Apparently, ....C# is pronounced "C harsh"
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Dalek Dave wrote:
The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel
Can two vertical lines be anything other than parallel? Also, what are they perpendicular to if the other lines are at an angle?
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Only in non-euclidean geometry.
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I used to pronounce it as C Hash when I was learning it!
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Accepting it as "sharp" came a bit easier for me since I'd used the '#' as representative of the musical sharp in a text based generator for music output. I still love confusing my workmates by using terms like "ding", "bang" and "splat."
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Dalek Dave wrote:
The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel
Can two vertical lines be anything other than parallel? Also, what are they perpendicular to if the other lines are at an angle?
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Well to be perfectly honest, it technically is C Hash and Not C Sharp, for the official MS character used is the Hash symbol, not the sharp. They are different. The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel and perpendicular with the crossed lines at an angle, whereas the hash has the two Horizontal lines parallel and flat, with the uprights at an angle. Sharp[^] and hash[^]
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Sod it - let's just go with "C Octothorpe" and be done with it! ;P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octothorpe[^]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Yes, our Pound Symbol is a derivation of the letter L, £ and comes from Librum
"Libra", atcherley. "librum" is the dative (I think; I always get my Latin cases mixed up, these days).
Dalek Dave wrote:
whereas theirs is the pound symbol for the weight 'Pound'
... Which is the same thing. The libra was a unit of weight (that translates into English directly as "pound" -- about 5,000 grain, if I remember my Classics lessons correctly), which was used in trading. We extended the trading use to name our currency.
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Mark Wallace wrote:
I always get my Latin cases mixed up, these days
Romani ite domum? :rolleyes:
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ygoronline wrote:
Well, about the Sql Server, he's right. Sql Server 2008 on Win2008 Server. Sql Server 2000 on Win2k... Sql Server 2003 on Win2k3?
Oh man! It makes so much sense now!
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SQL 2008 on a 2003 Server...is that why you're looking for a new job. Just like the technology not fully compatible? :(( At that point you might as well informed him you were mistaken you meant .Net, sound cooler and let'em try and get that one wrong.
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Well to be perfectly honest, it technically is C Hash and Not C Sharp, for the official MS character used is the Hash symbol, not the sharp. They are different. The Sharp has the two Vertical lines parallel and perpendicular with the crossed lines at an angle, whereas the hash has the two Horizontal lines parallel and flat, with the uprights at an angle. Sharp[^] and hash[^]
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Still, I would think that M$ would have chosen ".ch" as file extension if the language was meant to be pronounced as C hash. Then again, in unix world, the sequence "#!" is usually pronounced as "hash bang", so go figure :~
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...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:
"Coming soon"
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Well, if you take the job, start calling it D flat.
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...C# is pronounced C harsh. I just got out of a Job interview and one of the guys on the interviewing panel asked me how long i have been using C# but pronounced it as "C harsh". I wanted to tell him its pronounced differently but, :~ The same guy asked me why i'm indicating on my resume that i have worked with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services yet i had told him earlier in the interview that i haven't worked with Windows server 2008. He couldn't believe it when i told him SQL Server 2008 can be installed on a windows 2003 server. Also at this company, Linux/Unix is a required skill for a Business Intelligence Developer position:suss:
"Coming soon"
Avoiding the pronouncation discussion. ;) I would avoid accepting a position there. You would certainly be irritated by everyone telling you that you are wrong when, in fact you are correct. ;) :)
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I will call it the pound sign exclusively from now on just to upset Brits. I will admit sharp is inaccurate, why don't we call it C hash?
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wizardzz wrote:
I will call it the pound sign exclusively from now on just to upset Brits.
It's British, not Brits, and by all means have at it, I'm an Aussie and we put more shit on the Poms than you Yanks could possibly imagine.
wizardzz wrote:
I will admit sharp is inaccurate, why don't we call it C hash?
No idea, if it was an Aussie that created it we would call it C Hash, but it was a Yank and since they can't even pronounce Craig properly I have no problems understanding that they would fuck up the naming of a computer language.
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Mark Wallace wrote:
I always get my Latin cases mixed up, these days
Romani ite domum? :rolleyes:
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Richard Deeming wrote:
Romani ite domum?
Now write it out a hundred times! (Why on Earth you were down-voted for that, I can't fathom. Maybe there's an anti-Monty-Python cult here, too.)
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SQL 2008 on a 2003 Server...is that why you're looking for a new job. Just like the technology not fully compatible? :(( At that point you might as well informed him you were mistaken you meant .Net, sound cooler and let'em try and get that one wrong.
That's nothing. try SQL Server 2000 and a 2008 Server... oh wait I shouldn't be proud of that...:~
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Still, I would think that M$ would have chosen ".ch" as file extension if the language was meant to be pronounced as C hash. Then again, in unix world, the sequence "#!" is usually pronounced as "hash bang", so go figure :~
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yiangos wrote:
Then again, in unix world, the sequence "#!" is usually pronounced as "hash bang", so go figure
in my world '#!" was usually "crunch bang" - something to do with a brand of breakfast cereal I think. So C# is "C crunch", if it had been 'C@", then I'd have called it "C snail", ... I've had interviewees tell me indignantly, triumphantly even, that it's "C sharp" not "C crunch" :zzz:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
So, you won't be accepting the position then? :laugh:
still undecided. :zzz:
"Coming soon"
You should join that company; it needs you. And believe me, there is lot of scope for your vertical career growth. (Or at least person with skills to install SQL Server 2008 on OS other than Win 2008; and how to build business intelligence apps without knowing Linux/Unix. :) )
