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> You don't hear the former at all; but you hear the latter as "plus plus," don't you?

I really do not. A short silence, both of them. I suppose it depends on how you normally code. I have never had a need for speaking out code and am not well versed in it.

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I experience reading similarly to you. I will often become familiar with written words before I know how to pronounce them. When I want to say the word for the first time, I will have to pause and think about how it would sound out loud.

This is especially true of code and symbols. For example, consider this poem

> is it already too dark > to play tennis with a racket > i asked? > while I code with [

and contrast with this one

> The house filled with laughter > from mother and daughter > Both were fiends > but neither friends

or even better, combine the two

> I never used a ~ > as well as Oscar Wilde

Yes, this is precisely my experience!

And the weird thing is that the little silences where symbols should go are all completely distinct.

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