If you're having difficulty figuring out how to pronounce "data," say database.
It feels less in my control, and at least tells me what I say.
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People who say data are wrong, period. It's data and always will be.
I agree. I've always said this.
But is it pronounced "database" or "database"?
Database, obviously?
Great. Now I’m unsure of how to pronounce database as well.
Easy fix, just say datum five times fast
/ ˈdeɪ tə/, /ˈdæt ə /
/ ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
Source: dictionary.com
Uhhhhhh......that guy should see a doctor. His blood count is very low.
How many bloods should a healthy man have?
I don't know the correct answer, but I think some would be a good start.
To much silver
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I definitely say both depending on the sentence and how it feels coming off the tongue. I also alternate between the and thee. No idea why, but it happens organically.
Route as well. Depends largely on if I’m talking about routing Internet traffic or Route 66, though.
You say data, and I say data. Let's call the whole thing off.
Tomato.
Potato
Duh-Tuh Bah-Say
Dutty bussy
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It’s like when people pronounce mana like mana, it’s very annoying.
Pronounce like what? Mana-goose? Or Mana-in-the-middle?
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And potato and tomato and strawberry and aliuminium.
Hana mean what mana mean and gana mean that too.
I had a comp sci teacher pronounce "data" and "database" differently. Drove me up a wall. I don't even care which way you say it, just make it the same ffs
No he was right; it's data and database. 100%
Bongers will say "dodderbase" unironically though.
I think you mean datumbase
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Listen, data is singular, and data is plural.
Data goes into a database. It's comprised of individual components of data.
You know it's true because you read this effortlessly.
Isn't data the plural of datum?
Not in English.
I feel like this is wrong. Source?
Data and media: two tricky Latin plurals and how to handle them
metadata is the one that fucks me up
medadada
The thing is I have multiple ways of saying database as well 😂
Same problem
I assume OP intended to force daytuh base, but I hear dada base fairly often. I don't know if it's more regional or more field related
I say it either way depending on how I feel at that moment, because people around me use different pronunciations so they all sound fine.
There's no y in data or database. The only source of confusion is that Star Trek character weirdly dipthong-ing his name.
Daughtabase, got it.
-the database probably
The only difference between daughta and daughter is the last letters
It's not Tesla it's Teslerrr
You say data and I say data…
Datum Data Date