SATA - Pronunciation Amongst Beyondites

[wizzy]

Thought this would be fun ... hope it isn't a repost

Wizzy

[mlomker]

I can't help but think of that scene in Harry Potter where Hermione is lecturing Ron about how to pronounce a word for a spell.

[encoder]

Long before SATA there was LATA and inter-LATA. And LATA was pronounced, Lah-tuh. So chalk one up for Sah-tuh.

[stephenv]

Can't get myself to say it any other way than "Serial Ay Tee Ay"

[merrypig]

I can't get my head around 30% of folks adding a 'y' to the pronounciation. Serial A...T..A, sah-tuh, or s.a.t.a I can understand. by say-tuh?
Weird.

[Bigbird999]

Merrypig
You aren't listening properly. it is the Canadian influence - EH!

Here it is not say-tuh. It is seh-tuh.

You know what I mean, Eh?

BB

[merrypig]

Just don't try saying seamus then

[ Edit, and I love the irony in saying someone who has long advocated closed captioning ... doesn't listen properly *grin* j/k.. made me smile]

[Bigbird999]

Just don't try saying seamus then

Or Siobhan!!!!

For the non Celts and those who prefer close captioning it is pronounced Chev-awn

Now, seamus is easy, in Canada its shEHmus

This thread is seriously degrading with every post. Shehmonus!!

BB

[merrypig]

Now I do love the name Siobhan.

[Zogg]

So, how do you pronounce 'data'?

I say it as day-tuh, just like the character's name in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Data, SATA, they rhyme.

Z

[merrypig]

Heh. good point. I'll call him ... Sir from now on.

[Bigbird999]

Heh. good point. I'll call him ... Sir from now on.

You almost have it but we Canadians would say it like this:

Good point. I'll call him ... Sir from now on, Eh.

And data is pronounced deh-tuh up here unless you are a brit and pronounce it dah-tah!

FWIW, this thread is making me seriously consider junking my SATA drives and going back to IDE drives (how do you pronounce IDE anyway?)

BB

[merrypig]

Originally Posted by Bigbird999

And data is pronounced deh-tuh up here unless you are a brit and pronounce it dah-tah!

Aye? Not Aye but Eh?

FWIW, this thread is making me seriously consider junking my SATA drives and going back to IDE drives (how do you pronounce IDE anyway?)

Now that's e-z. "Eye-dee-eee". But what about ATAPI? Ay-tee-ay-pee-eye or a-tap-pee ?

And for our Southern US counterparts, Pen and Pin? Is there a difference

[Rich A]

Originally Posted by Zogg

So, how do you pronounce 'data'?

I say it as day-tuh, just like the character's name in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Data, SATA, they rhyme.

Z

Actually Commander Data was never pronounced Dah-ta. Why? Because it was his NAME and a proper noun. As such it was pronounced Day-tah.

When you use the word data to denote information that "data" is not capitalized and is a common noun. No one on Picards watch would ever (and never did I believe) call Commander Data "dah-ta". He was not "information", but rather a thing with a name as as such Data with a capital "D" and pronounced DAY not Dah as in data with a small "d".

Now the problem with SATA is that it is really an acronym. SATA of course stands FOR "Serial Advanced Technology Attachment", and as for the proper pronunciation for SATA it is generally considered correct to use EITHER SAY-TA or SAH-TA.

Usually when dealing with acronyms all bets are off. They don't really adhere to common English language rules.

Grammar and proper pronunciation are a kind of hobby of mine, and although I claim no expertise, I have had numerous discussions about those things with some English department heads and professors long ago. One guy at Yale once told me an interesting theory he had regarding why so many of us mispronounce the word OFTEN. He told me that he could always tell if a person learned anything in English by the way they pronounced "often". If they did NOT make the "T" silent (as in off-en which IS the proper pronunciation) then he assumed it was a person who was trying to impress others with their grasp of English, not realizing that they were wrong. I thought this was rather funny myself.

I hear TV and Radio news anchor men and women often mispronounce "often". One of the other most mispronounced words is "Long-lived". It is in reference to something having a long LIFE. Not a long LIVE. As such the proper pronunciation is long-lived where the "I" is pronounced like "eye".

Thanks for bringing up some very old and fond memories for me (over 40 years ago)

[jebbbz]

Why all the mystery? SATA rhymes with PATA.