

    Time to go to de filums, dere's gonna be a big crowd tonite


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  • #42
    Chaotic_Forces
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,659 ✭✭✭Chaotic_Forces


    Unpossible wrote: »
    Yeah, everyone knows its the other way around, "th" is pronounced "d".

    Time to go to de filums, dere's gonna be a big crowd tonite

    Actually... "th" isn't pronounced as "d".


  • #43
    wonderfulname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,943 ✭✭✭wonderfulname


    That-ah
    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Lt Cmdr Day-ta processes Da-Ta.

    Was just about to comment on that, I'm the same, Day-ta for star trek, dah-ta for everything else.


  • #44
    Unpossible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Unpossible


    That-ah
    Chaotic_Forces wrote: »
    Actually... "th" isn't pronounced as "d".
    Welcome to Ireland


  • #45
    Chaotic_Forces
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,659 ✭✭✭Chaotic_Forces


    Unpossible wrote: »
    Welcome to Ireland

    No, you mean "welcome, I was trying to be smart and saying a certain group can't speak right and failed badly".


  • #46
    Unpossible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Unpossible


    That-ah
    Chaotic_Forces wrote: »
    No, you mean "welcome, I was trying to be smart and saying a certain group can't speak right and failed badly".
    No I wouldn't write that, my grammar isn't that bad.


  • #47
    Chaotic_Forces
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,659 ✭✭✭Chaotic_Forces


    Unpossible wrote: »
    No I wouldn't write that, my grammar isn't that bad.

    "No, I wouldn't". Your grammar isn't perfect.


  • #48
    Unpossible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Unpossible


    That-ah
    Chaotic_Forces wrote: »
    "No, I wouldn't". Your grammar isn't perfect.
    I didn't claim it was perfect, just not as bad as what you had written. You were the one trying to appear knowledgeable and it backfired.


  • #49
    Chaotic_Forces
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,659 ✭✭✭Chaotic_Forces


    Unpossible wrote: »
    I didn't claim it was perfect, just not as bad as what you had written. You were the one trying to appear knowledgeable and it backfired.

    True, but you shouldn't mock someone's grammar if yours isn't perfect.
    But sure, we'll say you have good grammar. :rolleyes:


  • #50
    Unpossible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Unpossible


    That-ah
    Chaotic_Forces wrote: »
    True, but you shouldn't mock someone's grammar if yours isn't perfect.
    To be honest I normally ignore grammar mistakes or rather a lot of them I don't notice (you can tell grammar isn't my strong point). I just thought it was funny that you wrote that after giving tips on pronounciation
    Chaotic_Forces wrote: »
    But sure, we'll say you have good grammar
    Down here its pronounced "shure" :pac: that and the whole "d" instead of "th" thing is slowly working its way back into my pronounciation since I moved back to Tralee almost two years ago :(


  • #51
    Owenw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Owenw


    Does anyone pronounce datum 'dah-tum' ? No it's day-tum. Ergo the plural is pronounced ' day tah' . 'Dat ahh' is an abomination.


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  • #52
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,194 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Why would you add an extra 'h' to 'sure'? It's already got an 'sh' sound.


  • #53
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,630 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    That-ah
    Day-tah for me


  • #54
    Xivilai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Xivilai


    Dat-ah of course


  • #55
    Robby91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭Robby91


    I pronounce it dah-tah


  • #56
    hal9000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭hal9000


    information


  • #57
    Hogzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    That-ah
    Am i missing something???

    Who the F calls it that-ah?


  • #58
    Wazdakka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    That-ah
    I pronounce it "Brent Spiner".


  • #59
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    "That-ah" ????

    I've heard of crap pronunciation softening a "TH" to the point that it sounds like a "D", but never heard of the other way around!


  • #60
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,968 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    That-ah
    CrazyRabbit wrote: »
    I pronounce it "Lore".

    This post got lots of thanks but can someone explain it me? :o

    Data and Lore?


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  • #61
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    That-ah
    silverspoon wrote: »
    Why would you pronounce it 'that-ah'? Like 'that' with a stereotype Italian accent? I can't see how, from the letters involved, you could wangle that (-ah) pronunciation from data...

    It's 'daah-tuh'. (Not 'day-tuh', American pronunciation does not belong in Ireland...)

    Most Americans I know pronounce it Dah-ta... :confused:


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