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"...
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"...