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@scy I don't think this is completely true. I heard both pronuncations in the late 70's and early 80's -- well before ST:TNG debuted. I don't think either one was prevalent here in the US.

However, I can believe that the Patrick Stewart pronunciation became the more favored form during and after ST:TNG.

4 September at 14:26 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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scy

@Unatributed I'm not exactly convinced either, that's why I've prefixed it with "according to Brent Spiner".

4 September at 14:28 | Open on chaos.social
Kee Hinckley

@Unatributed @scy Agreed. I've used day-tah in the US since the 70's. I think the other is more a regionalism or class difference. It reminds me more of an upper-class prep-school pronunciation. Especially if it's "dah", which sounds affected to me--think Katherine Hepburn. A more nasal "a" would be somewhat more likely.

4 September at 16:38 | Open on infosec.exchange
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@nazgul
I was thinking more of a regionalism... New York, especially Brooklyn vs a mid-western type of difference...
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4 September at 16:52 | Open on mastodon.social
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