Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!rcj From: rcj@burl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Re: What is the # called? - (nf) Message-ID: <175@burl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Jun-83 20:11:14 EDT Article-I.D.: burl.175 Posted: Sun Jun 12 20:11:14 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 02:37:15 EDT Lines: 41 Here are mine, whether anyone is interested or not: ! bang @ at # octothorpe (tharp?) $ dollar % percent ^ up-arrow & ampersand * asterisk (or splat) ( left-paren ) right-paren _ underscore - dash = equals + plus ~ squiggle (NEVER called a tilda!!) ` back-quote (grave-accent only when talking to class people) { open-curly-brace (anyone got a shorter name for this one?) } close-curly-brace ditto [ open-square-bracket ditto ] close-square-bracket ditto : colon ; semi-colon ' quote (single-quote if i am feeling explicit) " double-quote \ back-slash | pipe / slash ? question-mark (I like "huh", though, think I'll use that instead) . dot (NEVER period) , comma > right-angle-bracket (Shorter name, anyone?) < left " " " " " I know it is strange that I use "left" and "right" for () and <> and "open" and "close" for {} and []; but that's the way it is. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj