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From: shefter@baboon..arpa (Bret A. Shefter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char'
Message-ID: <17587@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 16:43:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: yale-cel.17587
Posted: Tue Oct 13 16:43:49 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 15-Oct-87 02:51:48 EDT
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Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT
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Keywords: C language pronunciation
Summary: Words that are spelled the same but not homonyms
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In article <3753@watdragon.waterloo.edu> gvcormack@watdragon.UUCP writes:
>"Char" is already a perfectly good word, and I think the pronunciation
>should be taken from that word.  It is extremely rare to have words
>that are spelled the same that aren't homonyms (examples of such
>words might be an interesting spinoff discussion).
>--
>Gordon V. Cormack     CS Dept, University of Waterloo, Canada N2L 3G1
>          gvcormack@waterloo    { .CSNET or .CDN or .EDU or .NETNORTH }
>          gvcormac@water        { UUCP or BITNET }

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