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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] haych@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, I'm from the UK and that's just how it's said here.

[–] drofenvy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I pronounce it the correct way: dah-tah

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Data, I think because of digimon

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I pronounce it ta da~! , jazz hands included

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[–] Oberyn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

If you mean like "Dei-tuh" , then yah . Just sounds more natural to me

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

As more data becomes available

Then we can start doing more with it

And as we do more with it

That that creates more data

[–] amphy@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My approach: A single data point is "dah-ta" Some quantity of data is "day-ta"

For example: "I back up my game's save dah-ta in case my hard drive's day-ta gets corrupted"

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