Special Characters

Special Characters

Special characters have been given pronunciations similar to letters and numbers in a radio alphabet. The most common pronunciations originated with users of Unix systems. The following is a fairly complete list:

ASCIICODE 21 ! - "bang" 22 " - "quote" 23 # - "hash" - distinct from "pound" which is the British currency symbol, "sharp" 24 $ - "ding" (cash register sound), "cash" 25 % - "Bond" ("double-oh-seven") 26 & - "amper" - distinct from "amp" in "&amp;" (see below) and the word "and" 27 ' - "tick" 28 ( - "paren", "open" 29 ) - "paren", "close" 2A * = "splat", "star" 2B + - "plus" 2C , - "twitch" 2D - - "dash","minus" 2E . - "dot", "period" 2F / = "whack", "slash" 3A : - "two dots" 3B ; - "semi", "semicolon" 3C < - "waka", "less" 3D = - "equals" 3E > - "waka", "more" 3F ? - "hook", "query", "eh?" 40 @ - "whirl" 5B [ - "square", "left" 5C - "bash" (BA-cksla-SH) 5D ] - "square", "right" 5E ^ - "hat", "caret" 5F _ - "skid", "underbar" 60 ` - "grave" 7B { - "curly", "embrace" 7C | - "bar", "pipe" 7D } - "curly", "unbrace" 7E ~ - "twiddle", "tilde" B4 ´ - "acute"

#! - "sh'bang" (hash/bang) /* - "slashterix" */ - "asterslash" & - "amper-amp"


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