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From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at>
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of "println" [Supersedes]
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Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>   Do you pronounce »println« as ['prInt 'laIn] ("print line") or
>   ['prIn tln]/['prIn t@ln] ("prin tln"/"prin teln")? TIA!

Based on Austrian variant of German language, it feels most natural
to me to pronounce "println" as if it were a native unabbreviated verb.

There are a couple of Austrian verbs ending in -tln, like
 "grantln" (to be grumpy), "wurschtln" (to mess around), ...
so "println" fits pretty well, with an attributed meaning of
"to pejoratively say a sentence." ;-)

So, ['prIn tln] is my answer.