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Re: How do you pronounce?

From: Andy Hassall <andy_at_andyh.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:19:31 +0100
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On 24 Aug 2006 10:14:51 -0700, "EdStevens" <quetico_man_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>David, Daniel, Gazzag, et.al ... let's not be too hard on the OP.
>Sometimes these things have a way of developing their own
>pronunciations within a given industry, and he just didn't want to come
>off sounding like a 'fred' (cycling term) in his office. In fact, I'd
>guess his post was prompted by a 'lively' discussion on that very
>subject.

 Possibly more controversial - varchar2 - is the "ch" as in character ('cos that's where it's from) or chariot ('cos that's how you'd read it in isolation)?

 (Chariot for me.)

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