char - say it.

[jLNv0pDG]

Looking at a few video tutorials I found it strange how different people pronounce the name of functions and types, one in particular though:

How do you pronounce char?

car - as in character; or
char - as in charcoal

[gcampton]

"char"coal for sure, and the same deal goes for character I always pronounced "char" for Character, but the proper [kar-ik-ter] for the full word.

Anyone calling it a "car" needs to learn to spell IMO.

[S6k9GNh0]

I call it "care" or "car" since it's short for "character".

I also spell out "int" or I call it an "integer".

Even then, I get mad when someone has trouble when I say the full names:

Me: "If you would, declare a character so we can determine what the user wants to do..."
Other Guy: "What's a character?"

or

Me: "Declare an integer name so-and-so so we can hold the value of our calculations"
Other GUy: "What's an integ-... OH you mean int?"

[gcampton]

well character doesn't matter too much as the abbr. is just made up since RPG's. Car / Char whatever. But in the case of computer languages calling 'char' a 'car' makes no sense.

pronounced [chahr]

Computing Dictionary

char programming
/keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ character. Especially used by C programmers, as "char" is C's typename for character data.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-11-29)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/char

[helios]

Who cares? How often do you need to say "char", anyway?
If you want to avoid the argument, just say "character". You shouldn't be wasting saliva on someone who doesn't know what a character is, anyway.

[Bazzy]

http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq2.html#char

[Denis]

Russian guys say properly :), thanks Bazzy

[gcampton]

LOL at that jargon file: http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/crackers.html
TYPE ALL IN CAPS LOCK, SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE YELLING ALL THE TIME.

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I work with a hispanic guy that can't say char... it comes out as shar...

[S6k9GNh0]

That would simply piss me off.