I was thinking about this the other day, and I seem to hear people say it in various ways. Which do you say? Which is correct?
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How do you say SATA?
| Ess Ay Tee Ay | 8% | 8% - 8 | ||||
| Serial Ay Tee Ay | 5% | 5% - 5 | ||||
| Sata | 86% | 86% - 82 | ||||
| Total: 95 | ||||||
Say Taaaaaa
Sata
Sah Ta
Sa-ta
Serial ata or sa-ta
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noo uuu all!! 'tis Say TAAAAA
"Sata", with a deep, "british" A, not any gay "Ay".
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
As in Ahhhh?
Gooners wrote:
Say Tah
I use bothTheAussieReaper wrote:
Sah Ta
Sata in finnish accent. Aka pronounced as it's written.
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Yup.kylef wrote:
Sa-ta
Certainly NOT Sarta, as lots of people seem to say.
Britta tbh. I hate how they say "Alpher" instead of alpha.Bertster7 wrote:
Yup.kylef wrote:
Sa-ta
Certainly NOT Sarta, as lots of people seem to say.
That better describes my pronouncation.DeathUnlimited wrote:
Sata in finnish accent. Aka pronounced as it's written.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
THIS IS SARTAJenspm wrote:
Britta tbh. I hate how they say "Alpher" instead of alpha.Bertster7 wrote:
Yup.kylef wrote:
Sa-ta
Certainly NOT Sarta, as lots of people seem to say.
So weird because normally the never pronounce their Rs at the end of things but whenever it ends the way they would say it, they pronounce the R. : /
I say it like Sae Ta
yep same hereFreezer7Pro wrote:
That better describes my pronouncation.DeathUnlimited wrote:
Sata in finnish accent. Aka pronounced as it's written.
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I chameleon between all three, depending on what tech circle I'm in and what their preference is, to avoid an inevitable nerd snort of disgust if you say something differently than what he thinks it should be.
Personally, I prefer 'Ess Ay Tee Ay' or 'Serial Ay Tee Ay.' I hate pronouncing acronyms, so I generally avoid 'Sah-tah/Say-tah,' though they're a bit faster on the tongue. Besides which, I never liked using 'Pah-tah/Pay-tah' or 'Ah-tah/Ay-tah.' How would it sound if you pronounced IDE just the way it was spelled?
Personally, I prefer 'Ess Ay Tee Ay' or 'Serial Ay Tee Ay.' I hate pronouncing acronyms, so I generally avoid 'Sah-tah/Say-tah,' though they're a bit faster on the tongue. Besides which, I never liked using 'Pah-tah/Pay-tah' or 'Ah-tah/Ay-tah.' How would it sound if you pronounced IDE just the way it was spelled?
TheAussieReaper wrote:
Sah Ta
I say IDE...unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I chameleon between all three, depending on what tech circle I'm in and what their preference is, to avoid an inevitable nerd snort of disgust if you say something differently than what he thinks it should be.
Personally, I prefer 'Ess Ay Tee Ay' or 'Serial Ay Tee Ay.' I hate pronouncing acronyms, so I generally avoid 'Sah-tah/Say-tah,' though they're a bit faster on the tongue. Besides which, I never liked using 'Pah-tah/Pay-tah' or 'Ah-tah/Ay-tah.' How would it sound if you pronounced IDE just the way it was spelled?
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
me tooFreezer7Pro wrote:
I say IDE...unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I chameleon between all three, depending on what tech circle I'm in and what their preference is, to avoid an inevitable nerd snort of disgust if you say something differently than what he thinks it should be.
Personally, I prefer 'Ess Ay Tee Ay' or 'Serial Ay Tee Ay.' I hate pronouncing acronyms, so I generally avoid 'Sah-tah/Say-tah,' though they're a bit faster on the tongue. Besides which, I never liked using 'Pah-tah/Pay-tah' or 'Ah-tah/Ay-tah.' How would it sound if you pronounced IDE just the way it was spelled?
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Most often Say-Ta. Sometimes Sah-Ta or with an "a" sound in between the two.
I'm confused why the English prefer Say-ta, as I'd consider that the "American" pronunciation.Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
TheAussieReaper wrote:
Sah Ta
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Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
TheAussieReaper wrote:
Sah Ta
We do?Jenspm wrote:
Britta tbh. I hate how they say "Alpher" instead of alpha.
Anyhow, I say "Say-ta" rather than how, presumably, Americans pronounce it: "sah-ta" (with the "Sa" from "Saturn")
TheAussieReaper wrote:
Sah Ta