Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDo you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?message-squaremessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down15
arrow-up1137arrow-down1message-squareDo you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?Chainweasel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 day 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-up3·4 hours 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!