how do you pronounce/saw "data"?

I've never encountered anyone pronouncing it as "DATTAH"! Maybe you heard them say 'data' in another language?

There is a lot of words that are pronounced different ways..potato tomato...isnt there a song about this?? Honestly there is no right or wrong way. Besides you are always going to have someone say daytah is the right way and others who will say dattah is the right way...i honestly use both.

I know there are many ways of pronouncing something and it can drive one up the wall if one is not careful. I don't particularly pay attention to how it is pronounced. Data comes from the latin word datum of which data is the plural form. Cheers!!

I dont know if im a bit goofy or not but... I tend to say it both ways... one way though im usually thinking of the star trek character. Most of the time i tend to say it dattah not daytah. I have have a few people correct me one way or the other so its confusing...like tomato or tamato lol!

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to! A lot of words are pronounced differently by different people, sometimes even by people in the same family! Data is one of those words that makes me feel very similar to you. I prefer to pronounce it "day-tah", even when everyone else is pronouncing it "dah-tah". Hmmm, I just looked it up on my little WordWeb dictionary here on my computer and it says it's pronounced "dey-tuh" so we're correct, even though we spelled the pronunciation wrong! Cool, huh? LOL

I say the word data as you have it typed- "dattah"...I dont think there really is a right or wrong way of pronouncing it. Im pretty sure that when saying it, it really comes down to personal preference. Yes, sometimes there are words that bother me a bit because someone says them a different way than I do and it sounds funny, but then I realize that there must be some words that I say that sound funny to them as well. So like I said, I really believe that its just a personal preference! ! ! Happy Pronunciations! !

Merriam-webster dictionalry has both the pronounciatins right.So it is alright to use whichever is convenient to you.

I tend towards "data" with the short A, but sometimes the Day-tuh pronounciation comes out too. I guess it all depends on where I am. LOL I don't make a conscious effort to pronounce it a certain way. My mother tends to say data with the short A, and my husband pronounces it day-tuh with the long A.

I say it the same way you do. Most of the people around here do. I don't think there is a right and wrong way, I think it's just an accent. Like some people say "Baygul" and the way others say it almost sounds like "Boggle" either way, it's bagel.

i used to pronounce it as "daytuh" before but i noticed that a lot of Americans uses "dattah". "dattah" is better i think and easier to pronounce. but yes, those two prounciations are correct.

Blame it on the language.

Americans tend to say datta because they stress a different syllable to enligh people. I am from the uk and I pronounce it dayta. I just dont get how americans get aluminium to a-loo-min-um? hmmmm strange lol. (ands what's the deal with faucetts? they're called TAPs goddammnit hahaha)