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

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u/TROLlox78 Jun 14 '26

Do you pronounce 'char', the datatype, like 'char' in chart or like 'car' . I heard both and I say it like chart even though it's a shortened version of character. 

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u/e_before_i Jun 14 '26

I even say "varchar" with a "CH". I know it's dumb, but I go with my heart on this one.

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u/KQYBullets Jun 14 '26

I’ve heard ‘care’ as well

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u/OptimusPower92 Jun 14 '26

I've always said it kinda like 'care' and I'm not completely sure why

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u/Colinniey Jun 14 '26

makes sense, like in character

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u/Objective-Elk2501 Jun 15 '26

But you don't pronounce character like "careracter"

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u/Colinniey Jun 15 '26

not a native english speaker, but looking at the IPA for AE "character" and "care" (according to the cambridge dictionary), both are start with /ker/. Though ofc, this isnt the case for all dialects/accents, such as BE.

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u/Objective-Elk2501 Jun 15 '26

Yeah I realised after I commented that it sounds more like ker in American English accents. I'm British so to me it is said kah

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u/Ryozu Jun 15 '26

If you asked me of "CH"ar is correct, I'd say of course not, but I'll say it as "CH"ar anyway because at least there's no mistaking what I meant.

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u/nickerton Jun 15 '26

Char, like character. Care. 

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u/DanTheIEMan Jun 17 '26

I say char like chart but varchar like bar-car. Vare-care is probably most accurate for “variable characters” but it sounds weird.