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From: bodom@cs.indiana.edu (brian odom)
Subject: Re: Was: REQ: Star Shape. Now: Funny off topics...
Date: 1997/03/12
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spunk1111@aol.com writes:

>>1.  What are the corrent names for these characters? 
>>~ ^ & | {} and #

>squiggle, pointee, backwards cursive "S", a line, squanchy brackets, tic-tac-toe board...    am I right??? :)  

almost.  i think & is a treble clef.

>>2.  What control character is designated as the "bell"?
>>(we'll accept either ascii code or control keys)

> is it the "any" key?  I'm still looking for that one?  :)

oh boy...  almost as dumb as the people who think mice are foot pedals or
speakers and cd-rom drives are cupholders!

>>3.  [tricky] Using the american extended ASCII [sometimes called
>>"Standard Extended ASCII"?], how many characters can be called
>>"letters" in both english and foreign languages?
>>(hint: this is like your "Terminal Font" on Windows-based computers)

>Well, I read the post regarding "W" and Sweden...  Funny, but isn't there a "w" in the name Sweden?  That must make you Svedes!    This must truly depend on the foreign language.  Since I'm foreign language illiterate, I will pass on this one.

english has taken over the world and the fact is that many countries do
not call themselves what we call them.
for example, we say Italy, but it's really Italia.  and the french say
L'Italie.  the french say L'Allemande, the germans say Deuschland, and we
say Germany.  the french even call London, Londres!  we say United States,
the french say Etats-Unis, and the spanish say Estados-Unidos.

not bad for normal everyday dumb american to know this stuff.  :)

so why is sweden spelled with a 'w' and pronounced with a v (sveden), but
sven is spelled with a 'v'??

english is dumb, ain't (sic) it?

>>And as a special bonus quesiton:  Why is the five-pointed "star"
>>charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard?
>>(no fair looking at the "8" key, either)

>And why does it turn out as a 6 pointed star on html but only in larger fonts?

huh?  i think i need to go take a look at that one.

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