Racket pronunciation guide

A fun, slightly strange part of learning Racket has been learning the function names.

These pronunciations are my understanding of how Dan Grossman says them in Programming Languages Part B on Coursera, so if they're wrong blame Dan.

(Just kidding. Don't blame Dan. If you're convinced a pronunciation is wrong, let me know using the email address on the About page. If you persuade me you're right, I'll update the list.)

Function

Pronounced

Example

car

(car (list 1 2 3)) ; 1

cdr

cud-er

(cdr (list 1 2 3)) ; '(2 3)

cadr

cad-er

(cadr (list 1 2 3)) ; 2

caddr

ca-did-er

(caddr (list 1 2 3)) ; 3

set!

set-bang

(set! x 10)

set-mcar!

set-em-car-bang

(set-mcar! p 10)

set-mcdr!

set-em-cud-er-bang

(set-mcdr! p 20)

There are many, many "pair accessor shorthands" in Racket, but I have no idea how to pronounce most of them!