Pronouncing Enum

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OK here's a random one for you:

How do you pronounce enum when you say it?

Some say "e-noom", others say "en-um".
 
For some reason that just sounds wrong to me!
Putting aside the fact it's short for enumeration, in itself it should be
pronounced e-num (as in numb) if you ask me.
 
For some reason that just sounds wrong to me!
Putting aside the fact it's short for enumeration, in itself it should be
pronounced e-num (as in numb) if you ask me.
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For some reason that just sounds wrong to me!
Putting aside the fact it's short for enumeration,
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It's precisely the fact that it is short for ee-nyoo-meh-ray-shun...

:-)
 
Well.. I have a friend called Florence (ok I admit, I don't really).
When she's called Flo for short, it's like "flow", not "flo" as in flock
without the K.

Thus enum is e-numb!

So that's settled then.
 
John Wood said:
OK here's a random one for you:

How do you pronounce enum when you say it?

Some say "e-noom", others say "en-um".
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The way I pronounce it, it rhymes with 'venom'. I suppose that's the
latter of the two choices above.

It's sometimes funny to talk with someone when using computing terms to
find that you pronounce them differently. For example, someone the other
day pronounced 'URL' as 'earl' and I had no idea what he was referring to
at first. (I pronounce it 'you are ell'.)
 
The problem is, there's no authority on this... because enum isn't a word!
Unless there's some 'geek dictionary' I'm not aware of...
 
Another example of why it should be e-nummmm...

It's "modem" not "modeeeem" (as in modulator, DE-modulator).
If that doesn't convince you, nothing will.
 
C# Learner said:
The way I pronounce it, it rhymes with 'venom'. I suppose that's the
latter of the two choices above.

It's sometimes funny to talk with someone when using computing terms to
find that you pronounce them differently. For example, someone the other
day pronounced 'URL' as 'earl' and I had no idea what he was referring to
at first. (I pronounce it 'you are ell'.)
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I can't stand the "earl" pronunciation. I say "U - R - L".
Then again, some people say "ess queue ell" and I say "sequel". (SQL)
Some say (datatype char) as "char" (as in charcoal) and others say "care"
and most say "c-sharp" but some guy I interviewed once insisted on
calling it "c-pound". I killed him and buried him in the yard.

I say "e-num" in the same way you would say "number".

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Well at least he was partially right (but still deserved to die if you ask
me). Barnes and Noble have only just corrected (after several months) their
book signs to read "C#". When they first arrived they all said "C/C+/C++".
 
Does ANYONE know of a web page / control / reference / .net assembly that
will allow me have users key in a TEXT item, and it automatically CONVERT it
to the phonetic representation??

EX: they type in ENUM, it spits out E NOOM etc etc

Thanks in advance!!
 
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