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Re: char?

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: char?
Date 2015-04-23 13:52 -0700
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"Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> writes:
>     I have read that "char" as in type char is pronounded "char" as in 
> "charbroil". Is that right? Hum.

This is covered in Seebs's Infrequently Asked Questions list,
<http://www.seebs.net/faqs/c-iaq.html>:

    19.26: How do you pronounce ``char''?

    Like the first word of ``char *''. The accent is generally on the
    first syllable.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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char? "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-23 14:53 -0400
  Re: char? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-04-23 15:00 -0400
    Re: char? Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-23 14:55 -0700
  Re: char? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-23 13:52 -0700
    Re: char? "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-23 17:17 -0400
      Re: char? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-23 14:40 -0700
      Re: char? August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 12:23 +0200
        Re: char? raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-04-24 13:38 +0000
          Re: char? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-24 12:26 -0400
            Re: char? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 10:09 -0700
            Re: char? raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-04-25 10:42 +0000
  Re: char? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-23 14:04 -0700
    Re: char? "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-25 15:59 -0400
  Re: char? Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-23 14:52 -0700
  Re: char? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 07:46 -0700

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