when talking about the "char" (as in "character") datatype in a programming language, do you pronounce it:

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we were not expecting to be in the minority on this, we pronounce it like the first syllable of "character"
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@Felthry I guess most people just try to pronounce it as if it was its own word, but I'm not sure how it is if English is your first language

@noiob we've heard the pronunciation of it as if it were its own word from a number of native english speakers so i don't think it's that connected with whether you're a 1L or 2L or 73L english speaker (are there any 73L english speakers in the world i wonder? that would mean for one thing you know at least 73 languages which is a Lot, and on top of that for some reason you waited until the 73rd to learn english, which is a pretty major language)
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