• Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    English: /'dɑ:tə/ ['dɑ:tʰə]~['dɑ:ʔə]. The first “a” is the same as in “father”.

    Italian: /'da.ta/ ['dä:ta]. There’s only way to read the word anyway.

    Portuguese: I don’t use it. There’s a native equivalent, “dados” /'da.dos/ ['dä.dos] (dado = a piece of data).

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      2 months ago

      English covers hundreds of accents and multiple English speaking countries. There isn’t just one pronunciation.

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        English covers hundreds of accents and multiple English speaking countries. There isn’t just one pronunciation.

        I’m listing the variants that I use.

        I’m aware that all three languages have heavy internal variation; for example the Portuguese word could be also pronounced as ['dä.ðuʃ], and a lot of N. Italian speakers don’t really do the compensatory lengthening that I do.