Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece From: preece@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: 'Re: What do you call characters?' - (nf) Message-ID: <2401@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jul-83 00:07:02 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2401 Posted: Tue Jul 19 00:07:02 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jul-83 04:45:53 EDT Lines: 7 #R:nsc:-32700:uicsl:8600008:000:256 uicsl!preece Jul 12 10:01:00 1983 Curiously enough, the actual name for the ^ character is CARET, not carat. The latter is the unit used for measuring such things as diamonds. I always spelled it wrong, too, until I saw it spelled right in someone's note in this group and looked it up...