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Regex should be "reg-ex" rather than any of the listed pronunciations since it's just short for regular expression
by wonnage 2y ago
Regex should be "reg-ex" rather than any of the listed pronunciations since it's just short for regular expression
- tome 2y agoI think it's ambiguous whether to pronounce then abbreviate or abbreviate then pronounce. Here are some example from the Haskell world: https://h2.jaguarpaw.co.uk/posts/pronouncing-abbreviations/ https://h2.jaguarpaw.co.uk/posts/pronouncing-abbreviations/
- camdez 2y agoOk, I like this game / question, but I daresay I'm confused about some of these (or have not even fathomed some of the implied pronunciations). `seq`, `Eq`, `prev` I pronounce like the beginnings of the underlying words, so I'd say pronounce-then-abbreviate and abbreviate-then-pronounce yield the same result. I guess this implies people are saying "SECK" (`seq`) and "ECK" (`Eq`), rhyming `prev` with "rev", and pronouncing `id` like Freud's id? (Eek.) In fairness, I'll confess I pronounce `enum` "E-NUM", not "E-NOOM".
- tome 2y ago> pronouncing `id` like Freud's id? Do you pronounce it as "eyed", or as two letters, I-D?
- LoganDark 2y agoRegex is indeed reg-ex. Anyone who says "red-jex" is dead to me
- WorldMaker 2y agoIn my experience most people that say regex a lot tend to pronounce it "rezh-eks". The softening drop from g to j to zh is a fascinating one in this context, and I think makes it easier to pronounce a lot. I'm not one to argue that it is the "right" pronunciation in general, but it is the "feels right" pronunciation to me.
- normie3000 2y agoređekz?