> (It's historically rhymed with couple)
So it's true! It is pronounced with a short initial syllable. I've always pronounced it along the lines of toople.
Surely day-ta and da-ta are the wrong way round there?
So it's true! It is pronounced with a short initial syllable. I've always pronounced it along the lines of toople.
(It's historically rhymed with couple)
On the other hand, a lot of Latin-originating words have had their pronunciations changed in US English, the canonical example being data (from UK English "da-ta" to US English "day-ta", which has now begun to become standard everywhere due to the tech industry) so I guess other words could go the same way.