In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Webber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >From: "Bernard Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Ah, I remember pling! On my University maths course in the 1960s. >Along >> with "carrot" as in A-carrot: upside down circumflex over an A. > >"Caret" (pronounced the French way rather than like a root >vegetable) is the ^ symbol. It comes from printing where it is >used to denote an insertion or omission. (L. "carere"=to be in need >of).
No, this was "carrot", the English way. Note I said the caret ^ was inverted. So it looks like a carrot sprouting out of a letter - hence pronouced A-carrot. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
