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| garry at sage.att.com |
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i'm giving a talk soon on our use of erlang, and it occurred to me
that i'm not sure how it is pronounced. is it prounounced like
"air-lang",
or "ir-lang"? i've heard both.
thanks
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Garry Hodgson sometimes we ride on your horses
Senior Hacker sometimes we walk alone
Software Innovation Services sometimes the songs that we hear
AT&T Labs are just songs of our own
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| matthias at corelatus.com |
| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2001 9:35 pm |
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> i'm giving a talk soon on our use of erlang, and it occurred to me
> that i'm not sure how it is pronounced. is it prounounced like
> "air-lang", or "ir-lang"? i've heard both.
Native English speakers tend to call it "ir-lang" (i.e. sounds like
'herlang' said by someone 'oo drops 'is aitches) whereas the Swedes
make it sound more like "air-lang", especially when they're speaking
Swedish.
Matt
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| luke at bluetail.com |
| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2001 9:41 pm |
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matthias_at_corelatus.com writes:
> > i'm giving a talk soon on our use of erlang, and it occurred to me
> > that i'm not sure how it is pronounced. is it prounounced like
> > "air-lang", or "ir-lang"? i've heard both.
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> Native English speakers tend to call it "ir-lang" (i.e. sounds like
> 'herlang' said by someone 'oo drops 'is aitches) whereas the Swedes
> make it sound more like "air-lang", especially when they're speaking
> Swedish.
To avoid confusion, maybe it should be renamed |
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| garry at sage.att.com |
| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2001 6:30 pm |
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matthias_at_corelatus.com wrote:
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> > i'm giving a talk soon on our use of erlang, and it occurred to me
> > that i'm not sure how it is pronounced. is it prounounced like
> > "air-lang", or "ir-lang"? i've heard both.
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> Native English speakers tend to call it "ir-lang" (i.e. sounds like
> 'herlang' said by someone 'oo drops 'is aitches) whereas the Swedes
> make it sound more like "air-lang", especially when they're speaking
> Swedish.
i expect i'll keep calling it "air-lang" then, in deference to my
swedish
great grandmother.
thanks to all who replied.
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Garry Hodgson sometimes we ride on your horses
Senior Hacker sometimes we walk alone
Software Innovation Services sometimes the songs that we hear
AT&T Labs are just songs of our own
garry_at_sage.att.com
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| rv at bluetail.com |
| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2001 11:10 pm |
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Luke Gorrie <luke_at_bluetail.com> writes:
>matthias_at_corelatus.com writes:
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>> > i'm giving a talk soon on our use of erlang, and it occurred to me
>> > that i'm not sure how it is pronounced. is it prounounced like
>> > "air-lang", or "ir-lang"? i've heard both.
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>> Native English speakers tend to call it "ir-lang" (i.e. sounds like
>> 'herlang' said by someone 'oo drops 'is aitches) whereas the Swedes
>> make it sound more like "air-lang", especially when they're speaking
>> Swedish.
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>To avoid confusion, maybe it should be renamed |
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