tempest

That would be me ... using a short a doesn't seem to make sense.. sounds like you're saying "kair" instead of "char".

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stevengs

That is funny, Bjarne Stroustrup preaches the exact opposite from his AT&T site. I was shocked because I would've thought it would be pronounced like the word from which it was derived, but he claims it is generally pronounced like charcoal.

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How do you pronounce "char"? "char" is usually pronounced "tchar", not "kar". This may seem illogical because "character" is pronounced "ka-rak-ter", but nobody ever accused English pronounciation and spelling of being logical.

(the last two lines of the webpage)

I reckon it could have to do with his danish roots

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L7Sqr

What about 'ioctl'
My boss says "eye owe kottle", although, I've never heard another way of saying it.

Also, the program 'ethereal'.
"ether real" OR "e thee ree al"

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DaWei

Personally, I put the accent on the second syllable of ethereal. And I just say, "I O control". I couldn't bring myself to say "tchar" if Stroustrop came after my cojones with a filet knife.

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stevengs

My all time favorite is "Noo cue lure".

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DaWei

Lol, I think maybe LBJ invented that one, but I'm not sure.

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bl00dninja

i've seen those weird pronunciations flaunted in microsoft books (along with the normal ones).

sorry for getting off-topic, your tutorial was very good and insightful. one of the best ways to learn something really well is to teach it.

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The Dark

I'm in the "tchar" group and ioctl is (almost) always "I O control".

Also I think C++ is pronounced "C" the first time you say it, then "D", "E", etc from then on. Unfortunately, without a reset, I now segfault everytime I have to say it.

java_roshan

This should have gone in the programming tutorial section.

I wonder if someone could also provide a similar tutorial on Java. I have forgotten almost everything! :-(

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tempest

If you increment a character past (char)255 it just goes back to (char)0 , no segfault... :p

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