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From: ram@elmgate.UUCP (Randy Martens)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char'
Message-ID: <784@elmgate.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 08:23:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: elmgate.784
Posted: Wed Oct 14 08:23:12 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 15-Oct-87 23:56:59 EDT
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Reply-To: ram@elmgate.UUCP (Randy Martens)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
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Keywords: C language pronunciation
Summary: get an on-line dictionary !
Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:4900 comp.lang.misc:741

It is pronounced "kare" because <char> is short for <character>
which is pronounced "kare-ac-tur".

That should end this silly argument ...

O.K., it's not that silly.

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