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How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " '?



 
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How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " '? #1 (permalink) Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:07 am   How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " '?
 

Could any one tell me how to write and pronounce the following symbols please

~ ! # ^ () [] {} | " ' ...

I just know

@ is at
$ is dollar
& is and
* is star
- is dash
. is dot, or full stop, or punctuation (end of sentence)
, is comma
: is colon
; is semi colon
/ is slash
blank between words or character is space

Please correct me if any of the above is wrong, or if there is any other way to pronounce them

Thank you very much
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How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please #2 (permalink) Sat Jul 04, 2009 16:34 pm   How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please
 

~ tild
! exclamation mark
# hash or pound sign

( left parenthesis
) right parenthesis
[ left square bracket
] right square bracket
{ left curly bracket
} right curly bracket

" double quote
' single quote
... ellipsis

| and ^ I do not know :)

Nice exercise it was ;)
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How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please #3 (permalink) Sat Jul 04, 2009 16:37 pm   How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please
 

* star or asterisk
- dash or hyphen
/ forward slash
backward slash

Now, I myself confused with -- which is 'slash' -- '' or '/' ? :)
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How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please #4 (permalink) Sat Jul 04, 2009 18:33 pm   How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please
 

Hi,

http://www.google.co.uk/

Those are 3 forward slashes and the others are backward slashes.

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How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please #5 (permalink) Sat Jul 04, 2009 19:22 pm   How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please
 

Gray wrote:
@ is at
$ is dollar
& is and
* star or asterisk
- dash or hyphen
/ forward slash
backward slash

Now, I myself confused with -- which is 'slash' -- '' or '/' ? :)


Thanks to Alan, I found / is slash and is backslash ^ is caret and.......

What is | ? Anyone knows please
Be.emily
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How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please #6 (permalink) Sat Jul 04, 2009 19:22 pm   How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please
 

Gray wrote:
@ is at
$ is dollar
& is and
* star or asterisk
- dash or hyphen
/ forward slash
backward slash

Now, I myself confused with -- which is 'slash' -- '' or '/' ? :)


Thanks to Alan, I found / is slash and is backslash ^ is caret and.......

What is | ? Anyone knows please
Be.emily
I'm new here and I like it ;-)


Joined: 03 Jul 2009
Posts: 40
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please #7 (permalink) Sat Jul 04, 2009 19:28 pm   How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please
 

Be.emily wrote:
What is | ? Anyone knows please


| is pipe

I got it on Google.
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How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please #8 (permalink) Sat Jul 04, 2009 19:31 pm   How to pronounce ~! # ^ () [] {} | / " ' please
 

Gray wrote:
Be.emily wrote:
What is | ? Anyone knows please


| is pipe

I got it on Google.


Thank you Gray!
Be.emily
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