Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoDo you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareDo you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareJustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 hours agoDayta - it comes from the Latin word Datum which is pronounced day tum. At least that’s what my middle school science teacher would tell us
minus-squarePreußisch Blau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 hours agoYour science teacher was wrong, unfortunately. In Classical Latin, datum is pronounced as [ˈd̪ät̪ʊ̃ˑ] “dah-too(m)” and likewise data as [ˈd̪äːt̪ä] “dah-tah.” Not that Latin should really have a say in how we speak English anyhow.
Dayta - it comes from the Latin word Datum which is pronounced day tum. At least that’s what my middle school science teacher would tell us
Your science teacher was wrong, unfortunately. In Classical Latin, datum is pronounced as [ˈd̪ät̪ʊ̃ˑ] “dah-too(m)” and likewise data as [ˈd̪äːt̪ä] “dah-tah.”
Not that Latin should really have a say in how we speak English anyhow.