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From: alan@s5000.rsvl.unisys.com (Al Kiecker)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Name that character!
Message-ID: <191@s5000.rsvl.unisys.com>
Date: 29 May 91 17:07:03 GMT
References: <10599@castle.ed.ac.uk>
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In article <10599@castle.ed.ac.uk>, eanv20@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Woods) writes:
> 
> 	!	shriek
I have always heard this referred to as "bang", as in UUCP bang addresses

> 	#	hash
How 'bout "pound sign", seems to be commonly used around here

> 	^	hat
I have always heard this referred to as "carrot"

> 	>	morethan, closeangle
greaterthan


Are we seeing some regional usgaes? Egads, dialects of computerese....
west coast ... east coast ... midwest .... and of course texas drawl....
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