Re^6: How to say 'oops' in OOPs? (pronouncing abbrev.s)

"Air"? I pronounce them as in to err. stderr becomes "ess-tee-dee err" for me, and along the same lines I usually say "err st'(i)r" for errstr. usr I pronounce (roughly) "youz'(i)r", instead of the "youzah" that "user" corresponds to.

But I'm Greek (and grew up in Germany), so what do I know. :-)

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re^6: How to say 'oops' in OOPs? (pronouncing abbrev.s) by sauoq (Abbot) on Jun 07, 2003 at 22:23 UTC
I pronounce "air" and "err" (as in the verb to err) about the same. In fact, this homonym list lists them together along with "ere", "e'er", "heir", and "are" (that last being 1/100 of a hectare, not the verb.) The normal (if there is such a thing) american english pronunciation of "user" would be roughly "youz-er"... of course, a more rigorous pronunciation guide or, better yet, a dictionary with sound files would help this discussion a lot. -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply]
Re: Re: Re^6: How to say 'oops' in OOPs? (pronouncing abbrev.s) by The Mad Hatter (Priest) on Jun 08, 2003 at 03:32 UTC
a dictionary with sound files May I introduce you to Merriam-Webster. Pronunciations of: user and err version 1 and version 2.	[reply]