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From: rick@men2a.ORI-CAL.COM (Rick Wise)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char'
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Date: Fri, 16-Oct-87 10:07:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 16 10:07:35 1987
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Reply-To: rick@men2a.ORI-CAL.COM (Rick Wise)
Organization: Calculon Corp., Arlington Va.
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Keywords: C language pronunciation
Summary: Nobody cares??
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It's been entertaining watching this discussion.  About 90% of the
replies say, essentially, "This is ridiculous, who cares, get off the
net.  By the way, the right pronunciation is. . . ."

Of course we all care how to pronounce these things.  Only by doing
so can we show people that we *really* know UNIX.  We are among the
elite.  I am semi-serious.

Will comdisco@cae780.UUCP volunteer to act as a clearinghouse for
votes?  We can all send our favorite pronunciations of char, *, !,
{ (open, or bracket), $, vi, and #.

By the way, the right pronunciation is [ fill in your favorite ].

Rick Wise
CALCULON Corp
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