Poll: Day-ta or Dat-a

[Teh Ty]

I got this idea from the lego forum,
People always say either Day-ta or Data
You choose

 

[sooperman]

I say closer to "day - da", but my friends says "daht - a". Dunno why.

 

[Aschenkatza]

I say Day-ta, but Dat-a sounds so much prettier >.>

 

[Lullabye]

are you kidding me? y am i the only one? its Da-ta......well, i guess i say dayta sometimes to......

 

[Broken Blade]

I've always said "Day-ta." And I don't think I've ever actually met someone who said "Da-ta." Weird.

 

[brtshstel]

It depends. I pronounce it "dah-ta" sometimes but I always say "day-ta base"

 

[Cylem]

I've heard it both ways, but I, personally pronounce it, "Day-ta".

 

[SnowCold]

Pardon?

 

[PureChaos]

always said 'day-ta'

are there going to end up being loads of these threads, like 'gr-arse or gr-ass' or 'tomayto ot tomarto' 'potato or potar... never mind that one.

 

[Issalius]

i often times find myself interchanging between the two of them... weird

 

[VaioStreams]

I actually say it both way. i don't think about it. it just comes out

 

[TinyToaster]

I say day-ta, but when it comes to a da-ta base, that's how I do it. So i will say BOTH!

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Day-ta... Wow. A lot to discuss here.

 

[GBlair88]

I and everyone I work with says 'data' but our head office in England insists we say it 'day-ta'. They've been watching too much Star Trek.

 

[Jharry5]

I say Day-ta.
I've always thought that da-ta was the American pronunciation of it.
As usual though, I'm probably wrong...

 

[Abedeus]

Dayta.

Database. You are Scottish or English?

 

[Pimppeter2]

BOTH, now some one answer my eggo problem in the lego one

 

[joystickjunki3]

I say "daht-a" unless I'm watching Star Trek: NG.

 

[ace_of_something]

according to the dictionary it can be pronounced both as Dey-tuh, Dat-uh, or Dah-tuh.

So using your phonetic spellings - neither because that would mean I'm saying ta at the end as in ta-ta; not tuh (rhymes with duh)

I love how many grammar fascists we've got here that apparently don't know how to spell phonetically.

I hope this isn't a precursor to 1000 tah-mey-to v. tah-mah-to threads.

 

[Renikor]

Day-ta.