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The names of some special characters on your keyboard

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Common: bang; pling; excl; not; shriek; ball-bat; <exclamation mark>.
Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; [spark-spot]; soldier, control.

"
Common: double quote; quote.
Rare: literal mark; double-glitch; snakebite; <quotation marks>; <dieresis>; dirk; [rabbit-ears]; double prime.

#
Common: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; crunch; hex; [mesh].
Rare: grid; crosshatch; octothorpe; flash; <square>, pig-pen; tictactoe; scratchmark; thud; thump; splat.

$
Common: dollar; <dollar sign>.
Rare: currency symbol; buck; cash; string (from BASIC); escape (when used as the echo of ASCII ESC); ding; cache; [big money].

%
Common: percent; <percent sign>; mod; grapes.
Rare: [double-oh-seven].

&
Common: <ampersand>; amp; amper; and, and sign.
Rare: address (from C); reference (from C++); andpersand; bitand; background (from sh(1)); pretzel. [INTERCAL called this `ampersand'; what could be sillier?]

'
Common: single quote; quote; <apostrophe>.
Rare: prime; glitch; tick; irk; pop; [spark]; <closing single quotation mark>; <acute accent>.

( )
Common: l/r paren; l/r parenthesis; left/right; open/close; paren/thesis; o/c paren; o/c parenthesis; l/r parenthesis; l/r banana.
Rare: so/already; lparen/rparen; <opening/closing parenthesis>; o/c round bracket, l/r round bracket, [wax/wane]; parenthisey/unparenthisey; l/r ear.

*
Common: star; [splat]; <asterisk>.
Rare: wildcard; gear; dingle; mult; spider; aster; times; twinkle; glob (see glob); Nathan Hale.

+
Common: <plus>; add.
Rare: cross; [intersection].

,
Common: <comma>. Rare: <cedilla>; [tail].

-
Common: dash; <hyphen>; <minus>.
Rare: [worm]; option; dak; bithorpe.

.
Common: dot; point; <period>; <decimal point>.
Rare: radix point; full stop; [spot].

/
Common: slash; stroke; <slant>; forward slash.
Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; [slat].

:
Common: <colon>.
Rare: dots; [two-spot].

;
Common: <semicolon>; semi.
Rare: weenie; [hybrid], pit-thwong.

< >
Common: <less/greater than>; bra/ket; l/r angle; l/r angle bracket; l/r broket.
Rare: from/{into, towards}; read from/write to; suck/blow; comes-from/gozinta; in/out; crunch/zap (all from UNIX); tic/tac; [angle/right angle].

=
Common: <equals>; gets; takes.
Rare: quadrathorpe; [half-mesh].

?
Common: query; <question mark>; ques.
Rare: quiz; whatmark; [what]; wildchar; huh; hook; buttonhook; hunchback.

@
Common: at sign; at; strudel.
Rare: each; vortex; whorl; [whirlpool]; cyclone; snail; ape; cat; rose; cabbage; <commercial at>.

V
Rare: [book].

[ ]
Common: l/r square bracket; l/r bracket; <opening/closing bracket>; bracket/unbracket.
Rare: square/unsquare; [U turn/U turn back].

\
Common: backslash, hack, whack; escape (from C/UNIX); reverse slash; slosh; backslant; backwhack.
Rare: bash; <reverse slant>; reversed virgule; [backslat].

^
Common: hat; control; uparrow; caret; <circumflex>.
Rare: xor sign, chevron; [shark (or shark-fin)]; to the (`to the power of'); fang; pointer (in Pascal).

_
Common: <underline>; underscore; underbar; under.
Rare: score; backarrow; skid; [flatworm].

`
Common: backquote; left quote; left single quote; open quote; <grave accent>; grave.
Rare: backprime; [backspark]; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; <opening single quotation mark>; quasiquote.

{ }
Common: o/c brace; l/r brace; l/r squiggly; l/r squiggly bracket/brace; l/r curly bracket/brace; <opening/closing brace>.
Rare: brace/unbrace; curly/uncurly; leftit/rytit; l/r squirrelly; [embrace/bracelet]. A balanced pair of these may be called `curlies'.

|
Common: bar; or; or-bar; v-bar; pipe; vertical bar.
Rare: <vertical line>; gozinta; thru; pipesinta (last three from UNIX); [spike].

~
Common: <tilde>; squiggle; twiddle; not.
Rare: approx; wiggle; swung dash; enyay; [sqiggle (sic)].更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 工作学习 / English / The names of some special characters on your keyboard
    本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛!
    Common: bang; pling; excl; not; shriek; ball-bat; <exclamation mark>.
    Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; [spark-spot]; soldier, control.

    "
    Common: double quote; quote.
    Rare: literal mark; double-glitch; snakebite; <quotation marks>; <dieresis>; dirk; [rabbit-ears]; double prime.

    #
    Common: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; crunch; hex; [mesh].
    Rare: grid; crosshatch; octothorpe; flash; <square>, pig-pen; tictactoe; scratchmark; thud; thump; splat.

    $
    Common: dollar; <dollar sign>.
    Rare: currency symbol; buck; cash; string (from BASIC); escape (when used as the echo of ASCII ESC); ding; cache; [big money].

    %
    Common: percent; <percent sign>; mod; grapes.
    Rare: [double-oh-seven].

    &
    Common: <ampersand>; amp; amper; and, and sign.
    Rare: address (from C); reference (from C++); andpersand; bitand; background (from sh(1)); pretzel. [INTERCAL called this `ampersand'; what could be sillier?]

    '
    Common: single quote; quote; <apostrophe>.
    Rare: prime; glitch; tick; irk; pop; [spark]; <closing single quotation mark>; <acute accent>.

    ( )
    Common: l/r paren; l/r parenthesis; left/right; open/close; paren/thesis; o/c paren; o/c parenthesis; l/r parenthesis; l/r banana.
    Rare: so/already; lparen/rparen; <opening/closing parenthesis>; o/c round bracket, l/r round bracket, [wax/wane]; parenthisey/unparenthisey; l/r ear.

    *
    Common: star; [splat]; <asterisk>.
    Rare: wildcard; gear; dingle; mult; spider; aster; times; twinkle; glob (see glob); Nathan Hale.

    +
    Common: <plus>; add.
    Rare: cross; [intersection].

    ,
    Common: <comma>. Rare: <cedilla>; [tail].

    -
    Common: dash; <hyphen>; <minus>.
    Rare: [worm]; option; dak; bithorpe.

    .
    Common: dot; point; <period>; <decimal point>.
    Rare: radix point; full stop; [spot].

    /
    Common: slash; stroke; <slant>; forward slash.
    Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; [slat].

    :
    Common: <colon>.
    Rare: dots; [two-spot].

    ;
    Common: <semicolon>; semi.
    Rare: weenie; [hybrid], pit-thwong.

    < >
    Common: <less/greater than>; bra/ket; l/r angle; l/r angle bracket; l/r broket.
    Rare: from/{into, towards}; read from/write to; suck/blow; comes-from/gozinta; in/out; crunch/zap (all from UNIX); tic/tac; [angle/right angle].

    =
    Common: <equals>; gets; takes.
    Rare: quadrathorpe; [half-mesh].

    ?
    Common: query; <question mark>; ques.
    Rare: quiz; whatmark; [what]; wildchar; huh; hook; buttonhook; hunchback.

    @
    Common: at sign; at; strudel.
    Rare: each; vortex; whorl; [whirlpool]; cyclone; snail; ape; cat; rose; cabbage; <commercial at>.

    V
    Rare: [book].

    [ ]
    Common: l/r square bracket; l/r bracket; <opening/closing bracket>; bracket/unbracket.
    Rare: square/unsquare; [U turn/U turn back].

    \
    Common: backslash, hack, whack; escape (from C/UNIX); reverse slash; slosh; backslant; backwhack.
    Rare: bash; <reverse slant>; reversed virgule; [backslat].

    ^
    Common: hat; control; uparrow; caret; <circumflex>.
    Rare: xor sign, chevron; [shark (or shark-fin)]; to the (`to the power of'); fang; pointer (in Pascal).

    _
    Common: <underline>; underscore; underbar; under.
    Rare: score; backarrow; skid; [flatworm].

    `
    Common: backquote; left quote; left single quote; open quote; <grave accent>; grave.
    Rare: backprime; [backspark]; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; <opening single quotation mark>; quasiquote.

    { }
    Common: o/c brace; l/r brace; l/r squiggly; l/r squiggly bracket/brace; l/r curly bracket/brace; <opening/closing brace>.
    Rare: brace/unbrace; curly/uncurly; leftit/rytit; l/r squirrelly; [embrace/bracelet]. A balanced pair of these may be called `curlies'.

    |
    Common: bar; or; or-bar; v-bar; pipe; vertical bar.
    Rare: <vertical line>; gozinta; thru; pipesinta (last three from UNIX); [spike].

    ~
    Common: <tilde>; squiggle; twiddle; not.
    Rare: approx; wiggle; swung dash; enyay; [sqiggle (sic)].更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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