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From: carlp@iscintl.UUCP (Carl Paukstis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,rec.humor
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char'
Message-ID: <307@iscintl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 22:18:22 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 19 22:18:22 1987
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Reply-To: carlp@iscintl.UUCP (Carl Paukstis)
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Keywords: C language pronunciation UNIX bang splat
Summary: bash bang splat crunch
Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:5035 rec.humor:7938

OK, this is a spinoff from a comp.lang.c discussion, but howabout followups
to rec.humor (or something else?)

I really wanna know the colloquial pronunciations for the special characters
used by various conventions.  Send mail and I'll summarize...

! = bang              ? = question mark            ( = left paren
* = splat             = = equals                   ) = right paren
$ = ding              | = vertical bar or pipe     { = open curly brace
# = crunch            @ = at                       } = close curly brace
\ = bash              % = percent                  [ = left bracket
. = dot               + = plus                     ] = right bracket
- = dash              _ = underbar                 ~ = tilde
^ = caret (or hat)    & = ampersand                < = less than
                                                   > = greater than
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