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by silisili 2598 days ago
Nice talk! I could watch any PL talk for hours on end I think.

Unrelated to the language, but at ~41 or 42 minute mark I noticed the pronunciation of 'executable' and it made me really think. He says it in a way that highlights 'exec', which makes a lot of sense, whereas I normally would say it with emphasis on the third syllable. Now I wonder how most programmers say that word...

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That is interesting and I was too engrossed in the talk to even pick up on that the first time through.

According to :

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/ex...

He's using the American pronunciation, and yours is likely the UK version. I've always used the UK pronunciation myself and didn't know there was an alternate way to say it until today.

Thanks, that's exactly the difference. While I'm an American, I'd only previously used and heard the UK version..(not that it's a common word).