If you're having difficulty figuring out how to pronounce "data," say database.
If you're having difficulty figuring out how to pronounce "data," say database.
It feels less in my control, and at least tells me what I say.
The thing is I have multiple ways of saying database as well 😂
Same problem
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4 0 ReplyGreat. Now I’m unsure of how to pronounce database as well.
47 0 ReplyEasy fix, just say datum five times fast
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People who say data are wrong, period. It's data and always will be.
62 0 ReplyI agree. I've always said this.
16 0 ReplyBut is it pronounced "database" or "database"?
10 0 ReplyDatabase, obviously?
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I definitely say both depending on the sentence and how it feels coming off the tongue. I also alternate between the and thee. No idea why, but it happens organically.
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You say data, and I say data. Let's call the whole thing off.
14 0 ReplyTomato.
3 0 ReplyPotato
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It’s like when people pronounce mana like mana, it’s very annoying.
7 0 ReplyPronounce like what? Mana-goose? Or Mana-in-the-middle?
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And potato and tomato and strawberry and aliuminium.
1 0 ReplyHana mean what mana mean and gana mean that too.
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I had a comp sci teacher pronounce "data" and "database" differently. Drove me up a wall. I don't even care which way you say it, just make it the same ffs
6 0 ReplyNo he was right; it's data and database. 100%
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Easy, Dah-tah-base
5 0 ReplyI assume OP intended to force daytuh base, but I hear dada base fairly often. I don't know if it's more regional or more field related
6 0 ReplyI say it either way depending on how I feel at that moment, because people around me use different pronunciations so they all sound fine.
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There's no y in data or database. The only source of confusion is that Star Trek character weirdly dipthong-ing his name.
2 0 ReplyInstructions unclear, day-tay-boss
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Bongers will say "dodderbase" unironically though.
4 0 Replymetadata is the one that fucks me up
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I think you mean datumbase
4 0 ReplyYou say data and I say data…
2 0 ReplyDatum Data Date
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Daughtabase, got it.
2 0 ReplyDon't caall meee daughta
-the database probably
3 0 ReplyThe only difference between daughta and daughter is the last letters
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