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I'm pretty sure I've heard someone in the Kernighan/Ritchie/Thompson camp (i.e guys who actually worked on the C Language) pronounce it like "care" in interview
by AdmiralAsshat 4y ago
I'm pretty sure I've heard someone in the Kernighan/Ritchie/Thompson camp (i.e guys who actually worked on the C Language) pronounce it like "care" in interviews before, so I'm not sure Stallman's pronunciation is really authoritative here. It really depends on whether you read it as its own word (like to "char" the grilled meat), or whether you read it as the first half of "character".
- jstanley 4y agoIf you pronounce the start of "character" the same way you pronounce "care" then I'm afraid you're pretty far away from the norm already.
- amock 4y agoThe audio on https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/care https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/care and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/character https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/character sound like the same initial sound to me. I've never heard anyone pronounce them differently.
- doodpants 4y agoI pronounce the first "a" in "character" the same as in "cat", and that's how it's pronounced in the audio here: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/character https://www.dictionary.com/browse/character
- AdmiralAsshat 4y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/character https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/character ???
- chrisseaton 4y agoAn American could say 'care-acter', while an English person might say 'caract-er'.