cm@yarra.oz.au (Charles Meo) (10/30/89)
The whole discussion on this matter is asinine. Stop it. chuck not a wizard. -- Heresy, Barricades, Threats, Big Promises.......
jay@silence.princeton.nj.us (Jay Plett) (10/30/89)
splat, star.
nasa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Daniel Poirot) (10/30/89)
In article <5047@yarra.oz.au> cm@yarra.oz.au (Charles Meo) writes: >The whole discussion on this matter is asinine. > >Stop it. > >chuck >not a wizard. >-- >Heresy, Barricades, Threats, Big Promises....... How do you pronounce '*'? I have allways called it 'splat' (the sound of a '.' falling from a great height) but when I do, nobody seems to know what I am talking about... Daniel Poirot nasa@attctc.dallas.tx.us Lockheed C87 phone 713/483-2426 2400 Nasa Rd. 1 phax 713/483-6120 Houston, TX 77536 "A mind is a terrible thing."
mkaminsk@cvbnet.UUCP (Mark Kaminsky/x4495) (11/08/89)
From article <2385@stl.stc.co.uk>, by dsr@stl.stc.co.uk (David Riches): > In article <2008@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> cliff@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Cliff Marcellus) writes: > % ... and what about '!' (bang) and '~' (twiddle) and '#' (pound) > Actually it's '!' (shriek) and '~' (tilde) and '#' (hash) nad '^' (hat!!) While working in New York I was told by one of the customer-service reps told about a customer who kept on refering to pine-cones. It took her about 10 minutes to figure out that the customer was talking about the '*" key! Mark B. Kaminsky, Computervision Division, PRIME Computer, Inc. , Bedford, MA UUCP: {decvax|linus|sun}!cvbnet!mkaminsk | Internet: mkaminsk@cvbnet.prime.com Me? I'm an anarcho-objectivist Libertarian. (Pause)... Why are you wincing?
andyc@hpopd.HP.COM (Andrew Cunningham) (11/09/89)
/ hpopd:comp.unix.wizards / dsr@stl.stc.co.uk (David Riches) / 1:18 pm Nov 6, 1989 / >In article <2008@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> cliff@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Cliff Marcellus) writes: >% ... and what about '!' (bang) and '~' (twiddle) and '#' (pound) # is a hash on my screen. I use hash for this, irrespective of whether it's actually displayed as a hash or a pound sign. >% although I don't know WHY '^' is called 'carrot' ('caret') :-) >% >Actually it's '!' (shriek) and '~' (tilde) and '#' (hash) nad '^' (hat!!) >---------- What's wrong with "twiddle" for a `~'? The problem is that when you have a conversation littered with the words "twiddle", "widget", and "gadget", non computer experts think you're under the afluence of inkahol, so to speak. Also I like pling for !. I just wish I could get out of the habit of pronouncing $ as "string", from my (not-too) early childhood days of BASIC (if you'll excuse my language). It doesn't really matter how you pronounce it, as long as other people know what you mean..... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: What I say has nothing whatsoever to do with Hewlett-Packard Andrew Cunningham, HP Software Engineering Systems Division, Pinewood E-mail: andyc@hpopd.HP.COM hplabs!hpopd!andyc
daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) (11/10/89)
In article <303@orchid.warwick.ac.uk> Richard J Cox writes: >! pling ! bang (must be a remnant from my typography days :-) -- Dave Hammond daveh@marob.masa.com
daveb@elaited.i88.isc.com (Dave Burton) (11/11/89)
> ! bang (must be a remnant from my typography days :-)
and ``*!$@#'' (usually pronounced ``darn'') must be a remnant of
my comic strip writing days, as in, this is a *!$@# waste of time,
why don't we stop it?
--
Dave Burton
uunet!ism780c!laidbak!davebdgh@unify.UUCP (David Harrington) (11/11/89)
In article <303@orchid.warwick.ac.uk> maujt@warwick.ac.uk (Richard J Cox) writes: >In article <469020f0.81da@digital.sps.mot.com> chen@digital.sps.MOT.COM (Jinfu Chen) writes: >>In article <9945@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> nasa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Daniel Poirot) writes: >>> >>>How do you pronounce '*'? >>> >> >>While on the same subject, how about following: >[...Listing the characters below...] >! pling Wrong. ! = BANG
pcf@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Pete French) (11/13/89)
(I have resisted contributing to this junk until now but...) >In article <9945@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> nasa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Daniel Poirot) writes: > >How do you pronounce '*'? Long ago, before I had ever encountered UNIX, I read a magazine article entitled "UNIX - pretender to the throne of CP/M ?" (which actually slagged it off rather badly for not fitting onto a 64k Z80 machine!) that calimed that everyone pronounced "*" as "glob" - short for "global" as in "ls *". Most people I have met think that it should be pronounced as "glob" - but none of them ever use it. -Pete French.
woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) (11/13/89)
In article <1234@unify.UUCP>, dgh@unify.UUCP (David Harrington) writes: > In article <303@orchid.warwick.ac.uk> maujt@warwick.ac.uk (Richard J Cox) writes: > >In article <469020f0.81da@digital.sps.mot.com> chen@digital.sps.MOT.COM (Jinfu Chen) writes: > >>In article <9945@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> nasa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Daniel Poirot) writes: > >>> > >>>How do you pronounce '*'? > >>> > >> When I first got started with 'C' I had a &^$%^* (ha) of a time understanding pointers. It only became clear when my guru (all beginning 'C'ers need a guru) told me to pronounce it as 'at' It would have made a lot more sense for K & R to have defined '@' to be the indirection operator, since it is not used, and since it unloads the '*' a bit, but it was not done. char * pointer ====>verbalizes as char at pointer which clearly states the concept. cheers, Woody
ce202a2@prism.gatech.EDU (THOMAS, PETE (TEACHING ASSISTANT)) (11/14/89)
Ridiculous. A * is a star is a star. Nobody says "asterisk" and for
gossakes "ls 'glob'" or "globe" or "global" just doesn't roll off the
tongue. Sorry to say but I'll keep on saying star; noone's called me
names yet because of it. (Although that may start tomorrow).
--
Peter L. Thomas (E GR 1170Z{1,2}, UTA)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Internet: {gt5139c,ce202a2}@prism.gatech.edutr@pcharming.ctt.bellcore.com (tom reingold) (11/14/89)
The way to pronounce '@' is "whirlpool". Tom Reingold |INTERNET: tr@bellcore.com Bellcore |UUCP: bellcore!tr 444 Hoes La room 1H217 |PHONE: (201) 699-7058 [work], Piscataway, NJ 08854-4182 | (201) 287-2345 [home]
tr@pcharming.ctt.bellcore.com (tom reingold) (11/14/89)
The way to pronounce '#' is "mesh". The way to pronounce '=' is "semimesh". Tom Reingold |INTERNET: tr@bellcore.com Bellcore |UUCP: bellcore!tr 444 Hoes La room 1H217 |PHONE: (201) 699-7058 [work], Piscataway, NJ 08854-4182 | (201) 287-2345 [home]
tr@pcharming.ctt.bellcore.com (tom reingold) (11/14/89)
Well, to those who call a '*' an "asterisk", I offer this poem: Suzy Smith put on her skates upon the ice to frisk. Her friends thought her a little strange her little *. Tom Reingold |INTERNET: tr@bellcore.com Bellcore |UUCP: bellcore!tr 444 Hoes La room 1H217 |PHONE: (201) 699-7058 [work], Piscataway, NJ 08854-4182 | (201) 287-2345 [home]
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (11/15/89)
In article <18198@bellcore.bellcore.com> tr@pcharming.UUCP (tom reingold) writes: >The way to pronounce '#' is "mesh". >The way to pronounce '=' is "semimesh". Now if we only knew how to pronounce Gigamesh.
jam@gumby.Philips.Com (John A. Murphy) (11/15/89)
* = splat and another vote for ! = bang Murf John A. Murphy jam@philabs.philips.com 345 Scarborough Road Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 One one-trillionith of a surprise: picaboo (914)945-6216
sft@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (scott.thompson) (11/15/89)
The way to pronounce '*' is "splat".
--
Scott Thompson, 45261, (IH 6W-207), AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il. 60566
VOICE: (312)-979-2237 UUCP: ...!att!ihlpa!sftmercer@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer) (11/15/89)
In article <3403@hydra.gatech.EDU> ce202a2@prism.gatech.EDU (THOMAS, PETE (TEACHING ASSISTANT)) writes:
:Ridiculous. A * is a star is a star. Nobody says "asterisk" and for
:gossakes "ls 'glob'" or "globe" or "global" just doesn't roll off the
:tongue. Sorry to say but I'll keep on saying star; noone's called me
:names yet because of it. (Although that may start tomorrow).
:--
:Peter L. Thomas (E GR 1170Z{1,2}, UTA)
:"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
:Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
:Internet: {gt5139c,ce202a2}@prism.gatech.edu
Star and asterisk are both acceptable. But personally, I prefer
splat which fits in very nicely with ! bang.
--
Dan Mercer
Reply-To: mercer@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)hughes@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (larry hughes) (11/15/89)
In article <17292@rpp386.cactus.org> woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes: >When I first got started with 'C' I had a &^$%^* (ha) of a time understanding >pointers. It only became clear when my guru (all beginning 'C'ers need a guru) >told me to pronounce it as 'at' It would have made a lot more sense >for K & R to have defined '@' to be the indirection operator, since it is >not used, and since it unloads the '*' a bit, but it was not done. > >char * pointer ====>verbalizes as char at pointer which clearly >states the concept. > They used '*' and pronounced it 'at' for the same reason that they used 'mv' to 'rename a file' (as most people describe it)...so everyone would a guru, thereby ensuring job security! //=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\\ || Larry J. Hughes, Senior Programmer || hughes@silver.bacs.indiana.edu || || Indiana University || || || University Computing Services || "The person who knows everything || || 750 N. State Road 46 Bypass || has a lot to learn." || || Bloomington, IN 47405 || || || (812) 855-9255 || Disclaimer: See quote above. || \\=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=//
pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (11/17/89)
While we're on this silly topic, is "lib" pronounced to rhyme with "bib"
or "imbibe"? Does "bin" rhyme with "sin" or "sine"? And how do you say "etc"?
And who does it matter to?? ;-)
--
Pete Holsberg UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh
Mercer College CompuServe: 70240,334
1200 Old Trenton Road GEnie: PJHOLSBERG
Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800mikes@rtech.UUCP (Mike Schilling(This sentence no verb.)) (11/17/89)
From article <4758@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>, by sft@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (scott.thompson):
> The way to pronounce '*' is "splat".
Splat it is, Kurt Vonnegut notwithstanding. By the way, the British folks
I worked with at a certain mass-transit project pronounced '!' as "shriek".
This is not without charm.
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Alameda, CAkenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) (11/28/89)
In article <18197@bellcore.bellcore.com> tr@pcharming.UUCP (tom reingold) writes:
==>The way to pronounce '@' is "whirlpool".
==>
==>Tom Reingold |INTERNET: tr@bellcore.com
==>Bellcore |UUCP: bellcore!tr
==>444 Hoes La room 1H217 |PHONE: (201) 699-7058 [work],
==>Piscataway, NJ 08854-4182 | (201) 287-2345 [home]
Nope. Its pronounced at.
So kenmoore@unix becomes kenmoore at unix.
Sign me:
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kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L. Moore)
(Sorry about the long sig but inews won't recognize my .signature... even with
a "chmod 777 .signature"! Tsk. Tsk.)jje@virtech.uucp (Jeremy J. Epstein) (12/02/89)
In article <4081@rtech.rtech.com>, mikes@rtech.UUCP (Mike Schilling(This sentence no verb.)) writes: > From article <4758@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>, by sft@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (scott.thompson): > > The way to pronounce '*' is "splat". > > Splat it is, Kurt Vonnegut notwithstanding. By the way, the British folks > I worked with at a certain mass-transit project pronounced '!' as "shriek". > This is not without charm. I worked with someone many years ago (hello Bob Knight) who insisted that the "#" was called an octathorpe (which my edition of Webster has never heard of). Jeremy Epstein TRW uunet!virtech!jje -- Jeremy Epstein TRW Systems Division 2750 Prosperity Avenue FV10/5010