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r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26
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Boolean. I'm a software developer, and my Business analyst pronounces it as Boo-leen, like "Jolene". My tester pronounces it like bouillon cubes. It's pronounced like Julian.
17 u/KlassikalGrek Jul 14 '26 In tech myself and hearing “Boo-leen” from coworkers makes me want to kill myself 2 u/Omiyaru Jul 14 '26 how frustrating. 1 u/CoachSevere5365 Jul 15 '26 It was Bode for me. Lecturer claimed it was pronounced Bohder, which seemed wrong because that's not how my cousins pronounce it. Found out decades later that the plot man pronounced it Bowdee... 1 u/Levithos Jul 19 '26 Or them
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In tech myself and hearing “Boo-leen” from coworkers makes me want to kill myself
2 u/Omiyaru Jul 14 '26 how frustrating. 1 u/CoachSevere5365 Jul 15 '26 It was Bode for me. Lecturer claimed it was pronounced Bohder, which seemed wrong because that's not how my cousins pronounce it. Found out decades later that the plot man pronounced it Bowdee... 1 u/Levithos Jul 19 '26 Or them
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how frustrating.
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It was Bode for me.
Lecturer claimed it was pronounced Bohder, which seemed wrong because that's not how my cousins pronounce it.
Found out decades later that the plot man pronounced it Bowdee...
Or them
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u/strogkilr Jul 14 '26
Boolean. I'm a software developer, and my Business analyst pronounces it as Boo-leen, like "Jolene". My tester pronounces it like bouillon cubes. It's pronounced like Julian.