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Is it an autocorrect issue or the writer only-heard-never-read that the "^" character is called a “carrot”?
by tzot 3y ago
Is it an autocorrect issue or the writer only-heard-never-read that the "^" character is called a “carrot”?
- Zamicol 3y agoThe "^" character is correctly named the "caret".
- layer8 3y agoAs someone who is used to the French pronunciation of “caret”, “carrot” is hilarious. Also, in INTERCAL the character is called “shark” or “sharkfin”.
- teddyh 3y agoCommon: hat; control; uparrow; caret; official name: circumflex. Rare: xor sign, chevron; to the (‘to the power of’); fang; pointer (in Pascal). (http://catb.org/jargon/html/A/ASCII.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/A/ASCII.html)
- tzot 3y agoExactly! Hence the guesses: is it autocorrect or that the article author has heard the word but never seen it written that made them write it as “carrot”?