[Haskell-cafe] anybody can tell me the pronuncation of "haskell"?

Tim Chevalier catamorphism at gmail.com
Mon Jan 28 20:48:18 EST 2008


On 1/28/08, Dan Weston <westondan at imageworks.com> wrote:
> Jeremy Shaw wrote:
> > I would say the best description of how I pronounce it (which may or
> > may not be right): is like 'rascal' but with an h. Though, perhaps
> > different people pronounce rascal differently than I do.
>
> I think to ease the acceptance of Haskell in the broader world we should
> spell it "Hascal" and stress the second syllable. :)
>

I think to ease the acceptance of Haskell in the broader world, we
should just change the name to Schönfinkel.

Cheers,
Tim

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