MyFirstLemmy
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
ElCanut@jlai.lu to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 8 months ago

Asking the real questions

jlai.lu

message-square
181
link
fedilink
1.15K

Asking the real questions

jlai.lu

ElCanut@jlai.lu to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 8 months ago
message-square
181
link
fedilink
  • takeheart@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    8 months ago

    Na, names are about pronunciation (how you call someone). Written letters are an approximation of that. You can’t pronounce a newline, so there’s that.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      8 months ago

      Try telling that to .

    • Worx@lemmynsfw.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      8 months ago

      Just crouch down to simulate moving to a lower line.

      John <crouch> Doe

    • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      How do you pronounce the hyphen in double barrelled names?

      • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        8 months ago

        The hyphen can provide indicators on how to parse the letters on either side. “Pen-Island” would be pronounced differently from “Penisland.”

    • watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      John
      (long pause)
      Doe

    • stringere@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      Just pronounce \n as a glottal stop.

      • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        8 months ago

        Hawai
        i

        • stringere@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          8 months ago

          Hwhy e?

    • BatmanAoD@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      8 months ago

      But differently spelled names are legally distinct.

      • lseif@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        8 months ago

        i think they mean that pronounciation matters for determing validity, not for the actual record or distinguishing between names

        • BatmanAoD@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          8 months ago

          But that doesn’t really address the original question, does it? You don’t have to pronounce all the letters in a name, so the fact that you can’t pronounce a newline isn’t sufficient to demonstrate that it can’t be part of a name.

Programmer Humor@programming.dev

programmer_humor@programming.dev

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !programmer_humor@programming.dev

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

  • Keep content in english
  • No advertisements
  • Posts must be related to programming or programmer topics
Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 1.39K users / day
  • 3.58K users / week
  • 8K users / month
  • 20K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 24.9K subscribers
  • 1.38K Posts
  • 33.7K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Feyter@programming.dev
  • adr1an@programming.dev
  • BurningTurtle@programming.dev
  • Pierre-Yves Lapersonne@programming.dev
  • UI: unknown version
  • BE: 0.19.12
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org