Re: CHRISTMAS TREE

Veronica Karlsson wrote in message <349...@on.spammer>...
>Mark Anderson wrote:
>> (Veronica Karlsson) wrote:
>> > David Day wrote:
>> �  Don't know - looks like a small spaceship.
>>
>
>Looks like a rune to me.


I believe it's "thorn" but I'm not fluent, so I can't say for sure.

>> �  Degrees (as in 32� Centigrade... I wish!)
>>
>
>No, it looks like a small troll.


What's a small troll look like?  (ASCII! ASCII!)

>> �  This is a double s in German - as in Stra�e (Strasse) meaning Street.
>>
>
>The greek letter beta.


It looks like both, but more like the ss/sz ligature (i.e., the German one)
because the tail on the Greek is usually presented as going below the
finishing hook. Hm..

>> �  I believe that this is an accented o used in the Norwegian? language.
>>
>
>I see the same symbol as you see, but it is not "an accented o", it is a
>Norwegian �. An � is not a funny looking O, it is a completely different
>letter with a completely different sound, it just happens to look a
>little bit like an O.


It's a slashed o.
(/) like that, only more o-like. ;)

>>   This symbol appears on *my* computer when I try to display a forbidden
>>    character, or a character that has no symbol assigned to it.
>>
>
>This symbol appears on my computer not at all.


It's a square box.
   _
  |_|  only more connected. :)

>> �  This means "very much greater than" in mathematical terms, as in
>>    10e12�1 (ten thousand billion is very much greater than one).
>>
>
>Yes, I see the same thing that you see.


Odd, I thought it went with � (its mirror image character) as European-style
quote marks?  At least, I forget what language I saw them used in, but it
was --oh never mind, all the people I argue against know everything more
about Europe than I do, 9/10ths of y'all are Nederlanders..
Anyway, I see << and >> and is taht what you see?


>> �  Another accented character, but from which language I do not know.
>>
>
>I see a Y with a dot over it.


Y with an accent that does not go ` that way. (it goes the other way.)

>> I hope this is of some assistance to you, but why you should want to know
>> I have no idea.
>>
>
>I have no idea either. All I know is that you shouldn't use those
>characters to make ascii art! One reason is that different people will
>see different things (if they see anything at all) when someobody uses
>such characters. This depends on what kind of computer you have, what
>program you use, what country you live in and if the wind comes from the
>north.


Because if the wind's in the East, then MARY POPPINS comes in and everything
goes weird.


>>BKNambo, yeahO!
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