Dayta or Darta?
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Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I'm inconsistent... Sometimes I say it like "daa-tuh", sometimes "day-tuh" But I always make it a point to say "S Q L", because "Sequel Server" sounds like a book repository. Other annoying ones: * Jaguar (The cars)... Is it "Jag-war", "Jag-wahr", or "Jag-you-are"? I know know of the commercials I've seen for it uses both the first and third pronunciations... Two announcer voices, one of them using each. I pick the first. * Nissan... Yeah, that one can be odd... It's either "Nee-sahn" or "Niss-ann"... Maybe we should just go back to calling it "Datsun"... Is it "Daht-son" or "Dot-son"? * Porsche... While we're on cars... "Porsh" or "Porsh-uh"? I use the first, because the second makes you sound like one of those people who could actually afford to buy one new. * Nuclear... "Noo-clee-arr"... I'm sorry, but "Nuke-you-lar" is just totally unacceptable, and these people need to go back to grammar school. I had so much fun talking about GWB back in the day, because he would mispronounce other words too... Korea, to him, was the "Nuke-yuh-luh puh-nin-shuh-luh" * Aluminium... Sorry, Brits. It just sounds better our way. Time to take that last "i" and send it away with all of the extra "u"'s.
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Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Still smarter than the audience.
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"demo", of course, means demolition.
:laugh: :thumbsup:
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I hate it when some people say SQL server as "SEAQUUOOL server". :mad:
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
SEAQUUOOL
Wait, is that different from "Sequel"? Because I say "sequel server" all the time... :~
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Your use of the word 'mispronunciation' reminded me of an ancient sketch from a, now, sadly deceased, UK comedian Ronnie Barker, where he played the 'Minister for Pispronunciation'. So I googled for it and found this[^], which mentions the sketch, but amused me anyway.
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Henry Minute wrote:
amused me anyway
Glad to be of service.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
SEAQUUOOL
Wait, is that different from "Sequel"? Because I say "sequel server" all the time... :~
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I've heard both versions. Either ways it's just wrong and they annoy me equally.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
well, datums of course, as in forums :laugh:
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Not much of a pronunciation problem, but what grates my nuts is people saying 'dem' instead of 'demo' :mad: X| Comming back to your question i pronouce da - ta... strong russian "yes" and "ta" as in toodledo :)
TommyTomToms wrote:
but what grates my nuts
That sounds like a really severe problem - you should have that checked out stat!
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Which pronunciation do you use? I've just been listening to a TV prog which had a voiceover by an Aussie guy who was using what I assume he thought of as an upper-class accent. He used 'Darta' and it just grated, for some reason. Probably says more about me than it does about him. :) I have also noticed this type of thing with some Americans, naming no names (Oprah Winfrey), who mangle pronunciations to sound posher/cleverer. Kneesan instead of Nissan, for example.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I believe he told Dr. Polaski it was pronounced Day-ta. Both are acceeptable ways to pronounce the word normally. Fun things to deal with are words like herbalist. The british pronounce the bloody H in it, and Americans make it silent because the letter is uppity enough as it is. As it stands I want to find the guys that allowed sheeps to be a word in Webster's and give them a profound amount of pain. It's like saying gooses is a real word. Come on, only hicks and idiots use sheeps. Why are we letting them dictate words?
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I hate it when some people say SQL server as "SEAQUUOOL server". :mad:
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
I don't know anyone besides me who says SQL, everyone else I know says sequel lol
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I'm inconsistent... Sometimes I say it like "daa-tuh", sometimes "day-tuh" But I always make it a point to say "S Q L", because "Sequel Server" sounds like a book repository. Other annoying ones: * Jaguar (The cars)... Is it "Jag-war", "Jag-wahr", or "Jag-you-are"? I know know of the commercials I've seen for it uses both the first and third pronunciations... Two announcer voices, one of them using each. I pick the first. * Nissan... Yeah, that one can be odd... It's either "Nee-sahn" or "Niss-ann"... Maybe we should just go back to calling it "Datsun"... Is it "Daht-son" or "Dot-son"? * Porsche... While we're on cars... "Porsh" or "Porsh-uh"? I use the first, because the second makes you sound like one of those people who could actually afford to buy one new. * Nuclear... "Noo-clee-arr"... I'm sorry, but "Nuke-you-lar" is just totally unacceptable, and these people need to go back to grammar school. I had so much fun talking about GWB back in the day, because he would mispronounce other words too... Korea, to him, was the "Nuke-yuh-luh puh-nin-shuh-luh" * Aluminium... Sorry, Brits. It just sounds better our way. Time to take that last "i" and send it away with all of the extra "u"'s.
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5, for the effort, if nothing else. Lose the last "i", indeed! Bah! Humbug!
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I get even by inventing my own mispronunciations; so you may need a more RELL-yable resource. :-D I've never heard of "darta". What gets me is "idear", "acrosst", "irregardless", the invention of anglicized plurals in place of perfectly good latin plurals, and pronouncing "route" like "rout" rather than "root".
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
and pronouncing "route" like "rout" rather than "root".
The way I always understood it was as two different meanings that often got mixed up... The route/rout was the bus/train designation, and the route/root was the path it would take. So basically "rout" 45 (The #45 bus) would go up "root" 87 (Highway #87)... (Ok, actually the 45 bus takes the Lincoln Tunnel to the Garden State and cruises up Rt. 45, hence the designation, but I'm just using the Thruway as an example... And anyone who actually knows what I'm talking about, greetings fellow New Yorker)
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I believe he told Dr. Polaski it was pronounced Day-ta. Both are acceeptable ways to pronounce the word normally. Fun things to deal with are words like herbalist. The british pronounce the bloody H in it, and Americans make it silent because the letter is uppity enough as it is. As it stands I want to find the guys that allowed sheeps to be a word in Webster's and give them a profound amount of pain. It's like saying gooses is a real word. Come on, only hicks and idiots use sheeps. Why are we letting them dictate words?
ragnaroknrol wrote:
Americans make it silent because the letter is uppity enough as it is.
Well put! That deserves a 5.
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Knee-sahn? They are descended from The Samurai Who Say "Ni".
Excellent! :laugh: :laugh: I was thinking of putting the Knights in the OP.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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You cunning linguists have the best of both worlds!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I don't know anyone besides me who says SQL, everyone else I know says sequel lol
Dave Parker wrote:
, everyone else I know says sequel lol
"Sequel lol" is even more arrogant. :)
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I don't know anyone besides me who says SQL, everyone else I know says sequel lol
I say S-Q-L, others say Squirrel or Sequel. Oh, and Dayta plural or Daytum singular.
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I'm inconsistent... Sometimes I say it like "daa-tuh", sometimes "day-tuh" But I always make it a point to say "S Q L", because "Sequel Server" sounds like a book repository. Other annoying ones: * Jaguar (The cars)... Is it "Jag-war", "Jag-wahr", or "Jag-you-are"? I know know of the commercials I've seen for it uses both the first and third pronunciations... Two announcer voices, one of them using each. I pick the first. * Nissan... Yeah, that one can be odd... It's either "Nee-sahn" or "Niss-ann"... Maybe we should just go back to calling it "Datsun"... Is it "Daht-son" or "Dot-son"? * Porsche... While we're on cars... "Porsh" or "Porsh-uh"? I use the first, because the second makes you sound like one of those people who could actually afford to buy one new. * Nuclear... "Noo-clee-arr"... I'm sorry, but "Nuke-you-lar" is just totally unacceptable, and these people need to go back to grammar school. I had so much fun talking about GWB back in the day, because he would mispronounce other words too... Korea, to him, was the "Nuke-yuh-luh puh-nin-shuh-luh" * Aluminium... Sorry, Brits. It just sounds better our way. Time to take that last "i" and send it away with all of the extra "u"'s.
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Jag-yoo-arrrrrr, Niss-ann (Nee-sahn??????:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:) always. And aluminium. Do you prefer Potassum, Sodum, Iridum, Calcum, Radum, Samarum and Magnesum too?
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
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I believe he told Dr. Polaski it was pronounced Day-ta. Both are acceeptable ways to pronounce the word normally. Fun things to deal with are words like herbalist. The british pronounce the bloody H in it, and Americans make it silent because the letter is uppity enough as it is. As it stands I want to find the guys that allowed sheeps to be a word in Webster's and give them a profound amount of pain. It's like saying gooses is a real word. Come on, only hicks and idiots use sheeps. Why are we letting them dictate words?
ragnaroknrol wrote:
and Americans make it silent because
they are too lazy to pronounce it. ;)
ragnaroknrol wrote:
only hicks and idiots use sheeps
I think you should have written:
only hicks and idiots use "sheeps"to show you meant the word rather than a travel guide to Norfolk (sorry Ali ;P ).I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine