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In my country - we call it the hash.
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I once asked another 'senior' programmer to check his work again for bugs, and his reply was: "Alright, I'll check my codes." Me: It's "code", not "codes". Every time someone calls it "codes" instead of "code", it feels like I'm getting stabbed in the ear with a ice pick. Does anyone else here get the same feeling when people can't seem to say things correctly when it comes to programming?
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I used to have a coworker who pronounced "registry" as "reg-istry" - the first syllable rhymed with "peg". ice pick. ear.
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Philip Laureano wrote:
My favorite one has to be when someone pronounces C# as "C Pound"...
I've heard recruitment companies call it C-Hash. How come the # is "pound"? The pound symbol is this: £
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I've heard recruitment companies call it C-Hash.
In the UK, "#" is called "hash"...the "sharp" symbol used in musical notation is different from the # on a keyboard, so strictly C-Hash is correct... :)
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I get the same gut churning reaction to the Americanism of "math" instead of "maths".
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I'm with you there!
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In the US # is sometimes used to indicate a weight pound. Lbs is more common, especially now that labels/signs are almost entirely printed instead of hand written.
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Here is another one... When some error occurs there's always someone suggesting "Lets check the Lots ...." jajjaa it is LOG, not Lots...jijiji occurs when the person is a spanish speaker... :)
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Here is another one... When some error occurs there's always someone suggesting "Lets check the Lots ...." jajjaa it is LOG, not Lots...jijiji occurs when the person is a spanish speaker... :)
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Mario_F wrote:
"Lets check the Lots ...." jajjaa it is LOG, not Lots...jijiji
And it is "ha ha ha" and "he he he" - this also occurs with Spanish speakers. ;)
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Mario_F wrote:
"Lets check the Lots ...." jajjaa it is LOG, not Lots...jijiji
And it is "ha ha ha" and "he he he" - this also occurs with Spanish speakers. ;)
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You know, I never called that thing the 'pound' until maybe around 1994... I always called it the number sign before. The British L-shaped thing is the pound sign. The # is the 'number' sign... as in "We're #1!"
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After having worked with a bunch of old bell system telecom engineers I learned that the symbol is actually an octothorpe. Certainly not a very sharp sounding name. Brings to mind tentacles of spaghetti code.
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I once asked another 'senior' programmer to check his work again for bugs, and his reply was: "Alright, I'll check my codes." Me: It's "code", not "codes". Every time someone calls it "codes" instead of "code", it feels like I'm getting stabbed in the ear with a ice pick. Does anyone else here get the same feeling when people can't seem to say things correctly when it comes to programming?
Do you know...LinFu?
You should try working in South Asia. :-P South Asian "English" usage has no concept of the indefinite-number noun. So..."codes", not "code"; "softwares", not "software" (or "programs"); "senior developer", not "village idiot".
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You should try working in South Asia. :-P South Asian "English" usage has no concept of the indefinite-number noun. So..."codes", not "code"; "softwares", not "software" (or "programs"); "senior developer", not "village idiot".
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Jeff Dickey wrote:
You should try working in South Asia. :-P
I'm already in South_east_ Asia, and even as someone who speaks the local language (aside from English), it's a horror to behold. The only thing even more horrible is the code they write... Btw, which country are you working from?
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