Daniel Berger schrieb: > Martin DeMello wrote: > >> Iain Dooley <idoo4002 / mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote: >> >>> by the way, a 'BIKKURI' in english is an exclamation mark. >>> exclamation is like "MAJIDE!", so yeah, if you were to describe >>> these two symbols just in english, it would: >>> >>> '#' = 'pound sign' in america, 'hash symbol' in britain or australia >>> '!' = exclamation mark or exclamation point (exclamation is the noun >>> of the verb 'to exclaim') >> >> >> >> And US hacker slang for the ! is "bang" ("pling" in the UK, though I >> think >> "bang" has caught on there too), hence the "bang" in "shebang". >> >> martin >> >> > > This reminds me of a Ricky Martin song for some reason.... > > Dan > > lol I exactly thought the same flash