If i hear...

Ashbeck

...Dimension Data described on TV as 'Dimension ...DARTAR.." one more f**king time I'm going to kick the sh*te out of my tv.

It's 'Dimension D-A-T-A...'

DAAAAAAYYYYYTTTTTAAAAAAAAAA

There's no 'R' in the middle....there's no 'R' at the end.

Stop it now. Just stop it. FFS

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

joelsim

Luckily they haven't got Jagwar as the team cars.

bompington

Would that be automaytic Jagwars?

dish_dash

I prefer Team DD

And FWIW company is known as Di-Data in my neck of the woods...

TheBigBean

You should tell your father.

salsiccia1

Isn't the pronunciation 'dar-ta' the original English pronunciation, which is why it's used in Australia?

I thought 'day-ta' was an Americanism that is now ubiquitous in the UK...

chrisaonabike

It's 'datta', foolz.

ShutupJens

Totally agree , grinds my gears big time! Sounds fairly normal when Robbie McEwen says it, must be the accent. Time for the chuckle brothers to retire

milton50

Salsiccia1 wrote:

Isn't the pronunciation 'dar-ta' the original English pronunciation, which is why it's used in Australia?

I thought 'day-ta' was an Americanism that is now ubiquitous in the UK...

I thought it was the other way round.

Macaloon

Salsiccia1 wrote:

Isn't the pronunciation 'dar-ta' the original English pronunciation, which is why it's used in Australia?

I thought 'day-ta' was an Americanism that is now ubiquitous in the UK...

This is correct. When I worked in BT in the early '90s only the sandal weaving, morris dancing, scrumpy swilling throwbacks clung to the original dar-ta affectation. It was quite cute.

joelsim

None of it matters. 92% in the UK use Dayta as the pronunciation.

That's English.

Everything else is wrong. Bloody antipodeans and 'murcans bas*ardising our language.

rick_chasey

Our?


Get out.

964cup

Generally daft extended vowels are a hallmark of merkins trying to pronounce words they think are furrin. Consider "ris-oh-tow" and "par-star". Those two make me quite enraged when I hear them. Dar-tar is, I think, strine, but no more forgiveable for that. Mind you, we have people in this otherwise self-evidently superior country who think the "a" in bath is short. What can you do? [Apart from enforcing received pronunciation at gunpoint, which would be my preferred solution].

Macaloon

964Cup wrote:

Generally daft extended vowels are a hallmark of merkins trying to pronounce words they think are furrin. Consider "ris-oh-tow" and "par-star". Those two make me quite enraged when I hear them. Dar-tar is, I think, strine, but no more forgiveable for that. Mind you, we have people in this otherwise self-evidently superior country who think the "a" in bath is short. What can you do? [Apart from enforcing received pronunciation at gunpoint, which would be my preferred solution].

Finally, somebody who really knows what they're talking about.

As for Joel claiming any standing on communicators, given his advocacy of a catastrophically bad broadcaster, that's pretty funny.

milton50

Macaloon wrote:

964Cup wrote:

Generally daft extended vowels are a hallmark of merkins trying to pronounce words they think are furrin. Consider "ris-oh-tow" and "par-star". Those two make me quite enraged when I hear them. Dar-tar is, I think, strine, but no more forgiveable for that. Mind you, we have people in this otherwise self-evidently superior country who think the "a" in bath is short. What can you do? [Apart from enforcing received pronunciation at gunpoint, which would be my preferred solution].

Finally, somebody who really knows what they're talking about.

As for Joel claiming any standing on communicators, given his advocacy of a catastrophically bad broadcaster, that's pretty funny.

True

RichN95.

The CEO of Dimension Data says day-ta.

thchris1958

as a French Canadian, who must look much racing on his laptop in English, Spanish, Belgian, Dutch or French with Thierry Adam unfortunately , pronunciation, I do not care. As far as i can see races.

joelsim

Milton50 wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

964Cup wrote:

Generally daft extended vowels are a hallmark of merkins trying to pronounce words they think are furrin. Consider "ris-oh-tow" and "par-star". Those two make me quite enraged when I hear them. Dar-tar is, I think, strine, but no more forgiveable for that. Mind you, we have people in this otherwise self-evidently superior country who think the "a" in bath is short. What can you do? [Apart from enforcing received pronunciation at gunpoint, which would be my preferred solution].

Finally, somebody who really knows what they're talking about.

As for Joel claiming any standing on communicators, given his advocacy of a catastrophically bad broadcaster, that's pretty funny.

True

True indeed.

#CKFC

awavey

thchris1958 wrote:

as a French Canadian, who must look much racing on his laptop in English, Spanish, Belgian, Dutch or French with Thierry Adam unfortunately , pronunciation, I do not care. As far as i can see races.

well at least they arent Team Bombardier then

and yes its Di-Data round these parts, had some friends who work for them.

argyllflyer

How will Rob 'Atch pronounce it?

I'm hoping for the full Sunday Name: Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.

While we're on mispronunciations of teams, P&P's close relative Carlton Kirby - Matthew Corbet to their Chuckle Bros - seems to have a mental block on Bora Argon 18 - he's transported the German outfit to Spain and rebranded then Bora Aragon.

mr_goo

Ashbeck wrote:

...Dimension Data described on TV as 'Dimension ...DARTAR.." one more f**king time I'm going to kick the sh*te out of my tv.

It's 'Dimension D-A-T-A...'

DAAAAAAYYYYYTTTTTAAAAAAAAAA

There's no 'R' in the middle....there's no 'R' at the end.

Stop it now. Just stop it. FFS

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

My head office is in your illustrious county and my MD pronounces it just as you described. If I give you the address you are more than welcome to pay him a visit to deal with him accordingly. I was subjected to it last week and was on the verge of throwing him from the office window........ It is bl88dy irritating.

thchris1958

awavey wrote:

thchris1958 wrote:

as a French Canadian, who must look much racing on his laptop in English, Spanish, Belgian, Dutch or French with Thierry Adam unfortunately , pronunciation, I do not care. As far as i can see races.

well at least they arent Team Bombardier then

and yes its Di-Data round these parts, had some friends who work for them.

with the fall of the stock market, their share is less than one Canadian dollar each, there will be no Team Bombardier. But I admit that Bombardier could cause pronunciation problem.

No_Ta_Doctor

I still call them Qhubeka.

dish_dash

No tA Doctor wrote:

I still call them Qhubeka.

That's a good call...

takethehighroad

I still call them Barloworld