st: The origin of the word Stata

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

way.  It had
> always seemed obvious to me that Stata was pronounced, well, Stata,

But does that rhyme with baiter, barter, or batter?  Or can we
pronounce Stata differently, depending on where we are from (or where
we live)?

(If that was deliberately ambiguous, then ignore this question.)

Jeremy  "rhyme with baiter" Miles


I imagine that if John F. Kennedy were still with us, he'd agreed  
with Jeremy.

Sounds like fertile ground for "Stata: The Musical" with a catchy tune

"You say Stayta, and I say Stahta... You say tomayto, and I say  
tomahto..."



Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


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