I'm a word lover -- now what's the word for a word lover? I just have this fascination with knowing the precise word, learning its etymology, and -- the hardest part -- retaining it for the occasional use.
It took me years to internalize obsequious (A reviewer once described my acting as such!), egregious, fecund, etc. That I lack an education in Latin is a huge drawback. Still, I plod forward with my interest in words ... including pronunciation.
For years I pronounced ad infinitum as "ad in fi NEE tum", only to have a fellow academic skewer me for it, while smirking all the time. I want people to know that my interest in words and grammar doesn't come from an elitist point of view. I'm just genuinely curious.
This brings me to the word "data". How to pronounce? I say "DAY tuh", but while back in Georgia recently I heard two other pronunciations: " DAh tuh" and "DAI tuh" (with a soft a).
So, since there's little else of interest in the world today, I'd like to know what you say? I assume all are correct, but I'm curious.
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