"Billy Bong" <billyb655321@aol.com> wrote in message
> How is the Standard C type char pronounced?
>
> I always assumed it was short for character and should be pronounced like
> the char in character.
>
> Recently we had a guy work for us who pronounced it like the char in
> charcoal.
>
> How do you pronounce char?
>
"Character", that is to say pronouncing the whole word. Similarly "integer"
and "size type".

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