~~For all I care this is the funniest joke I've ever told~~
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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.The “oo” in “foo” is written “ou” in French
Thus foo -> fou
“Feauxeaux” would be pronounced “fozo” (‘o’ as in “cold”)
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.
I’m not French, but I read it as “foh-zoh”.
But how do you pronounce zoo?
"Omlette du frommage."
Zo or zoho
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.
wheauxeauxsh
Impressive.
I bet you're fun at parties