Re: VMs: d's (8s) and ampersands (&) was; Nick's Strokes etc

[ajb <ajb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <5.2.1.1.0.20040224095548.03c4fdd8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
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>Back in the days of the BBC Microcomputer, "!" was called "pling", which 
>always amused me. :-)  Luckily, I remain just as easily amused today. :-)
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>Other people call it "bang" or "shriek": and according to Wikipedia:-
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To an (English) journalist or compositor it always used to be a
"Screamer". That was some time ago....

Regards

Anthony


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ajb

        The older I get, the better I was.
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