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From: kelley@dartvax.UUCP (Kelley Coyne)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char'
Message-ID: <7441@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Oct-87 12:12:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.7441
Posted: Wed Oct 21 12:12:44 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Oct-87 16:47:15 EDT
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Reply-To: kelley@dartvax.UUCP (Kelley Coyne)
Organization: Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation
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Keywords: C language pronunciation
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In article <929@men2a.ORI-CAL.COM> rick@men2a.ORI-CAL.COM (Rick Wise) writes:
>
>About 90% of the replies say, essentially, "This is ridiculous, who cares, 
>get off the net.  By the way, the right pronunciation is. . . ."
>
>We can all send our favorite pronunciations of char, *, !,
>{ (open, or bracket), $, vi, and #.
>Rick Wise
>CALCULON Corp
>uunet!rlgvax!men1a!rick

char - kar (not unlike an automobile)
*    - star (rhymes with char)
!    - bang 
{    - open squig (short for open squiggly line)
$    - dollars 
vi   - vee-eye
#    - pound
@    - at
&    - and
~    - not
|    - or
?    - what?


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