2012年10月15日 · Comics artists sometimes call them grawlixes and sometimes "swear symbols". Their use is referred to as "symbol swearing". Their use is referred to as "symbol swearing". The closest way to duplicate their effect in speech is to bleep (electronically if you've the means, or just making a bleep dound), since such bleeps serve the same purpose ...

I've noticed that symbols (i.e. #, $, %, !, *, etc.) are commonly used to filter profanity/foul language. Just out of curiosity, is there a specific way to do this. I've noticed sometimes there isn't a specific number of symbols but normally the number of symbols correspond to the number of letters in the cuss word. E.g.:

2017年7月28日 · 12.6.2 Symbols Operational signs are of two types: those representing a verb (= ≈ ≠ ≥) and those representing a conjunction (+ – ∨ ×). All operational signs take a normal interword space of the line on either side ; they are not printed close up to the letters or numerals on either side of them.

2013年5月17日 · The advantage of using minute and second symbols for time is that it obviously expresses a duration rather than a time. From the time 01:00:00 to the time 02:34:56 is a duration of 1 hour, 34 minutes and 56 seconds (1h 34′ 56″)

2013年2月3日 · You use the symbols in a specific order that starts with the asterisk and then continues with the dagger, double dagger, section mark, parallels, and number sign. If you need more symbols, you start over in the sequence and double each symbol; for example, double asterisk, double dagger, double double dagger, etcetera.

2016年3月14日 · Such a typographic device can be specifically referred to as dinkus, space break symbol, paragraph separator, paragraph divider, horizontal divider, thought break, or as an instance of filigree or flourish. Ornamental section breaks can be created using glyphs, rows of lozenges, dingbats, or other miscellaneous symbols.

An even more ancient name is MUL -- from the cuneiform (oldest writing). In Babylonian language 'istari' meant god or goddess, though it could also mean star, heaven or sun/planet. The asterisk and the use of three as a triangle are all original to that cuneiform writing system as a pre-determinative sign indicating stars and the names of ...

2020年8月11日 · In normal prose, you spell out words. In technical contexts, like say the column headers of an invoice, or a SQL table, symbols save space and typing, and are commonly used. In informal, ephemeral settings, emails to colleagues, short text exchanges, symbols are also used to save typing.

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2018年7月27日 · Rather than writing the whole sentence in full again, is it acceptable that I denote a '/\' between the words where I missed something and write the missing words above the symbol? Is there any 'universally' accepted way of incorporating something that one missed while writing. Or start the sentence all over again?