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Even further off-topic, but possibly a lucrative money makerEven further off-topic, but possibly a lucrative money makerPosted Oct 10, 2008 8:12 UTC (Fri) by njs (subscriber, #40338)In reply to: Even further off-topic, but possibly a lucrative money maker by alfille Parent article: Stallman vs. Clouds (Linux Journal)
That's exactly the problem -- high-frequency words can get away with irregularity, and the higher the frequency the more irregularity they can get away with (is/am/be/are/was/wtf?). But "data" isn't high frequency at all, so speakers are normalizing it to the usual English rules.
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