Re: Waka waka bang splat

Subject: Re: Waka waka bang splat
From: David Neeley <dbneeley -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:36:14 +0200

Another typo, I fear.

The end of the second line is not a "dash" but a *hyphen*.

On machines without an actual dash or the ability to make one (such as
a typewriter, if anyone remembers them!), the convention was to use a
double hyphen to substitute for a dash.

David



> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:52:16 -0800
> Subject: Waka waka bang splat
> The following poem was written collaboratively after readers of "INFOCUS"
> argued to consensus that the angle-bracket characters should be called
> "waka." The text of the poem follows. You'll note that it uses both the
> "hash" and "number" labels for "#"
>
> <>!*''#
> ^"`$$-
> !*= -at- $_
> %*<>~#4
> &<>../
> |{,,SYSTEM HALTED
>
> The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, to wit:
>
> *Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
> Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
> Bang splat equal at dollar underscore,
> Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
> Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
> Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.*
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