On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:05:34 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> "Constructor" is three syllables; "ctor" isn't readily pronounceable in >> English at all, rather like Cthulhu. (I can't think of any standard >> English words with a "CT" in them at all, let alone at the start of the >> word). The best I can come up with is "KUH TOR" or possibly "SEE TOR", >> both of which are clumsy, and only save a single syllable. > > May I tactfully suggest that searching the abstract of a dictionary for > the letters 'ct' would be a useful action here.
Point taken :-P I did say that *I* couldn't think of any. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list