Funny: Home of the Haha @lemmy.world The Picard Maneuver @startrek.website 2y ago The correct pronunciation is data
I think that's my favorite Data line. It succinctly articulates that Data has functionally grasped the concept of personhood, even though he spends the entirety of the series trying to consciously understand it.
If you’re in Star Trek it’s “data” but if you’re in Interstellar it’s “data”. Personally, I find that “data” sounds pretentious so I just use “data”.
Aren't they just the american-english pronounciation and the british-english one, like "tomato" vs "tomato"?
It's possible that's how they started out, but I can confirm that Americans use both, sometimes switching based on the sentence.
So, after a decade living in Britain, would that mean I now sound posh to American ears when talking about data or just sound wrong half the time? ;)
I think that's my favorite Data line. It succinctly articulates that Data has functionally grasped the concept of personhood, even though he spends the entirety of the series trying to consciously understand it.
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