Pound sign (was Re: the Telephone Test)
L. Scott Emmons
emmonsl at csusac.uucp
Mon May 8 02:27:12 AEST 1989
Here are a few other (humorous, I hope) names for characters:
! excl, exclam, bang, shriek, wow.
" Rabbit ears.
# Hash mark, mesh, splat, crunch, pigpen.
$ Dollar.
% Doubleohseven.
& Ampersand. (This one is already so silly that no slang term is needed!)
' Single quote, forward quote, spark.
( Wax.
( ) Parens (seperatly called just OPEN and CLOSE).
) Wane.
* Star, splat. (sometime "gear" because it looks like a little cogwheel)
+ Intersection.
, Tail.
Worm.
. Period, dot, point, spot.
/ Slash, forward slash, slat.
: Twospot.
; SEMI.
< Angle. (The two character arrow "<" or ">" is called "angleworm")
< Less than, left ANGLE BRACKET, left BROKET.
= Equals, halfmesh.
> Greater than, right ANGLE BRACKET, right BROKET.
> Right angle.
? QUES, query.
? What.
@ Atsign, at, whirlpool.
[ U turn, Insquare.
\ Backslash, backslat, virgule.
] U turn back, Outsquare.
^ Caret. ("uparrow" obsolete), shark. (or simply "shark fin"), uptick.
_ Backarrow, Underbar, flatworm.
` Backquote, backspark.
{ Embrace, Curly.
} Bracelet, Larry.
{ } Curly braces, curly brackets, SQUIGGLE BRACKETS.
| Spike, vertical bar, pipe.
~ TWIDDLE, SQUIGGLE, SQIGGLE.
lse
"No sig's enough sig for me"
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