Does anyone else pronounce their code?
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if you're not seeing a doctor already, maybe you should. and if you do, maybe you should try another one. BTW: Dr.Dobb's doesn't count. :-D
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
Dr.Dobb's doesn't count
and hasn't for a long, long time. The last time Dr. Dobb's was worthwhile was back in the 90's.
Software Zen:
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
Dr.Dobb's doesn't count
and hasn't for a long, long time. The last time Dr. Dobb's was worthwhile was back in the 90's.
Software Zen:
delete this;I haven't seen their magazine in ages. However I'm getting the weekly newsletter, and every so often it holds one interesting link. :)
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For ("") I say brotes. For " I say kwat (that's html markup). Also, I say caugh-pay for ©. I don't know why. The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot. I say git and lit for greater and less than. I add an "ee" to the end if it's "greater or equal to" because "gitee" is easier to say. Mostly, things like this I just say in my head, but they sneak into my outside voice every now and then and people look at me all weird like. It may also be the underwear on my head, but who knows? My Latest: How quickly is the Government spending your money? Tech blog: They Call me Mister James
We were taught (back in the day!) to use "Pling" for "!" - I still think it sounds nicer than "Bang". or, let me rephrase that We were taught oback back in the day bang cloback to use brotesPling for brotes bang hiff I still think it sounds nicer than brotes Bang dot
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For ("") I say brotes. For " I say kwat (that's html markup). Also, I say caugh-pay for ©. I don't know why. The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot. I say git and lit for greater and less than. I add an "ee" to the end if it's "greater or equal to" because "gitee" is easier to say. Mostly, things like this I just say in my head, but they sneak into my outside voice every now and then and people look at me all weird like. It may also be the underwear on my head, but who knows? My Latest: How quickly is the Government spending your money? Tech blog: They Call me Mister James
TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot.
For some unknown reason, the common word for "!" was "Oink" at school... "#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it? I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech. On a slightly different note, I tried to explain something that changed according to a counter integer. I said "for the Nth item, do this" sort of thing and my non-programming friend looked at me blankly. Maybe it's because I used to be a Matlab person, but I didn't realise that "N" isn't considered a global counter... And the fact that non-programmers (non-mathematicians, I suppose) don't understand the concept of variables... ... ... :doh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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This[^] is the only other time I have encountered this phenomenon.
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Does the Navaho really have a word for "Zero"?:confused:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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Does the Navaho really have a word for "Zero"?:confused:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
It would seem so:
According to the Robert Young and William Morgan The Navajo Language published in 1987 by the University of New Mexico, the Navajo word for zero is ádin (high tone on the first vowel)
From here[^]. Although I suspect that it really means 'nothing' or 'emptiness' or something like that. Only it's context making it numeric.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot.
For some unknown reason, the common word for "!" was "Oink" at school... "#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it? I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech. On a slightly different note, I tried to explain something that changed according to a counter integer. I said "for the Nth item, do this" sort of thing and my non-programming friend looked at me blankly. Maybe it's because I used to be a Matlab person, but I didn't realise that "N" isn't considered a global counter... And the fact that non-programmers (non-mathematicians, I suppose) don't understand the concept of variables... ... ... :doh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
PaulowniaK wrote:
"#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it?
Those damnable yankees tent to call it a "Pound Sign"
PaulowniaK wrote:
I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech.
It's speech for people who can't pronounce axteris axtericks astrix the real word
PaulowniaK wrote:
my non-programming friend looked at me blankly.
I find this to be the case - often when I haven't even said anything.
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PaulowniaK wrote:
"#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it?
Those damnable yankees tent to call it a "Pound Sign"
PaulowniaK wrote:
I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech.
It's speech for people who can't pronounce axteris axtericks astrix the real word
PaulowniaK wrote:
my non-programming friend looked at me blankly.
I find this to be the case - often when I haven't even said anything.
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# is known as "gato" (cat) here in Mexico
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PaulowniaK wrote:
"#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it?
Those damnable yankees tent to call it a "Pound Sign"
PaulowniaK wrote:
I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech.
It's speech for people who can't pronounce axteris axtericks astrix the real word
PaulowniaK wrote:
my non-programming friend looked at me blankly.
I find this to be the case - often when I haven't even said anything.
___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
_Maxxx_ wrote:
Those damnable yankees tent to call it a "Pound Sign"
Eh? :wtf: So what do they call a "real" pound sign then!? (Sorry, I have a Japanese keyboard that doesn't actually have a pound sign!)
_Maxxx_ wrote:
I find this to be the case - often when I haven't even said anything.
:laugh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot.
For some unknown reason, the common word for "!" was "Oink" at school... "#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it? I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech. On a slightly different note, I tried to explain something that changed according to a counter integer. I said "for the Nth item, do this" sort of thing and my non-programming friend looked at me blankly. Maybe it's because I used to be a Matlab person, but I didn't realise that "N" isn't considered a global counter... And the fact that non-programmers (non-mathematicians, I suppose) don't understand the concept of variables... ... ... :doh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
PaulowniaK wrote:
"#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it?
Sharp. ;P
Will Rogers never met me.
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For ("") I say brotes. For " I say kwat (that's html markup). Also, I say caugh-pay for ©. I don't know why. The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot. I say git and lit for greater and less than. I add an "ee" to the end if it's "greater or equal to" because "gitee" is easier to say. Mostly, things like this I just say in my head, but they sneak into my outside voice every now and then and people look at me all weird like. It may also be the underwear on my head, but who knows? My Latest: How quickly is the Government spending your money? Tech blog: They Call me Mister James
A few I tend to use: " are rabbit's ears ' is a rabbit's ear (singlular) \ is slosh I don't think that these are particularly Australian, probably more to do with my age. And # is definitely hash. You should leave the pound sign for the British currency symbol (which probably can't be reliably reproduced here).
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
Those damnable yankees tent to call it a "Pound Sign"
Eh? :wtf: So what do they call a "real" pound sign then!? (Sorry, I have a Japanese keyboard that doesn't actually have a pound sign!)
_Maxxx_ wrote:
I find this to be the case - often when I haven't even said anything.
:laugh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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We were taught (back in the day!) to use "Pling" for "!" - I still think it sounds nicer than "Bang". or, let me rephrase that We were taught oback back in the day bang cloback to use brotesPling for brotes bang hiff I still think it sounds nicer than brotes Bang dot
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lol. nice ;) One I just noticed I do is 'winky' when I type ; and 'face' when I type ). I hope that one doesn't spread :laugh: My Latest: How quickly is the Government spending your money? Tech blog: They Call me Mister James
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Reminds me of a computer teacher I had in middle school or high school (she taught typing, use of Microsoft Word, basic stuff like that). She would pronounce "www" as "double you [pause] double you [pause] double you". Nowadays, I usually just omit the "www" or say "dub dub dub".
I once heard someone say 'hot potato triple dub' for http://www Yes, I wanted to smack them, too ... X|
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PaulowniaK wrote:
"#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it?
Sharp. ;P
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
PaulowniaK wrote:
"#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it?
Sharp. ;-P
Exactly! Beat me to it! Unless you program in C-Hash ... :laugh:
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TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot.
For some unknown reason, the common word for "!" was "Oink" at school... "#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it? I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech. On a slightly different note, I tried to explain something that changed according to a counter integer. I said "for the Nth item, do this" sort of thing and my non-programming friend looked at me blankly. Maybe it's because I used to be a Matlab person, but I didn't realise that "N" isn't considered a global counter... And the fact that non-programmers (non-mathematicians, I suppose) don't understand the concept of variables... ... ... :doh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
PaulowniaK wrote:
TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot.
For some unknown reason, the common word for "!" was "Oink" at school...
"#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it?
I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech.
And here I thought I was alone. :) ! = bang # = pound (yes, I'm from the north) ^ = hat * = splat | = pipe One guy I work with refers to the \ symbol as a "whack". Of course, he's just nuts. This DOES bring to mind the classic skit by Victor Borge and his "phonetic punctuation" routines. Still makes me laugh until my sides hurt!
---------------- Semper Ubi Sub Ubi !
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Reminds me of a computer teacher I had in middle school or high school (she taught typing, use of Microsoft Word, basic stuff like that). She would pronounce "www" as "double you [pause] double you [pause] double you". Nowadays, I usually just omit the "www" or say "dub dub dub".
I say "woof woof woof" for that one. Or sometimes just "wuh wuh wuh". Most of the time, I just omit it.
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I try to stick with Dr. Daniels, and he mostly affirms my thoughts. :cool: My Latest: How quickly is the Government spending your money? Tech blog: They Call me Mister James
Perhaps you should see Dr. Walker, he's got a much better background.
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No, but oddly enough I speak my name (in my mind) when I sign my signature. /ravi
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Doesn't everyone?
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
Dr.Dobb's doesn't count
and hasn't for a long, long time. The last time Dr. Dobb's was worthwhile was back in the 90's.
Software Zen:
delete this;I still have a stack of Dr. Dobbs Journals from the '90s. I haven't renewed my subscription since then. I'm curious, is it that bad now? I pronounce bang, hash, and ampersand and read the others by the names they are called. I don't make up names though.