Re: Shrieks and splashes

In article <3i64m1Fjhi1eU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Robert Low <mtx014@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>ps218@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> 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 ....
>> Well, once upon a long time ago, "shriek" for "!" was commonplace. But
>> what DO people say these days???
>
>I usually just say 'n factorial'. Boring, I know,
>but it usually works.
>
>But then, I'd never be able to read out
>
><>!*''#
>^@`$$-
>!*'$_
>%*<>#4
>&)../
>|{~~SYSTEM HALTED
>
>Transliterated:
>
>Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
>Caret at back-tick dollar dollar dash,
>Bang splat tick dollar under-score,
>Percent splat waka waka number four,
>Ampersand right-paren dot dot slash,
>Vertical-bar curly-bracket tilde tilde CRASH.

Cute! But note that it's common usage for '<' and '>' to be pronounced as
"bra" (sounding the 'a' as in "grab") and "ket", respectively.

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| B B aa rrr b |
| BBB a a r bbb | Quidquid latine dictum sit,
| B B a a r b b | altum viditur.
| BBB aa a r bbb |
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