Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
From Markus Laker <fre...@tcp.co.uk>
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· 15 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Larry Krakauer <lar...@kronos.com>: > Wotsa "waka"? Last February, JC Dill posted the following. Perhaps it helps. >>>>>> The following poem appeared recently in INFOCUS magazine. The original authors were Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College & Seminary of Grand Rapids, MI. A poll conducted among INFOCUS readers had established "waka" as the proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket characters < and >, though some readers held out resolutely for "norkies." The text of the poem follows: <>!*''# ^"`$$- !*=@$_ %*<>~#4 &[]../ |{,,SYSTEM HALTED The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, to wit: Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash, Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash, Bang splat equal at dollar under-score, Percent splat waka waka tilde number four, Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash, Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH. <<<<<< Markus Laker -- My real address doesn't include a Christian name.
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