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Barry Caplan wrote: > > At 11:37 AM 7/5/2002 +0100, Michael Everson wrote: > >>Also, how does one say the U+007E character out loud while reading out the > >>address of a web page? > > > >"Tilde". Get real, William. > > FF5E is colloquially known as a "wave" in Japanese, IIRC, and hence 007E is a "small >wave" or "half width wave". > > Barry Caplan > www.i18n.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Texin cell: +1 781 789 1898 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Xen Master http://www.i18nGuy.com XenCraft http://www.XenCraft.com Making e-Business Work Around the World -------------------------------------------------------------
