Dah-tah

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CorNelley — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:16 PM)

I say dah-ta. It is how a computer geek boyfriend pronounced it in the 80's.
I prefer Day-ta.

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/.​ — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:28 PM)

Day-ta. Similar to date but with an a. Idk anyone who says dah-tah. Like, what?
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Damien Thorn 666 — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:38 PM)

Idk anyone who says dah-tah.
Brits pronounce it that way.
“There are no atheists in foxholes, eh?”-Keith Jennings from the Omen.

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/.​ — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:39 PM)

Not just Brits.
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/.​ — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:41 PM)

Nope. Americans and Australians do though.
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Pandora — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:49 PM)

I’m British and the only person I have ever heard pronounce it as dah-tah was someone I worked with who was from New Zealand. A few Americans in here have said they pronounce it dah-tah.

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/.​ — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:53 PM)

^Pretty much this. American pronounce aluminim wrong too. 'Aloominum' where's the oo coming from?
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/.​ — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:55 PM)

Aluminium* **** off editing my posts.
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/.​ — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:42 PM)

Ta-daa!
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rouge — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:45 PM)

Dah-tah for singular
Day-ta for plural
no, I’m not joking
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Loki — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:53 PM)

Uhm… Data is already plural. The singular form is datum.

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Pandora — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:55 PM)

Data is already plural
I’m glad you said this as I’m starting to doubt everything

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rouge — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 02:00 PM)

I know, but my Russian brain interprets it like that (based on the way we say singulars and plurals) so that’s how I started using it
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Loki — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 02:27 PM)

It's funny how different languages affect you. I was playing some lofi girl on youtube while doing something and noticed the "merch available" notification…and for a second my brain identified the first word as Welsh, so I understood "girl available".

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rouge — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 02:50 PM)

Lulz that’s pretty funny and now I learned a new Welsh word!
Slightly unrelated, but I grew up learning British English (as does most of the non-English speaking world afaik). I knew before moving to America there were gonna be some slight differences and I tried preparing myself as much as possible by watching American movies, tv shows, etc.
Fast forward, I’m in university. I realized I forgot to bring an “eraser,” so I ask the guy next to me if I could borrow a “rubber”… he gives me this slightly horrified and confused look. And that’s when I learned that rubber was slang for condom in America
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Loki — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 02:55 PM)

2 words for girl. Merch, and hogan, depending where you are.

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Loki — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 02:55 PM)

2 words for girl. Merch, and hogan, depending where you are.

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/.​ — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 02:57 PM)

2 words for girl. Merch, and hogan, depending where you are.
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Twizlee — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:51 PM)

Dah-tah

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/.​ — 2 years ago(March 07, 2024 01:54 PM)

That's exactly who I think of too when I see this thread.
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