I always think of a teacher I had in the 90's who had very strong opinions on the matter and wanted us all to abide by them. He was very soft-spoken but he would raise his voice a bit if we pronounced it wrong: "Day-ta is a name, dah-ta is information!"

The other time he raised his voice was to yell at a student, "Fire is not an element!!!" (we were talking about the periodic table at the time)

I pronounce his name "Toa-ster"

Most Americans say "Day-ta" now, literally because of TNG. Look it up, real shiz. Before the show, we said it the other way.

I have a friend who pronounced it "dagh tuh" one time and I've been wondering what government he works for ever since. Possibly even Klingonese.

God damn right. Day-da is reserved for bestest boy, dat-uh is for information

AND IM RIGHT

So there's Day-tuh and Da-tuh.
What about Day-tay?
Or Duh-tuh?

I don't care how people pronounce it. I just insist that it's a non-count noun.

Too many people say things like "these data" when they'd never actually say "this datum". Most people, if they ever talk about individual items from a dataset will say "this piece of data". That's how you talk about an uncountable item: this grain of sand, this drop of water, this slice of bread, this cup of tea, etc.

I imagine him saying this to Lawl after she calls him "dada."

When I want to be fancy, I say "Da....Ta".

But of course data is a plural noun, so it’s kind of like calling someone “Willows” or “Aprils.” Mr. Datum.

Theres data and then theres dɐta

As long as you use it as plural, I'm fine with either version.

Do we have data on Data saying data and Data, and data on people saying data and data and Data and even pronouncing Data as data instead of data?

Is that a gif image?

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"

I was looking for a NES game on GoG.

There is a right way to say that sentence. And a wrong way.

Datums

Then there's me who says it both ways depending on the sentence.

Data in portuguese is normally spoken as Data, and means calendar date, while Data means the lay down command

Nice GIF

Might I suggest a compromise wherein everyone is equally wrong:

dah-tah

You say data, I say data

You say gif, I say gif

Data, data, gif, gif

Let's call the whole thing off

It's his name, I pronounce it how he does.

*dater

I call it both, depending on the mood

Auzzies just chucking in 20 "R's"

As long as it’s fucking singular because the other way sounds stupid …

datumoj

Wugs

Doita?

everyone toe-may-toe, toe-maw-toe, to indicate both are fine. As soon as I say taw-muh-toe however, there is an issue.

I call it data. Sue me

داتا

Data is just a non-starter. Data makes you later!

“One is my name, the other is not.” -Commander Data.

dAH-TAH!

i say data

Boojwazee

Duh-atta.

But what about the rare third "data"?

datum