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How do you pronounce "char" (data type)? [ch] as in "character" or [ch] as in "charcoal"?

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    charcoal
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    Char - charcoal
    Character - carri tar
    Varchar - far char
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    @C0D4 i would go with var char. more a soft v. mixture of w and f.
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    @natinaum i say it with the v but as if it was an f. Sounds a bit like far.
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    @C0D4 thats what I thougt. And It's somehow weird. I would be maybe irritated if someone i talk would pronounce it like this :)
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    @rutee07 than it sounds like car?
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    @rutee07 Okay, I just pronounced it always like i would if it would be a singel word. Without the context of the word charakter.

    But with the the context of your mother tongue given, it's understandable.
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    Charcoal
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    czar :D
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    Just to confuse people, I like to pronounce it as in yacht.
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    Char like Charmander.
    But mostly just because pronouncing it like a shortened “character” sounds like “care”.
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    *enters existential crisis*
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    its sorta like Lib and Library i suppose - in my head i read char(coal)
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    @ftechhelp more of an arrrr and varchar becomes var-arrr. Great for 19th September
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    It's a /kĘ°/ sound because it stands for "character". Just like GIF is pronounced with a hard 'g' because it stands for _Graphics_ Interchange Format.
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