Re: [OT] How do you pronounce "varchar"?

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From: Keith Kratochvil (sqlguy.back2u_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/22/04


Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:08:13 -0600

How do you pronounce SQL? How about tomato?
The important thing is that people you speak with can understand you. I
have heard varchar pronounced both ways and it really does not matter to me
as I understand both pronunciations.

-- 
Keith
"Miroo_news" <miroo75@REMOVE_IT.o2.pl> wrote in message
news:cqb9lt$pci$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl...
> In my country almost all programmers read
> "varchar", "char" etc as "vartschar" ("ch"
> is pronounced like in "chair").
> As I suppose "varchar" comes from "variable
> character" and so that it should be pronounced
> "varkar".
> How do you pronounce this and similar words?
> Please note if you are native english speaker
> or not.
>
> There are a lot of words pronounced very differently
> for example "Delphi", ([delfee], [delfay]), "Chi-Writer"
> (do you remember?), etc
>
> Regards,
> Miroo


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