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The history of @, at MOMA

Some linguists believe that @ dates back to the sixth or seventh century, a ligature meant to fuse the Latin preposition ad—meaning “at”, “to,” or “toward”—into a unique pen stroke.

The @ symbol was known as the ‘”commercial ‘a’” when it appeared on the keyboard of the American Underwood typewriter in 1885, and it was defined as such, for the first time, in the American Dictionary of Printing & Bookmaking in 1894.

xoxoxoBruce;643356 wrote:

The history of @, at MOMA[/URL]

What are the names of other 'special characters'?

For example "~" is called a tilde.

What are "#", "&", and "^" named.

& is ampersand
# is a hash (sometime here they call it apound sign)

don't know the correct term for the other one off the top of my head.

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monster;643373 wrote:

caret

Keep going.
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"#" is the symbol in engineering for pounds force. But what would it be listed as in the dictionary?

A little squiggely above the letter 'n' also has a name. Where are these names found? What would be the keyword to find that answer?

nope. I gave you the benefit of the doubt as to whether you were being serious or an asshole. Now I know. Piss off and troll elsewhere.

He's not trolling, he wants to know how/where to find the names of those squiggles. I'd bet a good dictionary would list them.

any decent ASCII or HTML special character code list gives the names. I think he just wants to see the inferior monkeys jump. But to give the benefit of the doubt again, the term to use is "special characters".

Here's an example of a name list, although it's far from complete: http://www.mreasyweb.com/tutorial/symbols.html

Oh, it's an Ntilde or ntilde, thanks :)

...and he didn't say thank you. Which also stinks of not genuine.

you're welcome. And see how you said thanks there, even though you didn't ask the question -that's the difference.

Me, I think he's been on a several-day mission to passively-aggressively "ask for clarification" on anything and everything, to prove that this is what people should be doing to him when he is incomprehensible.

I doubt it, he never responds to requests for clarification. :haha:

monster;643409 wrote:

Here's an example of a name list, although it's far from complete: http://www.mreasyweb.com/tutorial/symbols.html

Diaeresis, masculine ordinal indicator, grave, em dash, guillemet, cedilla. A treasure trove.

Never saw "per mille sign" or the letter "ETH". And never knew that symbol was called “section sign”. Still don't know what the letter n with tilde is called. Knew it once. It was not ntilde. But cannot remember.

BTW, 'passive aggressive' and other ‘monkey’ games are equated to liars or wacko extremists. I don't play such games. As clodfobble should have learned previously. I post only what I mean. Nothing more. And never play the 'cheap shot' games of hidden agendas. If I believe you to be an asshole, I say so and also say why. As any blunt honest person would do.

For anyone who always suspects a “hidden agenda”: I never even implied an insult so do not jump to the usual assumptions. Some may be so juvenile as to need it spelled out that explicitly. Otherwise they would automatically assume hidden meanings that their emotions told them to find. xoxoxoBruce read it exactly as posted.

"Special Character Names". Never knew it by that expression. Those character names were available in the good old days - in something once universally available called a dictionary.

tw wrote:

Still don't know what the letter n with tilde is called. Knew it once. It was not ntilde. But cannot remember.

It is considered its own letter in the Spanish alphabet, so like other letters, its name is based on the pronunciation: you say "en-yay," but it's only ever written as the n with the tilde, just like you would never write "ess" when you are referring to the letter S.

Incidentally, the double-L ("eh-yeh",) double-R (errre,) and ch ("cheh") are also considered to be individual letters in the Spanish alphabet as well, which makes Spanish crossword puzzles funny, because you do indeed need to put two letters inside one box when those pairs come up.

Then how about a "thank you"?

Clodfobble beat me to it.

BrianR;643554 wrote:

Clodfobble, beat me!

Get in line....

[FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica][SIZE=2]Waka Waka Bang Splat Poem

Not sure about copyright, so I could only supply a link. This poem uses the common 'geek' names for special characters.

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Clodfobble;643506 wrote:

It is considered its own letter in the Spanish alphabet, so like other letters, its name is based on the pronunciation: you say "en-yay,"

That was the word for the lettter I was seeking. Perfect. Never did learn how to spell it.

(I think she means "thanks, cf")

monster;643372 wrote:

# is a hash (sometime here they call it apound sign)

Also known as a pound sign or octothorpe (now there's some serious trivia for you)