I always wondered how other programmers pronounced ASCII characters when reading code out to other programmers. I have a habit of calling certain ASCII characters different names, like calling the exclamation mark (!) – bang, or the tilde (~) – squiggle.
I came across the ASCII Table page recently which has a pronunciation guide, which lists the ASCII characters and their more commonly used names. Have a look at the guide, there are some real interesting ones in there.
Here are a few of the more interesting ones
- + (plus) – cross, intersection
- : (colon) – chameleon
- ; (semi-colon) – hybrid, giant eel
- # (hash) – octothorpe, scratch, tictactoe
