How do you pronounce it

[DocBartend]

DATA

day-ta

or

da-ta

 

[Mrvile]

I say day-ta.

Poll?

 

[spanky]

day-ta

 

[Siva]

I say day-ta but I don't know if that's right.

 

[astralusion]

i know it's not really the way your supposed to but i seem to say dayta when singular and then data when plural

 

[tami]

depends. usually da-ta.

 

[EDoG2K]

Its one of those words that can go either way...

we should defer to STAR TREK:TNG's pronounciation and go w/ Day-TA!

 

[DnetMHZ]

Day-Ta

 

[Siva]

Originally posted by: astralusion
i know it's not really the way your supposed to but i seem to say dayta when singular and then data when plural

oh my god, thinking about how to apply that hurts my brain.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: astralusion
i know it's not really the way your supposed to but i seem to say dayta when singular and then data when plural

Actually I think you're right.

 

[SeminoleMarine]

TRY THIS

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/DATA.html

 

[astralusion]

sorry...didn't really mean to make it complicated, just sorta like when you say a piece of or like a bit of or something of that nature then say dayta, but otherwise say data...i don't konw i guess it is a little odd

and according to encarta what i do is entirely wrong, as singular is datum...my bad

 

[IronWing]

date-ah

 

[blackdogdeek]

dayta

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: astralusion
i know it's not really the way your supposed to but i seem to say dayta when singular and then data when plural

Actually I think you're right.

Well, technically that's incorrect.

Datum = singular

Data = plural

I usually tend to say day-ta, but it comes out as da-ta every once in a while.

 

[Colt45]

??????

 

[Kelemvor]

Day-ta

MAKE A POLL

 

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: ironwing
date-ah !!!

edit: Fixed

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: astralusion
i know it's not really the way your supposed to but i seem to say dayta when singular and then data when plural

Actually I think you're right.

Well, technically that's incorrect.

Datum = singular

Data = plural

I usually tend to say day-ta, but it comes out as da-ta every once in a while.

Ooooooohhh.

 

[FoBoT]

date-uh

you need more poll

 

[scorpmatt]

normal mood: dayta
odd mood: tada

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: astralusion
i know it's not really the way your supposed to but i seem to say dayta when singular and then data when plural

"Data" is plural. The singular of data is datum.

day-ta

 

[jdini76]

I don't think there is a right or wrong way to say it. Kinda like Tomayto or tomato.

 

[mercanucaribe]

I usually say day-ta for singular and dah-ta for plural, but I know that's wrong. Talking about map map datums, I say day-tum just like every geography professor I've had.

 

[astralusion]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: astralusion
i know it's not really the way your supposed to but i seem to say dayta when singular and then data when plural

"Data" is plural. The singular of data is datum.

day-ta

yeah if you would look i pointed that out to myself 40 minutes ago