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?

--
Billy

> How do you pronounce char?

I pronounce like in character - but I live in Norway so you probably
should not heed my advice :-)

Joakim

Billy Bong <billyb655321@aol.com> wrote:

> How is the Standard C type char pronounced?

RTFFAQ: <http://c-faq.com/misc/pronounce.html>

Richard

"Billy Bong" <billyb655321@aol.com> wrote in message
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> 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?
>

how do you pronounce lots of things?...

ok, my case, like 'car'.
and, how is this: [kAr\].

[kAr], [xAr\], ... would probably also work.

however, not [kA@], as that is just lame.

oh, those, poor, poor, people who have the misfortune of living in the land
absent either 'r' or a hard 'ng' sound. we are [spikiN], not [spIk@n]...


> --
> Billy

In article <wzAnj.1303$sW5.1210@newsfe05.lga>,
Billy Bong <billyb655321@aol.com> wrote:
>How is the Standard C type char pronounced?

The standard is for computer programs. It does not specify
pronunciation.

-- Richard
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"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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Malcolm McLean wrote:

>
> "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".

Do you also pronounce intptr_t as "integer pointer type" or float
as "floating point" and so on?

"santosh" <santosh.k83@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> Do you also pronounce intptr_t as "integer pointer type" or float
> as "floating point" and so on?
>
"float" can be pronounced "a real value" if you want to add a touch of
class.

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