> > It was my understanding that one pronunciation of "data" is singular and one is plural; a piece of data is pronounced one way, and the compiled pieces of data are pronounced the other. Um. But I don't know which is which.
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> Well, technically "datum" is the singular of "data." But nobody EVER says "datum" for one piece of data. I can't say it's a word I've ever needed to use much, so I don't get worked up about this one.
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> Brunnen-"phenomenons gets me every time, though. It's PHENOMENA! Jeez!"G

Ha... what really gets me is something a math teacher of mine would do. She'd use the correct plurals to refer to matrices and vertices, but then refer to one "matrice" or one "vertice". Argh! After pointing it out the first time I dismissed it as a hopeless case and just cringed all semester. She also pronounced "height" as if it were "heighth" - same ending sound as "eighth"...

-Fob"please, correct me if I'm wrong"ulis