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Subject: Re: smail pronounciation
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Date: Sat, 7-Mar-87 11:32:44 EST
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In article <1229@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> cjdb@sphinx.UUCP (Charles Blair) writes:
>By the way, how do people pronounce "char," as in "getchar?" I've only
>heard it pronounced with a soft "ch" as in "chair;" my instinct at
>first was to pronounce it hard, like "car." What do others do?

I tend to pronounce abbreviated and partial words as though the rest of
the word was still there, as opposed to turning it into it's own word.

So, I pronounce 'char' as 'care', as though I was going to say 'character'
but stopped. I pronounce 'lib' as 'lybe', as though I was going to say
'library' and stopped.

-- 
			David Elliott

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