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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
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- Subject: Re: How to pronounce CAR and CDR ?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 22:29:01 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.180337.26400@eng.ufl.edu> zzang@stat.ufl.edu (zzang) writes:
- >I dont know how to pronounce the CAR and CDR?
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- >CAR: /si://ei//a:/ or /ka:/ ?
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- /ka:/, just like the English word with the same spelling.
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- >CDR: /si://di://a:/ ??
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- I don't know the ASCII phonetic alphabet, so I'll describe it.
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- CDR is pronounced in two syllables. The first rhymes with "wood" and
- "good", and the second rhymes with the second syllable of "butter" (just an
- "r" sound).
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