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From: fetter@cos.com (Bob Fetter)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Name that character!
Message-ID: <45904@cos.com>
Date: 29 May 91 17:24:23 GMT
References: <10599@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: fetter@cos.UUCP (Bob Fetter)
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  Well, I'll add the ones I've heard/used in the past, given below the
character being referred to.  These are prefixed with "MY-2cents:" :->


In article <10599@castle.ed.ac.uk> eanv20@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Woods) writes:
>
>	There seems to be approaching agreement on a number of one or
>two syllable convenience names for characters. I wonder if there is a
>definitive list - if not, perhaps we could go about creating one. So
>far I've got (from listening to the dictations going on around me):
>
>	!	shriek
MY-2cents: 	bang, whack, slap

>	@	at
>	#	hash
MY-2cents: 	number, pound, thash

>	$	dollar (but strangely `string' to some people :-)
MY-2cents: 	buck

>	^	hat
MY-2cents: 	up

>	&	and (`ampersand' appears to be getting rarer)
MY-2cents: 	amp

>	*	splat, star
MY-2cents: 	through	(as it ususally is a dereference marker)

>	(	open (this seems a little unsatisfactory!)
>	)	close (ditto)
>	_	under, underscore
>	-	dash,minus (or `option', apparently :-)
MY-2cents: 	hyphen

>	~	twiddle, twaddle, tilde
MY-2cents: 	"almost sign", or just "almost"

>	|	bar (or `pipe' :-)
MY-2cents: 	line

>	?	? - any ideas? 
MY-2cents: 	eh (expressed with rise, indicating question/query)

>	/	slash, stroke
>	\	backslash
MY-2cents: 	back

>	<	lessthan, openangle
MY-2cents: 	less, "open broket"    (as in "broket" --> "broken brace")

>	>	morethan, closeangle
MY-2cents: 	greater, "close broket"

>	[	opensquare
MY-2cents:	openbox    (as in "box braces")

>	]	closesquare
MY-2cents:	closebox

>	{	opencurly, openbrace
MY-2cents:	"open squirrly"   (as in "squirrly braces")

>	}	closecurly, closebrace
MY-2cents:	"close squirrly"

>	.	dot, stop, point, period
>	`	openquote
	grave

>	'	closequote
MY-2cents: 	accent


  -Bob-