Re: English notation
| From: | Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Monday, July 2, 2001, 4:06 |
|---|
On Sun, 1 Jul 2001 22:00:13 -0500, Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
wrote:
>On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 03:05:48AM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
>>
>> When reading "C" language out loud, I seem to be unusual for saying
>> [tSAR] rather than [kejR] for "char".
>
>Heh. I alternate between the two; both sound equally stupid to me. Now
>don't get me started on ioctl()!
>
>--
>Eric Christopherson, a.k.a. Contrarian Conlanger Rakko ^_^
When I absolutely have to read something like that out loud, I tend to
translate to English, saying "character" and "I/O Control" (well I hope
that's what the function does). One nice thing about using the alphabet as
a syllabary for'Yemls is that all such things can be pronounced!
Jeff