Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDo you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down111
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareDo you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months agoIt’s both things, and subjected to wide variation: - Stressed Unstressed Prevocalic /ði:/ /ði/, /ðɪ/, /ð/ Preconsonantal /ði:/, /ðʌ/ /ðə/ Source for those pronunciations, Wiktionary. To complicate it further some varieties merge /ʌ/ and /ə/, or /ɪ/ and /ə/. And I’m not even taking into account varieties using a different consonant, /t θ d f v/.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoOhh nice, that table helps. I felt like something was off about people sometimes using more /ði:/ than what I was taught!
It’s both things, and subjected to wide variation:
Source for those pronunciations, Wiktionary.
To complicate it further some varieties merge /ʌ/ and /ə/, or /ɪ/ and /ə/. And I’m not even taking into account varieties using a different consonant, /t θ d f v/.
Ohh nice, that table helps. I felt like something was off about people sometimes using more /ði:/ than what I was taught!