The title more or less says it: is there a reason why the C# tag wiki is using "cee" instead of "see"? In English, there's less phonetic ambiguity with "see"; whereas, "cee" could, in some obscure case, be pronounced "kee".
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Agreed, and changed.
(The original pronunciation guide came from C#'s Wikipedia article. Depending on the change's reception here, and some amateur linguistics research, I might edit that article as well.)
answered Jul 19, 2012 at 17:10
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1Is it necessary to have
see? Isn'tCsufficient? I mean, I don't C how you could pronounce it differently... Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:12 -
I suppose it's no mistake that proponents of simplifying the English alphabet often suggest removing 'c'. 'k' can take the phonetic place of the 'c' in candle (for example) without a loss of meaning.– ShibumiCommented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:13
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1@yoda Well, if we have to say '#' is really "sharp", then do we just say "C sharp"? I guess that's reasonable, but I like to go full phonetic if I'm going to be going phonetic at all.– ShibumiCommented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:14
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@yoda: depends on the (spoken) language, I suppose. In English, you're right. Others, maybe not. Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:14
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@Shibumi The confusion between
candkoccurs only in words... a letter is atomic. I don't see how it can be confused withk. Also the#for sharp is necessary, because#is NOT the sharp sign. It is called either the hash symbol or pound symbol or number sign in different countries. The actual sharp sign is♯and#is a common substitute for it Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:15 -
@MichaelPetrotta I thought this was all supposed to be English? If not, you'll have to further clarify how
seeis pronounced then... For a German interpreting that into English,seewould besay. I don't mean to be kicking up the dust over something simple, but since this was brought up, it might be simpler to go with the bare minimum necessary once and for all Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:18 -
@yoda Understood, re: the reason for "sharp". The problem with using the English alphabet to produce phonetic pronunciations of other stuff is that the phonetic, made-up words fall victim to the same pronunciation ambiguity that regular words do. In this case, I think the question is, as you've suggested, between "see sharp" and "C sharp".– ShibumiCommented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:18
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@yoda: yeah, this is a bit of a can of worms. I believe "see" is a better pronunciation guide than "cee", especially since the former is a word in English, but I no longer think I should've made such a minor change. I won't be hurt if it changes to C, or is removed entirely. Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:26
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Changing it now from see to c would itself be a "too minor" change. It's fine the way it is.– user102937Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:27
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@MichaelPetrotta Score! I made it in before the guilt set in.– ShibumiCommented Jul 19, 2012 at 17:29
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@MichaelPetrotta just to grow the can of worms, "cee" is also a word in English - it is the name of the letter C. :) Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 19:26
C# (pronounced see sharp) is...I think someone fixed itC sharp?