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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month 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:

(the word) data is a plural (word)

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

I know I just thought it would be funny.

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

People who say datum vs people who say datum

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago

I go with Datums to really stick the screws in

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago
[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

We Haaaaateesss it!

[-] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

This is why I pronounce gif and gnome with a zh sound at the beginning. Like zhazha Gabor's first name. Zhnome, zhif

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago
[-] moonlight@fedia.io 22 points 1 month ago

"One is my name. The other is not."

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 17 points 1 month ago

I say data because it makes more sense than saying data.

[-] gerbler@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago
[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago
[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

I say it like dahtay and you can't stop me

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

This seems like a job for my trusty brick

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Screw both options. Instead I say data.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month 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"

[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago
[-] Skunk@jlai.lu 12 points 1 month ago

I have a French accent so I say data.

[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Hon hon hon verhy gud verhy gud

[-] Zip2@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

Obviously the bottom one is English, and the top one is simplified English.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Sometimes I go both ways ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month 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.

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

I say data (dah-ta) when it is information that cannot normally be read by a human, and data (day-ta) when it is information that has been compiled about a topic that is in human readable format.

"The data on the hard drive has been corrupted." - dah-ta

"The data shows that you have a life expectancy of 78 years" -day-ta

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month 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 points 1 month ago

Let me introduce you to my computer science professors…

(yes, no joke)

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

..cat, Spot

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

dataz cuz it's cool

[-] clot27@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

day-ta da-ta which one is which

[-] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Don’t make me bring back Gates Mcfadden. I will turn this star ship around!

[-] Erasmus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

So it’s Lt. Commander….

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I say data when I want to sound sophisticated.

[-] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

I just realized I do this too. I need to hit myself with a folding chair.

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago
[-] leanleft@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It rhymes with Taylor Swift's nickname

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2024
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