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Does this mean that 'char' is also pronounced 'care'?

• aspenmayer 5y ago
  When it’s short for character, sure.
  • mordymoop 5y ago
    Or “charisma”!
  • karmakaze 5y ago
    Are you being serious? I only knew one person who did this in real life, and even they said it almost like 'car'.
    • aspenmayer 5y ago
      Totally serious. I think this pronunciation varies with accent.
• 0xabe 5y ago
  I had a professor who pronounced char as in “char-broiled”. At least it rhymed when she constantly repeated “char star”, referring to char pointers (char*).
  • ralferoo 5y ago
    This is how most programmers in the UK refer to it too.
  • karmakaze 5y ago
    That's how I learned it using C in the 80s. Maybe Millennials are redefining it too.