Re: CHAR or CAR Survey

I've always pronounced it: po-tay-toe

Richard Foote wrote:

> I've always pronounced David Bowie, David Bow(as in tie a bow)-ee, but I
> know of many others that like to pronounce it David Bow(as in ship)-ee.
>
> Pretty fascinating stuff.
>
> Sorry, just couldn't resist :)
>
> Richard
> "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.
> >
> >