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From: jeffs@ka.excelan.com (Jeff Seideman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How Do You Pronounce "#define"?
Summary: An alternate pronounciation
Message-ID: <850@excelan.COM>
Date: 6 Dec 89 21:47:04 GMT
References: <69516@psuecl.bitnet> <2438@softway.oz> <561@junkyard.UUCP>
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In article <561@junkyard.UUCP>, joe@junkyard.UUCP (Joseph Sarkes) writes:
> In article <2438@softway.oz>, stephenf@softway.oz (Stephen Frede) writes:
> > >How should one pronounce "#define"?
> 
> very carefully.	on a serious note, # is a POUND sign, so maybe
> pound define would do.

That's funny!  One of my co-workers and I were just fighting over that
this morning.  He says # is "SHARP" and I say # is "GRID".
So it can be "pound define"
or           "sharp define"
or           "grid define"

Aint English Goodly?

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