Punctuation Pronunciation Guide

for the true geek

Published on September 30, 2004 By citahellion In Personal Computing

Here's a little reference sheet for those of you who need to give people directions on what to type...

This	is called:
~	twiddle
'	tick
`	back-tick
!	bang
@	at
#	hash
$	cash
^	hat
&	amp
*	splat
-	dash
( and )	bananas (left and right)
[ and ]	brackets
{ and }	braces
< and >	wakas or angle-brackets or lit and git
\	bash
\|	pipe
?	what
/	slash
.	dot

Now for your further edification, I have composed a poem:

<>@$=*
((~^
&%?##4
/'`_
+-[]|.\
{}$@**General Protection Fault

Anyone care to transliterate?

Comments

Angloesque

on Sep 30, 2004

You have waaay too much time on your hands.

Angloesque

on Sep 30, 2004

lit and git at cash equal splat
left bananas twiddle hat
and percent what hash hash four (for)
slash tick back tick underscore
plus minus brackets pipe dot bash
braces cash at splat splat oh to hell with this, i have no idea if this is supposed to mean anything...

Grrr. Apparently I, too, have too much time on my hands.

-A.

citahellion

on Sep 30, 2004

You're really close, Anglo....

Waka waka at cash equals splat
left banana left banana twiddle hat
and percent what hash hash four
slash tick back-tick underscore
plus minus brackets pipe dot bash
braces cash at splat splat CRASH.

I'm thinking I should change the last line to "!?~?!!General Protection Fault", though. That would make more sense.

Angloesque

on Sep 30, 2004

I'm thinking I should change the last line to "!?~?!!General Protection Fault", though. That would make more sense.

(sarcastically) Oh, yeah, that would help TREMENDOUSLY, it'll make tons more sense.

(I never did get poetry....)

-A.

citahellion

on Oct 01, 2004

Well, it's a much more computer-repair-related kind of line, is all.

bang what twiddle what bang bang CRASH

Doesn't that sound like someone trying to fix a computer to you?

mignuna

on Oct 01, 2004

i think it's kinda groovy, myself

mig XX

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