I say data because it makes more sense than saying data.
Data is a plural
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Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 year ago
Skunk@jlai.lu 1 year ago
I have a French accent so I say data.
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Hon hon hon verhy gud verhy gud
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Me who says it as daetae
henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 year ago
Datums
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 1 year ago
😳
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Screw that noise. Instead I say data.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Oh fuck off with that pretentious ass pronunciation. I mean my God, just say “data” like a normal person! So tired of people trying to get all fancy with their pronunciations. Data is the only correct pronunciation. And while we’re at it, it’s “gif” not “gif” and “gnome” not “gnome”
Infamousblt@hexbear.net 1 year ago
I say it like dahtay and you can’t stop me
Zip2@feddit.uk 1 year ago
200ok@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sometimes I go both ways ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 year ago
I worked with some Americans who said “these data” all the time. Even though it was technically correct it sounded so grating I wanted to kill them. Everyone other employee from literally every other country would say “this data” barring those smug fucks from Seattle.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s a noncount noun.
Even people who pretend to believe it’s a count noun never use the singular, “a datum”.
Quik@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Let me introduce you to my computer science professors…
(yes, no joke)
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Data’s
Psaldorn@lemmy.world 1 year ago
…cat, Spot
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 year ago
dataz cuz it’s cool
clot27@lemm.ee 1 year ago
day-ta da-ta which one is which
Erasmus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So it’s Lt. Commander….
SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Don’t make me bring back Gates Mcfadden. I will turn this star ship around!
wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I say data when I want to sound sophisticated.
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 1 year ago
I just realized I do this too. I need to hit myself with a folding chair.
leanleft@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
dat ass
RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 year ago
I am both
Glytch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It rhymes with Taylor Swift’s nickname
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
You mean fat are plural.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“is” is correct here, due to the implied nouns. “Data” in this case is an appositive and serves to describe the implied noun, “word.” And “plural” is an implied noun for “plural word”
You can see it most clearly if you fill in the implied nouns:
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I know I just thought it would be funny.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
People who say datum vs people who say datum
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I go with Datums to really stick the screws in
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It sure are.
nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
They sure is!