Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoDo you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down12
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareDo you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squarePreußisch Blau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 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.
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.