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On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 22:16:58 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


> Same with dayter versus darter (data), UK tends toward Dayter, but I
> wouldn't go apeshit in either case

Ain't no 'r' in data.  Many US regional accents tend to throw r away 
rather than adding it. There was a kid in grade school who said 
'warshington; and the teachers could figure out where he got it from.

The teachers also had a thing about crick (creek) but that was an uphill 
battle in that part of the world.