There's a special place in hell reserved for those who invent bullshit shibboleths to try and distinguish themselves from the proleshttps://twitter.com/ajlugtigheid/status/810819306770599936 …
Shouldn't a word's origins be irrelevant, though? We are talking about the English data/datum, not Latin 1/2
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It's like arguing that raisin must be a mass noun just because it is in French, so it's "a grain of raisin"
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to clarify: yes, I am advocating ignoring their origins, and sticking with accepted english practice
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