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From: pes@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk (Paul Smee)
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Subject: Re: smail pronounciation
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Date: Sun, 8-Mar-87 10:25:08 EST
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In the Multics world, '!' is 'shriek'  (rarely, 'screech').

char is one of the most variable ones.  Due to the influences of an early
professor of Computer Science, I pronounce it as 'care' -- that is, exactly
the way I pronounce it when it's part of the word 'char-acter'.

Because of their usage in moving through the hierarchy when entering path names, '>' and '<' are often called 'down' and 'up' respectively.  (Which may be why
^'s are hats, and not 'up-arrows' -- so as to avoid confusion with <'s.