Do you pronounce the word “data” like the Star Trek character? (Day-ta)
Do you pronounce the word “data” like the Star Trek character? (Day-ta)
I do
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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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The singular of data is datum though?
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Yes you're right, but then you get into the argument
- The data is corrupt
- The data are corrupt
I'm camp one because I treat data as a collective noun of data-items, not as a plural of datum.
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Fair enough - I’d also go with ‘the data is corrupt’ so looks like I must eat my own words!
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