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consider the son's name and reflect on the error of your ways
I couldn't resist either.
-- 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 ****************************************** "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:LKTZ8.38634$Hj3.116970_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...Received on Fri Jul 19 2002 - 15:42:12 CDT
> I've always pronounced David Bowie, David Bow(as in tie a bow)-ee, but I
> know of many others that like to pronounce it David Bow(as in ship)-ee.
>
> Pretty fascinating stuff.
>
> Sorry, just couldn't resist :)
>
> Richard
> "Alan" <alanshein_at_erols.com> wrote in message
> news:ah70ht$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.
> >
> >
>
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