lew@ihuxr.UUCP (06/13/83)
We used to call a single quote a "pop", which is short for apostrophe. I can't understand how this nice little piece of nomenclature, which fits in so comfortably among the "bangs" and "burps" and so on, got overlooked in favor of the prolix and unimaginative "single quote".
nather@utastro.UUCP (06/15/83)
If the character
'
is "pop," then I guess the character
`
would be "push?"
Other names not yet seen on the net:
# hash
* star
~ twiddle
{ leftit
} rytit
? whatmark
Ed Nather
Anonymous@inmet.UUCP (06/18/83)
#R:ihuxr:-46600:inmet:7300006:000:37 inmet!Anonymous Jun 15 09:58:00 1983 Excuse my ignorance: What's a burp?