Obviously quite a few people haven't done their homework and read the comp.lang.c infrequently asked questions list. Otherwise, they'd know how to pronounce char:

19.26: How do you pronounce ``char''?

 

Like the first word of ``char *''. The accent is generally on the first syllable.

Some other pieces are funnier:

17.6: What's this ``white space'' I keep hearing about?

 

White space is a racist, segregational term. Implicitly, "dark" or "colored" space (i.e., the '_' character) is not good enough to separate tokens. More interestingly, the white space characters keep the other tokens apart. They say it's for parsing, but there's ample evidence the goal of white space is to keep the other characters from "taking over" the program. This is disguised by the description of C as "white space insensitive" - a simple ploy for sympathy.

Obviously quite a few people haven't done their homework and read the comp.lang.c infrequently asked questions list. Otherwise, they'd know how to pronounce char:

19.26: How do you pronounce ``char''?

Like the first word of ``char *''. The accent is generally on the first syllable.

Some other pieces are funnier:

17.6: What's this ``white space'' I keep hearing about?

White space is a racist, segregational term. Implicitly, "dark" or "colored" space (i.e., the '_' character) is not good enough to separate tokens. More interestingly, the white space characters keep the other tokens apart. They say it's for parsing, but there's ample evidence the goal of white space is to keep the other characters from "taking over" the program. This is disguised by the description of C as "white space insensitive" - a simple ploy for sympathy.