Re: st: Stata 9 Mata question

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

Phil Ender wrote:
> I'm sure that the most important question concerning Mata will be how
> to pronounce it correctly. Do we follow the standard Stata
> pronunciation rule and pronounce the same as data? Or does it have a
> specific pronunciation all of its own?
I think you'll find it is pronounced to rhyme with "Stata", which in turn 
is pronounced to rhyme with "data", however you pronounce that. See the FAQ 
list on

http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/statalist.html

for further details.

Roger


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