PaulowniaK wrote:
TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
The ones that get most folks are bang and hash (! and #). I say those a lot.
For some unknown reason, the common word for "!" was "Oink" at school...
"#" is read "hash" anyway, isn't it? How else would you read it?
I say "star" for "*". I don't know if that's programmer speech or normal speech.
And here I thought I was alone. :) ! = bang # = pound (yes, I'm from the north) ^ = hat * = splat | = pipe One guy I work with refers to the \ symbol as a "whack". Of course, he's just nuts. This DOES bring to mind the classic skit by Victor Borge and his "phonetic punctuation" routines. Still makes me laugh until my sides hurt!
---------------- Semper Ubi Sub Ubi !