tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138962745332682712.post5092689279868636137..comments2011-12-23T07:58:45.810-08:00Comments on WordNerdBird: DataRebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586014984815775916noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138962745332682712.post-62375865169771461262009-10-01T11:41:49.584-07:002009-10-01T11:41:49.584-07:00It took me 8 painful years to retrain myself to be...It took me 8 painful years to retrain myself to begrudgingly type 'the data are...' now.i.am.robotic.<br /><br />To me the data are always in a set. One set of numbers. One big thing. 'The data set is..' I think the (set) has become silent, yet implied. At least that's what I like to tell myself!Jstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702631474227844465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138962745332682712.post-82870395593813967262009-09-28T22:31:47.434-07:002009-09-28T22:31:47.434-07:00Dah-tuh as plural has gradually came to sound norm...Dah-tuh as plural has gradually came to sound normal to my ears but only after working for YEARS with psychiatric epidemiologists and later with statisticians immersed in compiling data from around the world (how persuasive does THAT sound?!). To anyone not submerged in such worlds, though, "data is..." leaps to the tongue.Theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082132957095173333noreply@blogger.com