Re: [Haskell-cafe] Pronouncing Curry and currying

2010-10-08 Thread Petr Pudlak
Hi, thanks for both the explanation (Donn) and the sound sample (Luke). Unfortunately, hurry is pronounced differently in British and US English [1], so again I was a little bit confused :-). But Luke's sound sample made it clear for me. [1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hurry#Pronunciation

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Pronouncing Curry and currying

2010-10-08 Thread Ben Millwood
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Petr Pudlak d...@pudlak.name wrote: thanks for both the explanation (Donn) and the sound sample (Luke). Unfortunately, hurry is pronounced differently in British and US English [1], so again I was a little bit confused :-). But Luke's sound sample made it clear

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Pronouncing Curry and currying

2010-10-08 Thread Steve Schafer
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:56:07 +0200, you wrote: Unfortunately, hurry is pronounced differently in British and US English [1], so again I was a little bit confused :-). [1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hurry#Pronunciation The US sample is correct for someone from California, but it's not the way

[Haskell-cafe] Pronouncing Curry and currying

2010-10-06 Thread Petr Pudlak
Hi all, I have a question for native English speakers: What is the correct pronunciation of the name Curry (in Haskell Curry) and the derived verb currying? I found on Wikitonary the name is (probably) of Irish orgin, so I suppose that the pronunciation may by nonstandard. Probably the best

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Pronouncing Curry and currying

2010-10-06 Thread Donn Cave
Quoth Petr Pudlak d...@pudlak.name, I have a question for native English speakers: What is the correct pronunciation of the name Curry (in Haskell Curry) and the derived verb currying? I found on Wikitonary the name is (probably) of Irish orgin, so I suppose that the pronunciation may by

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Pronouncing Curry and currying

2010-10-06 Thread Luke Palmer
Here's how I say it (literally): http://hubrisarts.com/curry.wav On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Petr Pudlak d...@pudlak.name wrote: Hi all, I have a question for native English speakers: What is the correct pronunciation of the name Curry (in Haskell Curry) and the derived verb currying? I