Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:32:29 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, David Talkington <dtalk@prairienet.org>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu>, Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Subject: Re: Pronunciations Message-ID: <XFMail.001130153229.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <00113023473808.02830@buffy>
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On 30-Nov-00 Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> On Thursday 30 November 2000 23:39, Chris Hill wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
>> > /etc "etcetera" (some reprobates say E T C)
>>
>> Some even worse reprobates (myself included) say ET-see.
>>
>> > Or "#"
>> >
>> > The English say "hash", some australians say "crunch"
>> > Americans says (bizarrely) "pound" .. yes yes I know why :)
>>
>> And there are always the pedants who say "octothorpe."
>>
>> What about ~? In grade school I learned that it was pronounced "TIL-duh"
>> but I have a friend who calls it "TIL-day."
>
> ~ till duh OR squiggle
> Or even more contoversial "^"
>
> some say "circumflex", say say "hat"
caret
> and {} .. curly brackets or accolades ?
I've also heard "curly braces" or just "braces".
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