July 30, 2007

SPECIAL CHARACTERS AND THEIR NAMES

Here are a list of some of the more common special characters and their names, which we unknowingly use it in our day to day life (especially in oue SMS). Get acquainted with them..

& Ampersand

/ Solidus (or forward slash as we now know it!)
Also known as "virgule"


... Ellipses


* Asterisk


# Crosshatch: Number: or Hash
Apparently this is sometimes known as the Pound Sign as it is the symbol for Pounds weight.

¶ Paragraph

§ Section

™ Trade Mark

® Registered

© Copyright

é Acute

è Grave

ê â î ô û Circumflex

ñ Tilde

ä ö ë ï ü ÿ Umlaut

ç Cedilla (below c)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good for people to know.