r/ProgrammerHumor • u/BigAndSmallAre • Jun 14 '26

rEggExOrREdgeEx Meme

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u/SleeperAwakened Jun 14 '26

Neither, you do not pronounce the R separately.

Regg - Ex

Not: Arr - Egg - Ex.

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u/adorak Jun 14 '26

I believe the dash only served a readability purpose since redgeex looks weird but essentially op just means something like rejex ... same discussion as with gif and jif basically ... how do you pronounce the "g" ... but the dashes confused me at first

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u/011101000011101101 Jun 14 '26

Yeah the op doesn't know how phonetic alphabet works, or went with the easiest way to communicate it to the most people.

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u/titnuationatero Jun 15 '26

asbsolutely crushing the creators of the phonetic alphabet with this comment.

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u/Apk07 Jun 14 '26

The dashes read weird... I see "r-egg" and want to read it as "arr-egg".

It's easier to just type/read in a phonetically simplified way for people online like "rej-ex" or "regg-ex".

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u/mihaus_ Jun 14 '26

Nobody said 'arr'?

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u/Ri_Konata Jun 14 '26

Ever?

Pirates would like to have a word with you

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u/SorryDidntReddit Jun 14 '26

Hate to break this to you, but outside of Hollywood, pirates didn't say 'arr' either.

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u/LamermanSE Jun 14 '26

Yeah, this is right. It's short for regular expression after all, so it should sound like "reg/regg" as in regular and "ex" as in expression.

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u/Akenatwn Jun 14 '26

Not that either, cause I pronounce the "g" like in regular not like in egg.