What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have?

Re:What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have? by karmakaze on Saturday February 12, 2022 @12:31PM (#30314522)

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

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Re:What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have? by aspenmayer on Saturday February 12, 2022 @01:13PM (#30314860)

When it’s short for character, sure.

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Re:What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have? by karmakaze on Sunday February 13, 2022 @03:01PM (#30325032)

Are you being serious? I only knew one person who did this in real life, and even they said it almost like 'car'.

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Re:What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have? by aspenmayer on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:58PM (#30423845)

Totally serious. I think this pronunciation varies with accent.

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Re:What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have? by mordymoop on Saturday February 12, 2022 @02:13PM (#30315406)

Or “charisma”!

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Re:What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have? by 0xabe on Saturday February 12, 2022 @10:09PM (#30318753)

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*).

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Re:What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have? by karmakaze on Sunday February 13, 2022 @03:03PM (#30325056)

That's how I learned it using C in the 80s. Maybe Millennials are redefining it too.

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Re:What kind of Apple Mac did Arthur Dent have? by ralferoo on Sunday February 13, 2022 @07:24AM (#30321245)

This is how most programmers in the UK refer to it too.

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