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Oxford gives appa-RAY-tus fpr BE and appa-rattus for AE. Sound files here.
They also give DAY-ta as preferred for both BE & AE. DAH-ta is the BE alternate; datta, the AE.
Right, I'm off to read Desiderayta.
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Lawyers in the US used to use the old Latin pronunciation, adjuourning syenee die ee etc, but now they are all over the place. Justice Stephen Breyer confused a lawyer in the Supreme Court a few years ago by asking about an a-MY-kus brief, a pronunciation the lawyer had apparently never heard, although up until 1950 or so it would have been the only one around.39
Appa-rattus. Rhymes with stattus.Oxford gives appa-RAY-tus fpr BE and appa-rattus for AE. Sound files here.
They also give DAY-ta as preferred for both BE & AE. DAH-ta is the BE alternate; datta, the AE.
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I expect it's the influence of Australian soap opera
Except Australians (at least in engineering, if not in the soap you watch) most often say "dahta" .Right, I'm off to read Desiderayta.
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OK--what's the Australian soap opera connection?
