Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ames!ptsfa!well!tswift From: tswift@well.UUCP (Theodore John Swift) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc Subject: Pronunciation discussions (was Pronunciation of 'char') Message-ID: <4236@well.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 20:38:30 EDT Article-I.D.: well.4236 Posted: Sat Oct 17 20:38:30 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Oct-87 13:15:15 EDT Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 15 Keywords: C language pronunciation Summary: mail to poster, then post summary. Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:4991 comp.lang.misc:752 's question about 'char' has injected a lot of fairly useless bandwidth into the group in the form of reposted quotes of his whole posting, BUT I think it's worth finding out about. I *mailed* my reply, hoping to avoid just what happened. If other quasi-trivia questions come up, maybe the poster should offer to summarize for the net? Simpler idea than finding a floating handle, eh? "It looks like a thermopod, but it's a very bad design" -another from Buckaroo Banzaii -- Ted Swift (well!tswift) "Why is there watermelon there?" "I'll explain later" - from "Buckaroo Banzaii"