Well, dossier is not "dah see air", either. But MSM all chose to pronounce it that way and now it has stuck in common usage. Only person I saw get it right on the TeeVee was one of Trump's lawyers back during 2017 or so. Victoria Toensing.
doe'-see-eh. Maybe it's an age thing. I grew up watching Man from UNCLE, the James Bond films, Mission Impossible (the original), etc. I think maybe there is just lack of exposure.
It might be an English vs. American thing. Day-tah vs dah-tah, for a relatively simple word 'data', Homer Simpson probably would pronounce it "D'oh!-tah"...
Persisting in calling Kiev 'Kyiv' is also absurd, but we are in peak clown world.
Well, dossier is not "dah see air", either. But MSM all chose to pronounce it that way and now it has stuck in common usage. Only person I saw get it right on the TeeVee was one of Trump's lawyers back during 2017 or so. Victoria Toensing.
"dah see eh" eh?
doe'-see-eh. Maybe it's an age thing. I grew up watching Man from UNCLE, the James Bond films, Mission Impossible (the original), etc. I think maybe there is just lack of exposure.
It might be an English vs. American thing. Day-tah vs dah-tah, for a relatively simple word 'data', Homer Simpson probably would pronounce it "D'oh!-tah"...