[OT]Silly weekend LC poll

Randy Hengst iowahengst at mac.com
Sat Aug 25 15:38:55 EDT 2018


Interesting. I don’t pronounce them as words. They are character and location. Just like I don’t pronounce Dr. as durrr. I say doctor.

be well,
randy
www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com

> On Aug 25, 2018, at 2:07 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I wonder how people pronounce two common LC abbreviations. In print you never notice but in real life I always have to translate what they're talking about.
> 
> How do you pronounce:
> 
> CHAR
>  Rhymes with "care"
>  Sounds like smoldering wood
> 
> LOC
>  Rhymes with "smoke"
>  Sounds like a deadbolt
> 
> I suppose there are others.
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