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
