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This is anecdotal data, and while it is not common anymore, the singular of data is datum, thus anecdatum.
by chana_masala 5y ago
This is anecdotal data, and while it is not common anymore, the singular of data is datum, thus anecdatum.
- smogcutter 5y agoIt is not data. It is an anecdote.
- chana_masala 5y agoYeah that's a valid take, but I was just explaining how your correction was misunderstanding the word. A search HN comments for "anecdata" [1] yields over 4000 instances [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=anecdata&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...