Re^2: Almost 28 new names for 32 old marks (hash)

But why is # 'bash' rather than 'hash'? I'd be inclined to call either # or % 'hash'.

You nearly answered your own question. 'hash' seemed a bit ambiguous.

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Re^3: Almost 28 new names for 32 old marks (hash) by Enitharmon (Sexton) on Jul 10, 2015 at 12:51 UTC
It wouldn't occur to me to call % "hash". It looks more like a sneer to me so sneer is what I call it Never got my head round ! as "bang"; it's always been "shriek" to me. I wonder if this is a transatlantic difference or a generational one? Maybe us rightpondians are less familiar with things that go bang than our leftpondian cousins (but let's not go there; it usually ends in tears). What became of "pling" anyway? ^ is always "yay" to me as it feels like throwing one's hat in the air. Readers not familiar with Glasgow sporting (and other corresponding) loyalties probably won't appreciate \ as "Rangers slash", / as "Celtic slash" and \| as "Thistle slash¨.	[reply]

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Re^3: Almost 28 new names for 32 old marks (hash)
by Enitharmon (Sexton) on Jul 10, 2015 at 12:51 UTC

It wouldn't occur to me to call % "hash". It looks more like a sneer to me so sneer is what I call it

Never got my head round ! as "bang"; it's always been "shriek" to me. I wonder if this is a transatlantic difference or a generational one? Maybe us rightpondians are less familiar with things that go bang than our leftpondian cousins (but let's not go there; it usually ends in tears). What became of "pling" anyway?

^ is always "yay" to me as it feels like throwing one's hat in the air.

Readers not familiar with Glasgow sporting (and other corresponding) loyalties probably won't appreciate \ as "Rangers slash", / as "Celtic slash" and | as "Thistle slash¨.

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