Re: CHAR or CAR Survey

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:52:24 GMT, Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote:
>Alan wrote:
>
>> There is always _someone_ who cares. Most literature I've come across
>> insists that it is "sequel". I like "sequel" because it is faster to say
>> than ess-queue-ell (not that you care <g>).
>>
>> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
>> news:3d37d952$0$234$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
>> > char.
>> >
>> > so do you say sequel or ess-queue-ell?
>> >
>> > And indeed does anybody care.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Niall Litchfield
>> > Oracle DBA
>> > Audit Commission UK
>> > *****************************************
>> > Please include version and platform
>> > and SQL where applicable
>> > It makes life easier and increases the
>> > likelihood of a good answer
>> >
>> > ******************************************
>> > "Alan" <alanshein_at_erols.com> wrote in message
>> > news:ah70ht$r20st$1_at_ID-114862.news.dfncis.de...
>> > > Just curious...
>> > >
>> > > I've heard CHAR pronounced as "car" and as "char" (as when you almost
>> burn
>> > > something). Which do you favor?
>> > >
>> > > While we're on the subject, in varchar, do you say vare or vahr? I've
>> also
>> > > heard bothm, though "vahr" seems to be a clear winner. "Vare" seems to
>> be
>> > a
>> > > function of accent/dialect.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>
>And now the perspective from the education front.
>
>I intentionally teach with each and every pronounciation so that the students
>will be familiar with all of them.
>
>And just to make this thread far longer than it ever should have been I'll
>provide another example where the solution, on my part, is to use them all.
>
>Is it ...
>
>init dot ora
>init sid dot ora
>'p' file
>or
>parameter file
>
>Daniel Morgan
>

Then of course there is { and } which have been documented as being pronounced "left tit" and "right tit," tit being slang for breast. So do you ! your students? (pronounced "bang" in some quarters, which also means, well, something naughty).

=:-O

I've seen situations where not using the "correct" pronounciation has immediately categorized someone as not knowing something - often correctly, as in some bogus headhunters, but occassionally incorrectly, simply due to regional differences.

jg

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