DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
By "Pound Sign" does he mean '#' or '£'? If he means '#' I prefer the word "Octothorpe" (
q.v.)
The "At Symbol" (@) has a lot of different names in different regions of the world. Some of them interesting.
https://www.webopedia.com/insights/at-symbol/There's not a lot of difference between "Star" and "Asterisk" (which is derived from latin, meaning 'little star').
The Ampersand has an interesting etymology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmpersandThe "Exclamation Mark", sometimes called "Exclamation Point", is used in different ways as a warning or to denote negation (in some computer languages).
DirtFarmer wrote:
By "Pound Sign" does he mean '#' or '£'? If he means '#' I prefer the word "Octothorpe" (
q.v.)
The "At Symbol" (@) has a lot of different names in different regions of the world. Some of them interesting.
https://www.webopedia.com/insights/at-symbol/There's not a lot of difference between "Star" and "Asterisk" (which is derived from latin, meaning 'little star').
The Ampersand has an interesting etymology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmpersandThe "Exclamation Mark", sometimes called "Exclamation Point", is used in different ways as a warning or to denote negation (in some computer languages).
By "Pound Sign" does he mean '#' or '£'?... (
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For Comic Strip vulgar, a conglomerate #@*&! is a visual insert to indicate the usage of language that may tinge sensitive ears. (Generally of the rather anal-retentive types.) In many instances, these are often presented in BOLD type.
From Wikipedia:
An exclamation mark (!) is a punctuation mark. It is used to show strong emotion at the end of a sentence or after an interjection.[1]
Putting a space before an exclamation mark is incorrect.
In coding, "!" sometimes means not. In mathematics, the use of an exclamation mark can be used for the factorial function (for example, n !) .
# is the play "board" for Tic-Tac-Toe. The Octo is, of course, for the eight points. Thorpe is still unidentified. No one seems to have stood up to present a claim. It is also referred to as "hashtag". In some circles, potatoes get involved.
Asterisk is the chance you take touching a pretty wild flower, hoping that it is an aster, indeed.
The silent movies they just used the word "curses" in the caption and left it up to your imagination to supply anything from a mild "darn" to a full blown atom bomb that would "make a sailor blush" as they used to say.
Fogman
Loc: Fields Landing, California
If it's dangerous, and I give something some thought, I always remember that I only have one * (a** to risk) .
robertjerl wrote:
The silent movies they just used the word "curses" in the caption and left it up to your imagination to supply anything from a mild "darn" to a full blown atom bomb that would "make a sailor blush" as they used to say.
I recalled reading somewhere that when those captions came on screen, many in the audience would provide their version of curses. I remember the "boos" and "hisses" ringing out when the villains made their appearance on screen.
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