Am I just not technical or what?

circumcised

| is called the vertical bar, or the pipe sign?

 

Yea, I have heard pipe used a lot. Veritcal bar is about the same as vertical line.

 

This is a carrot ^.

I don't know where I actually remember that from.

 

That's "caret", actually

 

Wow, I feel like Mella at an SES conference

guess im just not that technical.

 

Yeah I couldn't remember how to spell it and good looking searching google for ^.

Thanks.

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Now that's cruel...

"Something said... not good... what was it? Mella? no, that's okay..." ~ Homer Simpson

 

And let's face it... who DOESN'T feel like a Mella at one of those conferences? Mini-bars and hotel movies can only take you so far...

 

| = pipe
^ = carat or 'hat thingy'

what is ! actually called - I've always referred to it as 'pling' or 'not' which just confuses tech sup even more than 'frowny face'.

 

Right. Frowny Face it is, then.

 

exclamation point.

 

! is an exclamation mark.

 

Ah, Rob beat me to it.

 

How can someone not know what that is?! You learn that at age 6!

Were you joking, jlawrence?

 

I call ( open bracket as well but I would call it open parenthesis as well.

Frowny face would have confused me too.

 

Yes but look at where you live...

Wait a minute! Didn't you used to be in Scotland?

 

Yes but I got married and left. lol

 

Social climber...

 

lol If you say so...

 

Was actually a compliment to her