“Also, because it makes you a Real Man™, with steel wool-like hair on your chest and a distant gaze, as though contemplating the segfault that got away; UNIX beard moving gently in the harsh nautical wind that is ever present near C programmers.

The reason C is pronounced “sea” is because it refers to the sea of tears of quiche eating inferior programers who got too close to a programming language for Real Men™, and got burned, swearing to never leave the comfort of the namby pamby interpreted language that nutured them as wee latte-drinking babes with scarves.” [BobTheSCV (Reddit)]