Re: CHAR or CAR Survey

Actually, that's not 100% true. Being from the midwest, I tend to call it "po-tay-ta".

Jerry Metz wrote:

> 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.
> > >
> > >