I feel like this thread is missing Australians and Kiwis saying that it's neither /ˈdeɪtə/ nor /ˈdætə/ but actually /ˈdɐːtə/. One of the Australian post docs in the group in which I did my thesis used that last one.
Day-ta. The latter is how Americans pronounce it?
Dahtum
Dayta
Both. I feel like one of them always tends to fit the conversation better than the other, but which one that is seems to be totally random.
Same with Caribbean. Royal Caribbean and Pirates of the Caribbean both sound wrong if you use the alternate pronunciation.
You’re forgetting the third pronunciation, Dat-uh. “Dat,” as in DAT ASS youknowwhatI’msayin
If it’s well structured then day ta. If it’s more raw then dah ta.
Idk why, why the second way sounds more raw.
Like this
One is my name. The other is not.
I mean the man told us how he prefers it, I don't understand why this is so hard for people
Edit: typo
I pronounce it "data" of course.
Of course! That's the only way to say it, all others are wrong!
Agreed. Does it have two Ts? Then it's not datta which you just instinctively rest as dah-ta
Both, randomly switching between them
Same, and when I catch myself doing that, I wonder why I do it, then move on with life and do it again later.
Day-tah
And it's uncountable.
dətə
Both. I am german and I speak a weird amalgamation of british and american english.
Same minus the german part
Dah-ta in a day-tabase.
Dat-uh is information, Day-tuh is a Star Trek character.
One is his name. The other is not.
I use both. One feels more singular while the other feels more plural though I can't tell you which when you ask me. We have to sneak up on it together.
I have the same issue with "Thuh" and "Thee" for "The."
"The" does have two pronunciations depending on if the word after it starts with a vovel sound or not. It's "Thuh" for consonants and "Thee" for vowels.
No it's not... it's purely emphasis/stress via vowel reduction in English?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English
I'm just going off what I learned in school in Denmark. According to lvxferre@mander.xyz it seems there is a lot more variation than I thought.
Please, i don't want to be self aware of my accent in my first language.
Also the two pronunciations of "the" noted above are different mouth shapes. "Uh" un butt versus "ee" in jeep.
It's both things, and subjected to wide variation:
| Stressed | Unstressed | |
|---|---|---|
| Prevocalic | /ði:/ | /ði/, /ðɪ/, /ð/ |
| Preconsonantal | /ði:/, /ðʌ/ | /ðə/ |
Source for those pronunciations, Wiktionary.
To complicate it further some varieties merge /ʌ/ and /ə/, or /ɪ/ and /ə/. And I'm not even taking into account varieties using a different consonant, /t θ d f v/.
Ohh nice, that table helps. I felt like something was off about people sometimes using more /ði:/ than what I was taught!
Yes.
Data.
That pronunciation always drives me wild! it only makes sense to call it data.
Annoyingly I go back and forth because whichever pronunciation I’m on sounds worse than when I hear it the other way.
I flip flop back and forth, I'm not totally sure if there's a specific rhyme or reason to my choices, it may just come down to a subjective feeling about which I think sounds better in the sentence.
My wife is a dayta analyst, and she analyzes dahta.
It depends on how many ay's and ah's are in my sentence. My mouth seems to natural conform to whatever has more as I speak at 9 million words per minute.
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