Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!isc-br!frigg!carlp From: carlp@frigg.iscs.com (Carl Paukstis) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: How Do You Pronounce "#define"? Message-ID: <2673@isc-br.ISCS.COM> Date: 12 Dec 89 17:10:19 GMT References: <69516@psuecl.bitnet> <2438@softway.oz> <561@junkyard.UUCP> <850@excelan.COM> <3264@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> Sender: news@isc-br.ISCS.COM Reply-To: carlp@frigg.ISC-BR.COM (Carl Paukstis) Organization: ISC Systems Corporation, Spokane WA Lines: 62 In article somebody (actually many somebodies) write: >assorted junk about pronunciation of special characters. I will again accept e-mailed contributions to my continuing list of the ways various people pronounce various characters. The list, as of 30 Oct 87 was originally posted as: Message-ID: <311@iscintl.UUCP>: Here they are, the pronunciations of your favorite "special" characters. I had 37 responses; the pronunciations are listed in order of frequency mentioned among those responses, most common first. Thanks to all the respondents, especially for a foreign perspective. ! = bang | shriek | ballbat | pling * = star | splat | asterisk $ = dollar | dollar sign | ding | string # = sharp | pound | hash | number | gardengate | gate | oof | crunch \ = backslash | bash | reverse virgule . = dot | point | period - = dash | minus | hyphen ^ = caret | hat | up-arrow | boink ? = question mark | huh | question | query | kwes | quiz = = equals | gets | = or | bar | pipe | tube | mark | whack @ = at | snable-a (note 3) % = percent | shift-5 | grape + = plus _ = underscore | underline | underbar & = and | ampersand | amper | donald duck (note 1) ( = left paren | paren | open paren | left banana | banana ) = right paren | close paren | right banana | banana | thesis { = left curly brace | left brace | open brace | open curly bracket | brace | left Tuborg (note 2) | open curly brace | curly brace } = right curly brace | close brace | close curly bracket | right Tuborg (note 2) | close curly brace | uncurly brace [ = left bracket | open bracket | bracket | open square bracket | edged parenthesis begin (note 3) ] = right bracket | close bracket | close square bracket | unbracket | edged parenthesis end (note 3) ~ = twiddle | squiggle | tilde | tildee < = less than | left angle bracket | sucks (note 4) | in arrow > = greater that | right angle bracket | blows (note 4) | out arrow ` = back tick | back ping | back quote | accent grave ' = tick | ping | quote | single quote " = quote | double quote | double ping / = slash | virgule : = colon ; = semicolon , = comma Notes: 1) From Danish "Anders And", sounds like ampersand, means Donald Duck. 2) From the advertising for a well-known beverage (Danish). 3) Imported from Denmark, your mileage may vary. 4) As in "cat sucks stdin, blows stdout". -- Carl Paukstis "I'm the NRA" | DOMAIN: carlp@frigg.ISC-BR.COM ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp. ms LL2-2B | UUCP: ...!uunet!isc-br!frigg!carlp E. 22425 Appleway / Box TAF-C8 | Ma Bell: +1 509 927-5439 Spokane, WA 99220-4008 | (this space intentionally non-blank)