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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
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Posted: Sun Jun 12 20:11:14 1983
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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.
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