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One is my name. The other is not.
Just to be clear, it’s Commander Data, not Commander Data.
Either way is fine but just don’t come at me with “the data are conclusive”
You can tell someone is older or in academics/research when they say it like this.
For most people “data” is a singular set. It’s clearer to say “these sets of data are conclusive”, while if it’s a single study, “this data is conclusive”
Like why you don’t walk into a police station and say “there were murders everywhere” when you’re talking about crows.
In some languages the word “data” is always plural. It feels natural to say it like that in english, too.
Then there’s me who says it both ways depending on the sentence.
No
Nice GIF
Data in portuguese is normally spoken as Data, and means calendar date, while Data means the lay down command
Might I suggest a compromise wherein everyone is equally wrong:
dah-tah
God forbid vowels have a consistent pronunciation throughout a word
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Auzzies just chucking in 20 “R’s”
*dater
I call it both, depending on the mood
You say data, I say data
You say gif, I say gif
Data, data, gif, gif
Let’s call the whole thing off
Data is just a non-starter. Data makes you later!
I call it data. Sue me
datumoj
Cxu tio estas esperanto
