How do you pronounce "data" as in "data usage for your cell phone"?

[J-rap]

And is that pronounced differently than "data" that you input into a computer?

 

I tend to pronounce the first with a short "a" and the second with a long "a," but I'm not sure if that's right.

 

 

[Laura Corin]

I pronounce them both the same, roughly DAY-tuh.  They are both the same word, which I believe comes from the Latin for 'to give', so they are the 'given [information]' in a situation.

[Guest]

Yes. I pronounce them the same - data is information (in a cell it is a quantity in transmission with other servers, cell towers, and even satellites. On a computer it is often the same).

 

day - tuh. Long a on the first syllable, schwa or half long a on the second.

[poppy]

Day-tah is correct for both.  Like the Star Trek character.

[Loowit]

I pronounce them both the same, with a long a.

[Laura Corin]

You do sometimes hear older British people say 'DAH-tuh', but that pronunciation has pretty much died out.  It's closer to the classical pronunciation of the Latin.

[Nan in Mass]

I pronounce both dah-tah. This used not to be unusual, but now I find that I hear it only occasionally. I do still hear it. I have lived in Mass. all my life.

 

ETA in my major and profession, this word is used all the time, so it may be that my sample size is larger than normal and that is why I hear both.

[Carla]

I'm western Canadian and I pronounce it so that it sounds like "dad-da" - in both cases :)

[Wildcat]

Day-tah is correct for both.  Like the Star Trek character.

 

This. Interestingly, though, I just realized that I used both pronunciations depending on my mood and the sentence I use it in. Huh.

[rose]

I'm western Canadian and I pronounce it so that it sounds like "dad-da" - in both cases :)

This is true for me too. We Canadians *always* pronounce words closer to the latin base. ;)

[purpleowl]

Day-tah is correct for both. Like the Star Trek character.

This. See

for my first thought on this thread. ;)

[Pawz4me]

I use both pronunciations, and as well as I can determine it doesn't matter whether I'm talking about phones or computers.  I guess whatever falls out of my mouth . . . :laugh:

[Arctic Bunny]

This is true for me too. We Canadians *always* pronounce words closer to the latin base. ;)

Another one here... But I put the T in ;)

[Suzanne in ABQ]

I don't think there's a wrong way to say it.  DAY-tuh,  dat-uh (short a like cat), or dah-tuh.  They all mean the same thing, and the pronunciations are used interchangeably.  

Maybe it's my age showing, but I remember when everyone said da-tuh (dat like cat).  Over time, the dominant pronunciation here in Albuquerque and on media has been toward DAY-tuh.  

I never hear dah-tuh, so maybe that's more regional or prominent among latin based language speakers?

[Word Nerd]

And is that pronounced differently than "data" that you input into a computer?

 

I tend to pronounce the first with a short "a" and the second with a long "a," but I'm not sure if that's right.

 

I pronounce them both with a long A.

 

BTW, I misread your OP at first, and I thought you were saying you pronounce the first A short and the second A long, and I was trying to figure out why anyone would say DAT-ay. :lol:

[Carla]

Another one here... But I put the T in ;)

 

Just my lazy pronunciation. If I were pronouncing it for my children so they could spell it, I would pronounce the "t" ...with effort.  :lol:  More like this: "dat-uh".

[Mom25girls]

This is something that I have pondered quite honestly. Thanks for asking!

[Ellie]

And is that pronounced differently than "data" that you input into a computer?

 

I tend to pronounce the first with a short "a" and the second with a long "a," but I'm not sure if that's right.

 

I cannot make my mouth say the second syllable with a long A. o_0

 

Emphasis on the first syllable, DAY/tuh. Some peoiple say da/tuh (short a), which is ok, too. I just can't imagine daTAY.

[QueenCat]

day-tah

[Orthodox6]

As linguistics would vote for "dahtah" (as in "mama"), and that choice is not even on this table, it really does not matter!

[Runningmom80]

Long a then short a

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[Orthodox6]

Potato. Potato.

Tomato. Tomato.

Aunt. Aunt.

Data. Data.

 

Too beastly hot where I live for me to be serious this afternoon.

[Sahamamama]

We say DAY-tuh for all uses of the word "data."

[mommaduck]

a as in apple when referring to computer or phone data.

 

ay as in day is the AI from Star Trek TNG.

[Carla]

I cannot make my mouth say the second syllable with a long A. o_0

 

Emphasis on the first syllable, DAY/tuh. Some peoiple say da/tuh (short a), which is ok, too. I just can't imagine daTAY.

 

I think she means that the second *usage* of the word data she pronounces with a long A, but still in the first syllable.  The second syllable is always short A.

[OhanaBee]

DAH-tuh - short a

 

But every once in a while I also pronounce "patriotic" with a short "a".  I chalk it up to too many British movies and tv shows. :blushing:

[Ellie]

I think she means that the second *usage* of the word data she pronounces with a long A, but still in the first syllable.  The second syllable is always short A.

 

OIC. Huh.

 

Well, I always pronounce the word the same, regardless of its usage. I guess it could be like produce/produce where the pronunciation differs according to usage, but it never occurred to me to do that, so there you go. :-)

[dirty ethel rackham]

All my college professors in computer science said DAY tuh, as did everyone I worked with as a computer analyst, (except for some old guys who remembered vacuum tubes) so that is what I used.  My mom used to say da tah (short a) because that is what they taught at the continuing education courses where she learned some data entry skills when she went back to work. 

[ErinE]

I'd never thought about it, but when running computer models, I've also said da-tuh (a as in at). For phones, day-tuh.

[gardenmom5]

short a.

[Crimson Wife]

I had to think about it, and realized I say "date-ah" when it's a separate word but "dat-ah" when it's part of a hyphenated word like data-crunching or data-entry. I have no idea why.

[umsami]

I say "dah"-tuh.

 

I have no idea if it's correct or not.

[Ausmumof3]

Dar rhymes with car then tuh. This is most common though day ta is coming into vogue. I've never heard dat rhymes with cat before.

[poppy]

Dar rhymes with car then tuh. This is most common though day ta is coming into vogue. I've never heard dat rhymes with cat before.

 

This almost broke my brain til I saw your username.

[Ausmumof3]

So how do you say strata?

[SKL]

I think the correct pronunciation is with a short a, but I say it both ways at different times.  I probably say day-ta more when I'm repeating a phrase I hear a lot (like "data transfer").  I would say dat-a when talking about the analysis of data.  "Based on the data I've examined, ____."  Totally illogical of course.

[Loesje22000]

Dah-tah as in Dutch...

I always thought Day-tah in Startrek was a mis pronounciation for the sake of the series...

 

But I am not a native speaker :)

[lamppost]

I always thought Day-tah in Startrek was a mis pronounciation for the sake of the series...

 

But I am not a native speaker :)

 

Nope it's just how most Americans pronounce it.

[Nan in Mass]

I've always thought that Capt. Picard probably had to get used to saying Day-ta for his crew member.  I think he says dahtah the rest of the time.  I stumbled over his name at first.  Obviously, it is a name and one should try not to adapt names to regional pronounciations, but it took me awhile to figure that out.

 

Nan

[poppy]

So how do you say strata?

 

The question is, how do Australians say  it? LOL

If data is dar-tah, is strata strar-tah? strar-trah? 

[poppy]

How does everyone pronounce the singular of data: datum?

[ErinE]

How does everyone pronounce the singular of data: datum?

I say "data point", but I've only ever used the term for financial and econometric models.

[Nan in Mass]

How does everyone pronounce the singular of data: datum?

I say item if it is a data storage or processing or programming, point if it is science.

 

I say strahtah, rhyming it with the way I pronounce data.

 

Nan

[Grover]

darta

and strarta

 

both rhyme with carter

 

but we don't hit the 'r' it's :-)

[Ausmumof3]

The question is, how do Australians say it? LOL

If data is dar-tah, is strata strar-tah? strar-trah?

Yep the first one. Although the r isn't really pronounced.

[Crimson Wife]

So how do you say strata?

 

I don't know that I've ever said that word in conversation, but I do say "strat-uh-sphere" for stratosphere. So I guess I would say "strat-uh".

 

[Deee]

Another Aussie here:

dar-tah, strar-tah, both with emphasis on the first syllable, dar-tum is rarely used (and I'm scientist) and is more likely to be called a "dar-tah point" or just a point if its on a graph or a result if its in a table.

 

And strat -os -phere, short a, long e, second syllable running into the first, emphasis on the third syllable.

 

Thats the beauty of being an Aussie - we get to pick and choose between British and American pronunciation, then shorten all the long words, lengthen all the short words and quickly mumble our way through the rest.

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[luuknam]

Day-tah is correct for both.  Like the Star Trek character.

 

This.

 

I think I may have heard commercials on the radio from cell phone companies talking about dat-tah rates applying or w/e. It's possible I may sometimes say that too... not sure.

 

Regardless, I'm not a native speaker, so I'd take my pronunciations with a grain of salt (like when I told my now wife 11 years ago when she was on vacation in NL that her English was dee-ter-RYE-or-ray-ting - okay, my pronunciations are usually pretty good, but sporadically I'll get something spectacularly wrong).

[luuknam]

Dah-tah as in Dutch...

I always thought Day-tah in Startrek was a mis pronounciation for the sake of the series...

 

But I am not a native speaker :)

 

I probably learned a lot of my pronunciation from Star Trek, which is probably why I'm saying 'day-tah'.