From:	"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
Organization:	Materials Science Centre
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 1996 16:59:46 GMT
Subject:	`Data' (was: Re: Proper capitalization of DJGPP)
Message-ID:	<898853DA0@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

  Snarfy AT GoodNet DOT Com wrote:
> From STNG:
> Obnoxious Crewman> "Data ('day-tuh'), Data ('da-tuh'), whats the difference?"

> Data> "One is my name."

  Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com> wrote
(Subject: Re: Proper capitalization of DJGPP):-
> Which I always thought was ironic, since "day-tuh" is an incorrect
> pronunciation of the word _data_.

`data' is originally Latin (plural of `datum'), meaning "(things) that have
been given"; `datus' is the passive past participle of `do' = "I give". Hence
the old aggro about whether "the data is" or "the data are" is correct. I
suppose that `dayta' versus `datta' is yet another UK/USA pronunciation
difference like `tomahto' v. `tomayto'.

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