rcj@burl.UUCP (06/17/83)
Since discussing names for the different characters on the keyboard,
I have received ~12 letters suggesting different names -- particularly
for the (), {}, [], and <> combinations. If you are interested,
please send me your version of names for any of the characters on the
keyboard and I will post the results as soon as the replies die down.
I know that this has probably been done before, so --
a) don't flame me for that reason 'cause \I/ ain't never
done it before, and
b) don't put this on the net, send it to me via electronic mail.
Here is what I have so far (If I can remember them all):
! bang, hey!! (yes, that is the exclamation "hey!!" -- see '?' below)
@ at
# number [sign], pound, hash, octothorp
$ dollar, ding
% percent
^ up-arrow, hat, caret
& ampersand, and
* asterisk, star, splat
( left/open [paren], left/open round-bracket
) right/close SAME
_ underline, underscore
- dash, minus [sign]
+ plus [sign], add
= equals [sign]
~ tilde, squiggle, twiddle
` grave accent, back-quote, left/open single-quote, left/open-quote
{ left/open [curly-]brace, left/open curly-bracket, leftit
} right/close SAME, rytit
[ left/open [square-]bracket
] right/close SAME
: colon
; semi-colon
" quote, double-quote
' quote, single-quote, close [single-]quote
| pipe, bar
\ back-slash
< left/open angle[-bracket], less[-than], in
> right/close angle[-bracket], greater[-than], out
, comma
. dot, period
? question[-mark], what[-mark], huh?? (See '!' above)
/ slash
My apologies to anyone who has already sent me mail and whose stuff
did not get in here -- I did not expect the deluge of replies or
to do a survey, so I was only saving them in my mind.
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The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291)
alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj