Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
From Ross Howard <rho...@mx7.redestb.es>
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· 10 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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On 10 Jan 1998 00:51:08 GMT, che...@clark.net (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? >! exclamation point also "exclamation mark" and, colloquially, "screamer" ># octothorp also "hash mark" and "sharp sign" >( left parenthesis UK: left/open bracket >- en dash That's not an "en-dash", it's a "hyphen". >{ left brace also UK: "left/open curly bracket" >[ left bracket also UK: left/open square bracket >' scare quote, apostrophe also "single quotation mark" or "single quote" >" quotation mark also "double quotation marks" or "double quotes" >< left angel bracket also "less-than sign" >> right angel bracket also "greater-than sign" >. period UK: "full stop" or "full point" >/ slash. Other name UK: "stroke" Ross Howard **************************************************** There's a number in my e-mail address. Subtract four from it to reply. ****************************************************
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