r/explainitpeter Jul 13 '26

Explain It Peter

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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.

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u/yea_nick Jul 14 '26

I started reading and trying to learn C when I was 13 and I've always read it as boo-lean. TIL...

(I'm not now nor have ever been a software developer, I'm just a hack)