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From: daveb@elaited.i88.isc.com (Dave Burton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: pronunciation of *
Keywords: silly, useless, meaningless, drivel
Message-ID: <1989Nov10.232134.5002@i88.isc.com>
Date: 10 Nov 89 23:21:34 GMT
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> ! bang  (must be a remnant from my typography days :-)

and ``*!$@#'' (usually pronounced ``darn'') must be a remnant of
my comic strip writing days, as in, this is a *!$@# waste of time,
why don't we stop it?
-- 
Dave Burton
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