One is my name, the other is not

I always think of a teacher I had in the 90's who had very strong opinions on the matter and wanted us all to abide by them. He was very soft-spoken but he would raise his voice a bit if we pronounced it wrong: "Day-ta is a name, dah-ta is information!"

The other time he raised his voice was to yell at a student, "Fire is not an element!!!" (we were talking about the periodic table at the time)

I pronounce his name "Toa-ster"

Most Americans say "Day-ta" now, literally because of TNG. Look it up, real shiz. Before the show, we said it the other way.

I have a friend who pronounced it "dagh tuh" one time and I've been wondering what government he works for ever since. Possibly even Klingonese.

AND IM RIGHT

God damn right. Day-da is reserved for bestest boy, dat-uh is for information

So there's Day-tuh and Da-tuh.
What about Day-tay?
Or Duh-tuh?

I don't care how people pronounce it. I just insist that it's a non-count noun.

Too many people say things like "these data" when they'd never actually say "this datum". Most people, if they ever talk about individual items from a dataset will say "this piece of data". That's how you talk about an uncountable item: this grain of sand, this drop of water, this slice of bread, this cup of tea, etc.

I imagine him saying this to Lawl after she calls him "dada."

When I want to be fancy, I say "Da....Ta".

As long as you use it as plural, I'm fine with either version.

Theres data and then theres dɐta

But of course data is a plural noun, so it’s kind of like calling someone “Willows” or “Aprils.” Mr. Datum.

Do we have data on Data saying data and Data, and data on people saying data and data and Data and even pronouncing Data as data instead of data?

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