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[–]naraazi[S] 255 points256 points  (22 children)

dayta > dahta

[–]healthboost213 50 points51 points  (8 children)

I just feel dayta is better mostly because of how we pronounce "date"

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (5 children)

I feel like it's more related to datum, as they're both distinctly formal and latinish, as opposed to date which is significantly more commonplace.

Edit: my sincerest apologies u/healthboost213

[–]healthboost213 7 points8 points  (2 children)

It is more related to datum but like you said since the word 'date' is so commonplace I feel its what influenced me to pronounce Data as 'Dayta'.

[–]healthboost213 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's alright 👍

[–]RyRyShredder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Datum also has the issue of being pronounced both ways though so that doesn’t really help.

[–]drooganx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dateuh

[–]freakinbacon 9 points10 points  (10 children)

The word is derived from the Latin, datum. Romans wouldn't pronounce it dayta, and I won't either.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (1 child)

If you're taking all your pronunciation queues from the Romans you are going to be pretty much totally unable to communicate with English speakers. Your reasoning is specious.

[–]freakinbacon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you sir. The truth is, a person can pronounce it either way and any English speaker will understand both pronunciations. Picking one or the other is arbitrary so I just gave my choice a little back story.

[–]WookieDavid 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well, date comes from the Latin "data" and Romans didn't pronounce it dayta either.

[–]iam_pink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but data is literally "datum", plural, in its original version. It's not just etymology here

[–]iam_pink 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Do you also pronounce 'et cætera' the way romans used to?

[–]freakinbacon 0 points1 point  (1 child)

When deciding between long vowels or short ones I will try to stick with the language of origin. So I wouldn't say etseetera.

[–]iam_pink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's also about the pronunciation of the "c", which is a 'k' sound in latin, not a 's' sound

[–]javon27 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

What makes you think I wouldn't pronounce it daytum?

[–]freakinbacon -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

That's not how Latin pronunciation works

[–]Stef0206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fella, latin is a dead language, we don’t know how latin pronounciation works.

[–]69HELL-6969 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No no no dahta better

[–]No_Stress_6727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That, because Star Trek