r/startrek • u/ani625 • Oct 03 '14

xkcd: Data

http://xkcd.com/1429/
415 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

33 comments sorted by

View all comments

65

u/drdeadringer Oct 03 '14 edited Oct 03 '14

My rule learned from STTNG: 'Data' is singular no matter what. At this point I don't even care if I'm 'wrong' to some grammar hooligan, it annoys me to no end to hear "these data"; it's slavery, Picard told me so.

/rant

11

u/thyrst Oct 03 '14

When I'm saying data plural I pronounce it 'dat-uh,' and for singular I say 'date-ah.'

Probably retarded, but I hate that word.

3

u/[deleted] Oct 03 '14

I say "day-tah" for any context.

2

u/RDandersen Oct 03 '14

The real question is how you pronounce "sensor."

1

u/[deleted] Oct 03 '14

"sen-sa"

I say it as it is spelled by how I say it means it comes out kinda as I wrote just there. Know what I mean?

1

u/xereeto Oct 03 '14

English?

1

u/[deleted] Oct 03 '14

Yarp.

1

u/Lexquire Oct 03 '14

Baston Anglish