Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
From Steve Crook <ste...@brainstorm.co.uk>
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· 10 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Premise Checker wrote: > > I'm cross-posting this to alt.usage.english (or was it > alt.english.usage?), since there was a thread on this a couple of years > ago. Also, what's the name of "@"? > > And why not go through the whole keyboard? I offer a few alternatives that I've heard. I'm not saying which (if any) is *correct* though :) > ! exclamation point > @ AT > # octothorp HASH > $ dollar sign, anything else? just DOLLAR > % percent sign just PERCENT > ^ caret, roof UP ARROW > & ampersand AND > * asterisk STAR > ( left parenthesis LEFT (or OPEN) BRACKET - the curly & square brackets are so described if you just say "bracket" you usually mean the parenthesis > ) right parenthesis RIGHT (or CLOSE) BRACKET > - en dash MINUS > _ underscore > + plus sign PLUS > = equals sign EQUALS > | PIPE (from unix) or VERTICAL BAR > \ back slash > { left brace LEFT (or OPEN) CURLY BRACKET > } right brace RIGHT (or CLOSE) CURLY BRACKET > [ left bracket LEFT (or OPEN) SQUARE BRACKET > ] right bracket RIGHT (or CLOSE) SQUARE BRACKET > ; semicolon > : colon > ' scare quote, apostrophe > " quotation mark DOUBLE QUOTE > , comma > < left angel bracket > > right angel bracket I *love* these left & right "angels" - you surely mean ANGLE :) > . period DOT > / slash. > ? question mark > ~ tilde > grave accent (hmm, ProComm won't let me type it in) REVERSE QUOTE Hows about that lot then Steve
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