pronunciation of *

[Mark Kaminsky/x4495]

>From article <2385 at stl.stc.co.uk>, by dsr at stl.stc.co.uk (David Riches):
> In article <2008 at cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> cliff at cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Cliff Marcellus) writes:
> %  ... and what about '!' (bang) and '~' (twiddle) and '#' (pound)
> Actually it's '!' (shriek) and '~' (tilde) and '#' (hash) nad '^' (hat!!)

While working in New York I was told by one of the customer-service reps
told about a customer who kept on refering to pine-cones.  It took her
about 10 minutes to figure out that the customer was talking about the
'*" key!


Mark B. Kaminsky, Computervision Division, PRIME Computer, Inc. , Bedford, MA
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