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From: jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce #?
Message-ID: <832@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 31 Aug 89 14:49:31 GMT
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In article <4481@amiga.UUCP>, jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) writes:
> I don't know about you, but I often find myself discussing my
> latest dos, rexx, or wshell hacks, and needing to say something
> like: "... so I set it to expand #?.c when I hit alt-c ..."
> 
> How do you pronounce #?.  I can pronounce '#', and I can pronounce '?', but
> I can't manage to say '#?'. 
> 
> So far, I've been saying "star" or "star-dot-c."  Not everybody
> understands that one.

I would just say "... so I set it to expand number-question-point-c when I hit
alt-c ..." I only say "star" if it really is one (an asterisk), but since in
AmigaDos that's not always the case (unless using Arp or some similar shell
sort of deal) then you're probably better off with the full expansion.
-- 
James A. Treworgy
jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu
jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET