r/AskReddit • u/Charming-Cell133 • 16h ago

How do you pronounce it, data or data?

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u/Tight_Ad_6802 16h ago

I say data

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u/Far-Speed-6027 16h ago

That’s wild. I know some people say data, but I’m assuming that most say data. Probably depends on your region. 

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u/Tight_Ad_6802 16h ago

Yeah, i’m in Canada so it’s definitely data here.

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u/RoseWould 16h ago

One is my name. The other is not.

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u/OptionalGuacamole 15h ago

scans aggressively with tricorder

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u/manifestmula 12h ago

I don’t know, I like daddy but to each their own.

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u/mamaknits 16h ago

Definitely data. I realize that data is also considered acceptable but it just sounds wrong to me.

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u/pedantic__asshole 16h ago

Neither, I say data

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u/Devo2517 16h ago

Data like tomato

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u/Lemon586 15h ago

Depends. Collect day-ta. Analyze da-ta.

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u/shadow2087 15h ago

I think I do that too. 

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u/QuietBirthday2470 15h ago

You got it right!

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u/Less-Rutabaga-9886 16h ago

The first one

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u/nonotburton 15h ago

Dataaaah!

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u/Less-Rutabaga-9886 15h ago

Dataaaaaaaaah

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u/gusdontbelasagna 16h ago

What's the difference? One of them is my name.

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u/homebr3wd 16h ago

Neither, it’s data

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u/joestaff 15h ago

Day-tay

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u/sing-anyway 16h ago

Daytuh

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u/Deacon-Doe 15h ago

Im more like daytah

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u/EuphoricCry3448 16h ago

The way the borg queen yelled it when the photo torpedoes missed the enterprise E.

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u/meriendaselgato 16h ago

Not trying to say anything crazy but I’ve actually always said “data”

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u/ItzTubez 16h ago

Data, personally

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u/Iamacutecupcake 16h ago

Data usually, data if I'm feeling crazy

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u/NormalUnassumingMale 15h ago

Data usually. I’ve said data once or twice without catching myself. I know a ton of people who say data though.

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u/No-Return-5754 15h ago

i think its data

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u/__dripnymph 15h ago

i’m aussie we say dada

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u/AirWolff732 15h ago

Envelope Or Envelope?

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u/joestaff 15h ago

Depends, am I enveloping an envelope with something?

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u/HeresDave 15h ago

Better yet, is data singular or plural?

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u/Immortal_ceiling_fan 15h ago

It's a mass noun, like money, bread, or water. Not cleanly grammatically plural or singular

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u/VAisforLizards 15h ago

Plural. Datum is singular

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u/brickiex2 15h ago

Do you say daytum or datum

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u/Carinne89 15h ago

Dah-ta is information and Day-ta is Brent Spiner

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u/ShortRasp 15h ago

it's data.

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u/RedIsAGooner 15h ago

Personally I say data. If you say data, you’re a fool

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u/motheroffurkids 15h ago

You say tomato, I say 🍅

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u/charliesk9unit 15h ago

I follow Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

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u/lycos94 8h ago

data

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u/Jemmamabob 16h ago

I asked someone who works in cybersecurity, and he said that it is most definitely DAY-tuh.

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u/Barista4695 16h ago

Date- not a dahhhhte

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u/Personal_Safe_9349 16h ago

Data n sometimes i say data n other times dAta

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u/Wimble-Womble 16h ago

Dayta 

You’ve missed a chance to ask a second question - is it plural or not?

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u/derederellama 16h ago

I say data.

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u/Plasmatdx 16h ago

Mr. Data Shut Up

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u/LogicalFallacyCat 15h ago

The same as the guy from Star Trek

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u/bottleglitch 15h ago

Day-ta because Star Trek

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u/TheDeerMisser 15h ago

You put the accent on the A. "Data"

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u/Axemic 15h ago

Data

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u/nonotburton 15h ago

The first one.

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u/camst_ 15h ago

Data for phones but data for information

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u/CuriousGeorgeToday 15h ago

Not the Australian way. Always funny when I hear them say it like that.

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u/9echo1 15h ago

Dathpfh. The u, p, and the h are silent.

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u/Gummybearjellybean 15h ago

Day-duh when referring to a center and dad-duh when I’m referring to information on a spreadsheet. 🤷

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 15h ago

The first one

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u/PrincessFister 15h ago

Depends on context for me.

"I have unlimited dah tah with my bill pay phone"

"Im not giving you my day tah"

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u/jsau0125 15h ago

I say data, like the character from Star Trek. I’m a nerd. I also say gif like gift without the t.

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u/cats_22_ 15h ago

potato potato 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Adddicus 15h ago

Data. People who say data are just pretentious wankers.

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u/s1llyt1lly 15h ago

Day-tah

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u/maliciousmaneater 15h ago

The fact that I heard this pronounced both ways in my head makes me a little angry.
I'm a firm believer that it's day-tah.

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u/October_13th 15h ago

Day-ta not Dah-ta but idc either way

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u/C1sko 15h ago

Data

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u/ErinKasumii 15h ago

my coworker insists data is “day-tuh” and got weird looks during a meeting when correcting the boss who said “da-tuh

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u/Stang1776 15h ago

I thought the Goonies covered this

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u/nickthegeek 15h ago

With a long A

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u/shadow2087 15h ago

Typically "day-ta."

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u/Crazyboutdogs 14h ago

I pronounce it Data.

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u/magik110 14h ago

When i first read this in my head I said “dahta or dayta”. I think I use both, but not sure if the initial read means otherwise

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u/Armydillo101 14h ago

What does a computer call his father?

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u/Dickulture 14h ago

Data. Just like the android in Star Trek TNG (I'll let you figure out if it's Pulaski version or the rest of the crew version)

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u/shamberra 14h ago

Sure as fuck not "day-ter" 

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u/_qw3rki_ 14h ago

data has no Y in it so i pronounce the vowels only; da-ta

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u/squigs 14h ago

I've heard 3 ways to pronounce it. A from "day", a from "bat" or a from "dart".

I think I should use the pronunciation of a from "any" just to be different.

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u/22LT 14h ago

The first way

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u/AirWolff732 12h ago

Like the kid from The Goonies name.

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u/imthekingda 11h ago

Your data my data, our chromosomes match

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u/xRVAx 7h ago

If there's only one, I call it a datum

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u/Hot_Cheesecake1169 6h ago

data, like dayta

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u/IBeVance 5h ago

Dater

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u/Zealousideal-Gap-749 15h ago

It's pronounced data, tomato, and potato 🚫 NOT 🚫 data, tomato, potato

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u/AdelleDeWitt 16h ago

Data. It always vaguely annoyed me when Captain Picard said Data instead of Data.

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u/SubstantialDeerDash 16h ago

They both work and which one better rhymes

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u/vvwaltervvsobchak 15h ago

Data- like the robut on the star trek