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From: emmonsl@csusac.uucp (L. Scott Emmons)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Pound sign (was Re: the Telephone Test)
Summary: Some other names for characters...
Message-ID: <1989May7.092713.19524@csusac.uucp>
Date: 7 May 89 16:27:12 GMT
References: <630@marob.MASA.COM> <147@ixi.UUCP> <169@mole-end.UUCP>
Organization: California State University, Sacramento
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Here are a few other (humorous, I hope) names for characters:

 !    excl, exclam, bang, shriek, wow.
 "    Rabbit ears.
 #    Hash mark, mesh, splat, crunch, pigpen.
 $    Dollar.
 %    Doubleohseven.
 &    Ampersand. (This one is already so silly that no slang term is needed!)
 '    Single quote, forward quote, spark.
 (    Wax.
 ( )    Parens (seperatly called just OPEN and CLOSE).
 )    Wane.
 *    Star, splat. (sometime "gear" because it looks like a little cogwheel)
 +    Intersection.
 ,    Tail.
     Worm.
 .    Period, dot, point, spot.
 /    Slash, forward slash, slat.
 :    Twospot.
 ;    SEMI.
 <    Angle. (The two character arrow "<" or ">" is called "angleworm")
 <    Less than, left ANGLE BRACKET, left BROKET.
 =    Equals, halfmesh.
 >    Greater than, right ANGLE BRACKET, right BROKET.
 >    Right angle.
 ?    QUES, query.
 ?    What.
 @    Atsign, at, whirlpool.
 [    U turn, Insquare.
 \    Backslash, backslat, virgule.
 ]    U turn back, Outsquare.
 ^    Caret. ("uparrow" obsolete), shark. (or simply "shark fin"), uptick.
 _    Backarrow, Underbar, flatworm.
 `    Backquote, backspark.
 {    Embrace, Curly.
 }    Bracelet, Larry.
 { }    Curly braces, curly brackets, SQUIGGLE BRACKETS.
 |    Spike, vertical bar, pipe.
 ~    TWIDDLE, SQUIGGLE, SQIGGLE.

 		lse
		"No sig's enough sig for me"