Re: Shrieks and splashes

In sci.logic, ps218@xxxxxxxxx
<ps218@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on 25 Jun 2005 08:13:57 -0700
<1119712437.297113.284270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I think I'm getting old ....
>
> The other day, talking about primitive recursive functions, I
> pronounced "n!" (for the factorial of n) as "en shriek", and the boys
> and girls looked as if I was being even stranger than usual ....
>
> I essayed "en splash" as -- so I thought -- a familiar alternative.
> Nope. Still got a "bizarreness reaction".
>
> So OK, OK, how do you pronounce it, I asked ... but no one (albeit in a
> very small group) had anything to offer.
>
> Well, once upon a long time ago, "shriek" for "!" was commonplace. But
> what DO people say these days???
>
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>

An interesting problem. I'd say "n factorial" for this particular
usage, but "n bang" might work. Then again, "bang" dates to
the RFC822 days, which is getting on as well.

"n exclamation-point" is just too cumbersome. :-)

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