[Tfug] OT: Hacker Slang

[Terence Rudkin]

On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 18:31, Paul Scott wrote:

> 
> I don't know about caret but star for '*' is too widely used to object 
the general public uses star, all the more reason not to use it.  
> to.  It's simply easier to pronounce than asterisk.
splat just seems to roll off the tongue better then star.
 
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> Paul Scott
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