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From: jholbach@wright.EDU (Jim Holbach)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char'
Message-ID: <185@wright.EDU>
Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 17:12:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: wright.185
Posted: Mon Oct 12 17:12:07 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 14-Oct-87 05:35:39 EDT
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Organization: Wright State University, Dayton OH, 45435
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Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:4862 comp.lang.misc:736

in article <4575@cae780.TEK.COM>, comdisco@cae780.TEK.COM (Comdisco) says:
> Xref: wright comp.lang.c:3722 comp.lang.misc:572
> ..........		  The debate concerns the proper
> pronunciation of the C language variable type "char".

	Why not pronounce it "character"? Who *cares* how K&R
mis-spelled things? :-) :-)

	Jim Holbach