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I still say 'car' in my head. Hardest one for me was 'it-erator' instead of 'eye-terator'. I still lapse and use the latter on accident out of habit!
by adzm 10y ago
I still say 'car' in my head. Hardest one for me was 'it-erator' instead of 'eye-terator'. I still lapse and use the latter on accident out of habit!
- ThatGeoGuy 10y agoI'm not sure how you got eye-terator, but I can sort of see where 'car' came from. I guess I'm lucky here, because I learned to always say: 'char' : as in charcoal 'car' : pronounced like a car, used as (car (cons 'a 'b)) 'cdr' : supposed to be 'could-er', but I flip between cee-derr and could-er 'cadaddr' : prounounced 'why' I kid a little, but it's funny to hear these things, especially when it's from somebody from a foreign country. It wasn't until grad school that I realized there's so many different ways to pronounce keywords.
- otoburb 10y agoI still say 'car' out loud and in my head because the "char" type is short for "character", and the first syllable of the full word is pronounced 'car', not 'char'.
- kevinastone 10y agoIsn't it care-actor? I can't say car-actor without hearing a fake British accent.
- Sean1708 10y agoIt's more like cah-actor, I'd say.