Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 10:02:27 -0800
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From: nrubin@s1.csuhayward.edu (Martha Rubin)
Subject: Re: f/ 'puter poetry
Thanks, Sstones, but I can't take credit for writing them, I just
"collect" them. Here's more:
<!*''#
^@`$$-
!*'$_
%*>#4
&)../
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Transliterated:
Lesser-waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret at back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat tick dollar under-score,
Percent splat greater-waka number four,
Ampersand right-paren dot dot slash,
Pipe equals left-brace tilde tilde CRASH.
{ } . ! /
& ; ^ # -
< > @ \
{ } _ SYSTEM HALTED
Left titty, right titty, dot bang slash.
Ampersand semicolon, caret pound dash.
Less than greater than, at back slash,
left titty, right titty, under score crash.
* # ! ! (
' " . . DEL
# ^G ! ! working... done.
Star pound bang bang, open-paren.
Tilde and pipe, close-paren.
One quote, two quote, dot dot delete,
pound bell, bang bang, process complete.
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Here's an attempt to catalog the various punctuation marks
and their possible transliterations:
===
. dot end period stop point
, comma uh pause wait
/ slash zip up ramp virgule shilling per divide(d by)
? question (mark) what huh
< less lesser less than waka left point left arrow
from
> more greater greater than waka right point
right arrow gives
` one quote start one quote ping
| pipe (vertical) bar or
\ back slash down ramp unzip
: colon dotdot eyes
; semicolon commadot wink
' apostrophe one quote end one quote tick one tick
" quote two quote (start or end) ditto two tick double
[ left bracket left square
] right bracket right square
{ left titty left brace curly bracket brace
} right titty right brace curly bracket back brace
! exclaimation (point) bang yell
@ each at each at squiggle curly
# pound (sign) hash number
$ dollar cash money
% percent
^ caret hat power hump exponent control
(with letter: ^G)
& and ampersand
* star asterix blink
( (left or open) paren
) (right or close) paren
- dash bond minus _
_ underscore not (if over another: A = not A) base
+ plus and add with
= equal(s) same is double bond
space
tab
Feel free to add as you see fit.
/m
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