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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Pronunciation (Re: Yea, but can an Amiga Shell do this....)
Message-ID: <2491@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 16 Aug 88 12:13:46 GMT
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Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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In article ... ericb@athertn.Atherton.COM (Eric Black) writes:
> Old hackers have similarly pronounceable names for most punctuation.  Here
> are some that I use myself in spoken conversation:

OK, it's time for the periodic pronunciation contest! Usually, this erupts
in comp.misc, comp.lang.c, or comp.unix.questions.

> [bang! dot. at@ pound# (number#) up^ star* pipe| tilde~...]
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		Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
		 Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?