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If I'm understanding you correctly, then most English speakers would call that correct. It's short for "character" so is pronounced as the first syllable of tha

by tgb 9y ago

If I'm understanding you correctly, then most English speakers would call that correct. It's short for "character" so is pronounced as the first syllable of that (with a hard 'ch') not like the word "char" is pronounced. I think I personally would swap between the two fairly randomly, probably due to learning to code from text-based sources and not hearing it pronounced till much later.

gpvos 9y ago
To be clear: I do not mean the /k/ sound, but the /x/ or /χ/ (voiceless velar/uvular fricative), which is seldom used in English, except when properly pronouncing the names of Scottish lochs, or the name of J.S. Bach. Maybe it's not even used at all in English, but only in Scottish, but we're getting off-topic already. If I were consciously trying to pronounce "char" as an English speaker would, I would probably say /tʃɑr/.
- tgb 9y ago
  Interesting; I pronounce "loch" as "lock" and Merriam-Webster seems to agree. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loch https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loch I guess you're referring to the UK pronounciation listed here instead? http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/loch http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/loc...
  - gpvos 9y ago
    I thought the use of the specific word "loch" would have been clear enough, but apparently the pronunciation of that word I thought I'd heard a lot on the BBC is not known as widely as I thought. Maybe I'm misremembering. None of the pronunciations you linked to is what I intended. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_fricative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_fricative , as well as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English#Phonology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English#Phonology .
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by tgb 9y ago

gpvos 9y ago

To be clear: I do not mean the /k/ sound, but the /x/ or /χ/ (voiceless velar/uvular fricative), which is seldom used in English, except when properly pronouncing the names of Scottish lochs, or the name of J.S. Bach. Maybe it's not even used at all in English, but only in Scottish, but we're getting off-topic already. If I were consciously trying to pronounce "char" as an English speaker would, I would probably say /tʃɑr/.

tgb 9y ago
Interesting; I pronounce "loch" as "lock" and Merriam-Webster seems to agree. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loch https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loch I guess you're referring to the UK pronounciation listed here instead? http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/loch http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/loc...
- gpvos 9y ago
  I thought the use of the specific word "loch" would have been clear enough, but apparently the pronunciation of that word I thought I'd heard a lot on the BBC is not known as widely as I thought. Maybe I'm misremembering. None of the pronunciations you linked to is what I intended. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_fricative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_fricative , as well as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English#Phonology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English#Phonology .
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