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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"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)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I know I just thought it would be funny.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People who say datum vs people who say datum

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I go with Datums to really stick the screws in

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

We Haaaaateesss it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They sure is!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Screw both options. Instead I say data.

[–] [email protected] 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"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This seems like a job for my trusty brick

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a French accent so I say data.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Hon hon hon verhy gud verhy gud

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Sometimes I go both ways ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a noncount noun.

Even people who pretend to believe it's a count noun never use the singular, "a datum".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Let me introduce you to my computer science professors…

(yes, no joke)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

..cat, Spot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

dataz cuz it's cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

day-ta da-ta which one is which

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

So it’s Lt. Commander….

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I say data when I want to sound sophisticated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It rhymes with Taylor Swift's nickname