On "data" pronunciation

The first. /deita/ At least in the U.S.

What are you saying?

I heard US citizen say /da: ta/!

Some people haven't caught on yet!

In the data processing community (where I have worked more years than I care to admit!) we all say "day-ta", and have been saying it that way just about forever.

There are people outside this specialist community who say it differently, and I have heard TV anchors say it in different ways, but people who work with "day-ta" day i

A Psychology professor at UC Berkeley said that dah-ta (like "dad") is the singular, while day-ta (like "today") is the plural. In other words, you would say "these day-ta", but "this dah-ta."

I haven't heard this from any other source, and I've also heard another Psychology professor at UC Berkeley say "day-ta" for singular. When I've worked with people who process data on a regular basi

AnonymousA Psychology professor at UC Berkeley said that dah-ta (like "dad") is the singular, while day-ta (like "today") is the plural. In other words, you would say "these day-ta", but "this dah-ta."

I haven't heard this from any other source, and I've also heard another Psychology professor at UC Berkeley say "day-ta" for singular. When I've worked with people

ManohonorIs DATA pronounced /deita/ or /da: ta/?

for what it's worth, i pronounce it the first way, although it's unremarkable to hear either pronunciation here (scotland), and members of my close family do pronounce it the second way.

as to it being a minimal pair - one plural, the other singular - it's not in my english.

Anonymous I have the same feelings toward the who/whom controversy--it doesn't matter enough for me to know how to use it, but I still want to know which is "correct".

There are some rather solid "rules" governing their usage. They may be unclear to some people, but I wouldn't say at all that they are controversial.

CalifJim(And we treat is as a singular: "The data is ready to load.")

I find this unfortunate, but I can live with it, especially since the singular 'datum' is almost never used.

On the other hand, I don't appreciate 'media' being treated as a singular, as there are too many media that give

0I don't think there is a hard and fast rule here. However: 02br
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00If you have a two syllable word that ends with an 'a', it's typical that the vowel in the first is short. Like 'dada', 'feta', etc. This is not a rule so much as a pattern that should be observed. Following it, the 'da' in 'data' should not be pronounced like 'day'. Nevertheless, pronunciation and spellin

0 That psychology professor at UC Berkeley is misinformed on the subject.02br
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00Data is the plural form of datum.02br
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00A similar example would be "Media" and "Medium"; Medium is the singular form of Media.02br
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