Ragdoll X@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 8 hours agoFrench programmers be like:sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down114file-text
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minus-squareone_old_coder@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 hours agoPlease explain. It’s the first dad joke of programming I’ve ever seen.
minus-squareRagdoll X@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-26 hours agoThe French pronounce the letters “eaux” as just “o”, and foo and bar are placeholder names for functions that are often used in programming tutorials.
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·7 hours agoYes, but it’s “oh”, not “oo” (as in football) So it’s read “foh-oh”. If you want to be correct, it’s “Fou - barre - base” (“foo - bar - baz”)
minus-squareone_old_coder@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours agoI’m French and most people know that oo is not “o.” Fou would have been the proper way to write it.
minus-squareMajinBlayze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·7 hours agoEaux in French is pronounced like o So foo -> feauxeaux
minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours agoFrench people saying “water”:
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours ago[Obligatory comment about frog fursuits goes here]
minus-squareone_old_coder@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 hours agoNot really. Every programmer in France knows how to speak English, and foo is foo, not anything else.
minus-squareMajinBlayze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·6 hours agoI bet you’re fun at parties
Please explain. It’s the first dad joke of programming I’ve ever seen.
The French pronounce the letters “eaux” as just “o”, and
fooandbarare placeholder names for functions that are often used in programming tutorials.Yes, but it’s “oh”, not “oo” (as in football)
So it’s read “foh-oh”. If you want to be correct, it’s “Fou - barre - base” (“foo - bar - baz”)
Well feauxck
C’est un crazy rod là
I’m French and most people know that oo is not “o.” Fou would have been the proper way to write it.
But how do you pronounce zoo?
Eaux in French is pronounced like o
So foo -> feauxeaux
French Furries: eauxWeaux :3
French people saying “water”:
[Obligatory comment about frog fursuits goes here]
Not really. Every programmer in France knows how to speak English, and foo is foo, not anything else.
I bet you’re fun at parties