Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!peora!pesnta!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!kanner From: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: question about names for symbols Message-ID: <456@tymix.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 20:40:33 EDT Article-I.D.: tymix.456 Posted: Wed Jul 3 20:40:33 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Jul-85 05:02:51 EDT References: <2041@iddic.UUCP> <7333@watdaisy.UUCP> Reply-To: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) Distribution: net Organization: Tymnet Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 31 Summary: In article <7333@watdaisy.UUCP> gjerawlins@watdaisy.UUCP (Gregory J.E. Rawlins) writes: >In article <2041@iddic.UUCP> rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates) writes: >>What names are in use for the non-alpha characters in the ASCII code? > My personal names are: > ! - "bang"/"exclam"/"exclamation point" > ~ - "tilde"/"twiddle" > ` - "back quote" > ' - "single quote" > " - "double quote" > \ - "back slash" > | - "pipe" > # - "hash"/"number"/"pound" > @ - "at" > ^ - "up arrow"/"caret"/"pointer" > & - "and"/"ampersand" > * - "star"/"asterisk"/"times" > < - "less than"/"pointy brackets" > { - "curly brackets"/"braces" > [ - "hard brackets" > ( - "brackets" >-- >Gregory J.E. Rawlins, Department of Computer Science, U. Waterloo >{allegra|clyde|linus|inhp4|decvax}!watmath!watdaisy!gjerawlins In a novel centered around tournament chess that I read some years ago, the symbol "!", as used to indicate an especially good move, was described as "shriek mark". -- Herb Kanner Tymnet, Inc. ...!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!kanner