I say data because it makes more sense than saying data.
Data is a plural
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Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 2 weeks ago
Skunk@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
I have a French accent so I say data.
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Hon hon hon verhy gud verhy gud
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Me who says it as daetae
henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Datums
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
😳
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Screw that noise. Instead I say data.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 weeks 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”
Zip2@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Infamousblt@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
I say it like dahtay and you can’t stop me
200ok@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sometimes I go both ways ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Flyberius@hexbear.net 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 1 week ago
Let me introduce you to my computer science professors…
(yes, no joke)
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Data’s
Psaldorn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
…cat, Spot
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
dataz cuz it’s cool
clot27@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
day-ta da-ta which one is which
Erasmus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So it’s Lt. Commander….
SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Don’t make me bring back Gates Mcfadden. I will turn this star ship around!
wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I say data when I want to sound sophisticated.
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I just realized I do this too. I need to hit myself with a folding chair.
RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I am both
Glytch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It rhymes with Taylor Swift’s nickname
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
You mean fat are plural.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I know I just thought it would be funny.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
People who say datum vs people who say datum
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I go with Datums to really stick the screws in
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It sure are.
nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
They sure is!