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Pronunciation of "via(s)"
eti:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on October 18, 2020, 02:37:36 am ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on October 15, 2020, 02:20:09 pm ---In the US, I have heard only the pronunciation "VEE-AH".
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Same here. I use US-centric pronunciations for technology. Some newbies in Australia pronounce them "V-EYE-AHS".
Young players new to technology in Australia (especially the media) pronounce the word data as "DARTA", whereas more experienced people here use the US pronunciation "DAYTA". To my knowledge, back in the 1970's and 80's, no-one pronounced data as "DARTA". I suspect the oddball pronunciation was spawned by someone in the media here and newbies knew no better.
Same with the word hacker. Twisted by the media and adopted by politicians and unsuspecting newbies - thanks to a stupid 1995 movie called "Hackers". I have been a full-on hacker for 45 years. And will continue to hack.
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It's "day-ta" and when Dave's brother finds out he's been saying his name wrong all these years, he's gonna beam him onto a deserted planet.
newbrain:
--- Quote from: eti on October 18, 2020, 07:23:40 am ---It's "day-ta"
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--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on October 17, 2020, 12:56:37 pm ---To ME, in English, we tend to pronounce words, in the way the originating country pronounces them.
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:-DD
vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on October 18, 2020, 02:37:36 am ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on October 15, 2020, 02:20:09 pm ---In the US, I have heard only the pronunciation "VEE-AH".
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Same here. I use US-centric pronunciations for technology. Some newbies in Australia pronounce them "V-EYE-AHS".
Young players new to technology in Australia (especially the media) pronounce the word data as "DARTA", whereas more experienced people here use the US pronunciation "DAYTA". To my knowledge, back in the 1970's and 80's, no-one pronounced data as "DARTA". I suspect the oddball pronunciation was spawned by someone in the media here and newbies knew no better.
Same with the word hacker. Twisted by the media and adopted by politicians and unsuspecting newbies - thanks to a stupid 1995 movie called "Hackers". I have been a full-on hacker for 45 years. And will continue to hack.
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Nope! "DARTA" was a common pronunciation back in the 1950s & '60s, & people looked "fish eyed" at you if you used the pronunciation"DAYTA"
Those of us of that generation also used "V-eye-uh".
This was years before the use for PCBs, & the word was more likely to appear on bus destination boards.
Apparently, the "young whippersnappers" in the 1970s & '80s saw fit to change both pronunciations.
vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on October 18, 2020, 02:34:14 am ---
--- Quote from: oPossum on October 18, 2020, 02:22:00 am ---
--- Quote from: Monkeh on October 18, 2020, 02:15:43 am ---And as soon as you stop calling it English... ;)
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You speak British, Scottish, and Irish
We speak English
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No love for the Welsh I see. That's okay, they're used to it.
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How about the Cornish?
tooki:
--- Quote from: eti on October 17, 2020, 07:42:32 pm ---One American "English" (hah) pronunciation which REALLY grates is "Mul TIMMITUR" when an American means "multimeter". Let's deconstruct the word: "Multi meter" - there's no such thing as a "mul" or a "timmitur" - it's a METER that does MULTIple things ;D
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By “Americans”, I assume you mean Ben Heck? He’s the only person I’ve ever heard say it “mul-TIM-iter”. Rest assured, the normal American pronunciation is “multi-meter”, and everything else is wrong!
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