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From: py@meadow.uucp (Peter Yeung)
Subject: Re: Name that character!
Message-ID: <1991May29.173735.3714@meadow.uucp>
Reply-To: py@meadow.UUCP (Peter Yeung)
Organization: Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
References: <10599@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1991May28.130224.23110@spider.co.uk>
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 29 May 91 17:37:35 GMT

In article <1991May28.130224.23110@spider.co.uk> scottm@spider.co.uk writes:
>In article <10599@castle.ed.ac.uk>, eanv20@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Woods) writes:
>|> 
>|> 	There seems to be approaching agreement on a number of one or
>|> two syllable convenience names for characters. I wonder if there is a
>|> definitive list - if not, perhaps we could go about creating one. So
>|> far I've got (from listening to the dictations going on around me):
>|> 
>|> 	!	shriek
>
>I've always called this "pling" - can't remember where I first found it called
>this tho' ;-(
>

It was called BANG in the company where I hold my previous job.

>Scott.........
>
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