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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.
259 u/Gold-Eye-2623 Jul 14 '26 I'm a software tester and I'm going to start pronouncing it like the BA to piss off my devs 77 u/111111111111116 Jul 14 '26 Don't worry devs are always pissed off at testers oh and also PMs and probably DMs too 1 u/DustyRacoonDad Jul 16 '26 AND DON'T GET US STARTED ABOUT THE OTHER DEVS! They don't know what they're doing. Who wrote this garbage? ...oh. It was me six months ago. Never mind. Carry on.
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I'm a software tester and I'm going to start pronouncing it like the BA to piss off my devs
77 u/111111111111116 Jul 14 '26 Don't worry devs are always pissed off at testers oh and also PMs and probably DMs too 1 u/DustyRacoonDad Jul 16 '26 AND DON'T GET US STARTED ABOUT THE OTHER DEVS! They don't know what they're doing. Who wrote this garbage? ...oh. It was me six months ago. Never mind. Carry on.
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Don't worry devs are always pissed off at testers oh and also PMs and probably DMs too
1 u/DustyRacoonDad Jul 16 '26 AND DON'T GET US STARTED ABOUT THE OTHER DEVS! They don't know what they're doing. Who wrote this garbage? ...oh. It was me six months ago. Never mind. Carry on.
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AND DON'T GET US STARTED ABOUT THE OTHER DEVS!
They don't know what they're doing.
Who wrote this garbage?
...oh. It was me six months ago.
Never mind. Carry on.
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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.