How do you say the word 'data' properly?

I’ve always said it both ways actually, if someone initiated the conversation and said the word first i’ll say it how they say it but if i’m just speaking about it in general I guess I say Dah-ta.

oh…. weird so i guess i’ll never know xD

oh…. weird so i guess i’ll never know xD

Both. I spend most days of the week in laboratories so I hear this word constantly, spoken by many different people from all different parts of the world. They all say it both ways!

flight of the conchords!!!

Its more personal preference like i prefer Day-tah.

i use both, but some friends get uppity when i use the US pronounciation :)

I say Day-tah!

To be perfectly honest, the original and proper way to say it was “dah-ta.” I hardly ever say it that way, but eh.

It’s “Day-tah”. Why? Because that’s how Captain Picard says it, and Star Trek is never wrong!

as in tah, tar very much? you commoner lol i say and you wont be suprised… day-ta

In my experience, having been married to an American, lived in America for a year and now living with my American partner, the American pronunciation is “Da-ta”, whereas as the British (and correct) pronunciation is “Day-ta” :o)

The most common pronunciation I hear is with a long A and with an unstressed t sounding more like a d.

DAY-duh

Brits generally pronounce the T more distinctly like:

DAY-Tuh

I come from a computer science background and I don’t believe I ever heard any scientists pronounce data with a short A sound. The only time I hear it with a short A sound is from old timers and occasionally nontechnical businessmen.

Most people do not realize that data is a plural. The singular of data is datum. Words commonly used in the plural with largely unknown singluars like data, dice and phenomena are often incorrectly treated as singular.

The data is…. Give me a dice. The sole phenomena…

Should be:

The data are… Give me a die. The sole phenomenon…

Yessss! hahaha

It’s only the original way because of the difference in accents my friend. America’s primary language is English, derived from England. It is only the spin on accents that changes some pronunciations. For example Americans say “Garaage” Brits say “Garidge” It would be the same as if you or I were to speak French to a native of France, some pronunciation due to difference in accents would sound different. The majority of the English language is a combination of English Latin Anglo Saxon and German.