LED / L-E-D
char / kar
SeQueL / S-Q-L
.PiNG / .-p-n-g
.wav / (.-w-a-v)
... / ...?
Which spellings are correct? It depends on your society: While Americans spell GUI /gui/, Japaneses spell /dʒi-ju-ai/; While Vietnameses spell LED /led/, Americans spell /el-i-di/; While Vietnameses in general and I in particular and also some Americans spell Char(type) /tʃar/, some others spell /kar/; And so on...
Not only abbreviations, but the symbols(marks) under your fingertips (on your keyboard) are also spelled in many different ways:
Table of Spellings of Symbols on Computer Keyboard
Notes:
- CAPITALIZED: The prefered pronunciation of Unicode Consortium and/or the Pronunciation Guide for ASCII Characters
- Plus(+) endded: "new" to me!
- Italic: Somehow interesting, like pictographic
| SPACE, blank, ghost+ | (Khoảng) cách, khoảng trống, khoảng trắng | |
! | EXCLAMATION MARK, wow+, hey+, bang+, boing+ | Chấm than, chấm cảm, chấm nhểu |
" | double quote, QUOTATION MARK, dirk+, literal mark+, rabbit ears+ | Nháy kép, nháy nháy, ngoặc kép |
# | NUMBER SIGN, sharp, (garden) fence, hash+, mesh+, CROSSHATCH, mask, pig-pen, pound sign | Thăng, rào |
$ | DOLLAR SIGN, buck, milreis+, escudo+ | Đô-la |
% | PERCENT SIGN, mod+ | Phần trăm |
& | and, AMPERSAND, andpersand, snowman+ | Và |
' | QUOTE, single quote, APOSTROPHE, tick, prime, irk+, pop+, spark, glitch+ | Nháy (đơn), ngoặc đơn |
() | PARENTHESES, parens, round brackets, bananas+, ears+, bowlegs+ | Ngoặc (tròn) |
( | open paren, LEFT PARENTHESIS, parenthesee+, sad+ | Mở ngoặc (tròn) |
) | close paren, RIGHT PARENTHESIS, unparenthesee+, already+, wax+, happy+ | Đóng ngoặc (tròn) |
* | star, ASTERISK, splat+, spider+ | Sao, hoa thị |
+ | PLUS SIGN, plus, add, cross+ | Cộng |
, | COMMA, tail+ | Phẩy, phết |
- | MINUS (sign), HYPHEN, dash, negative (sign), worm+ | Trừ, gạch ngang, gạch nối |
. | dot, PERIOD, spot, full stop | Chấm |
/ | SLASH, stroke, over, slant+, SOLIDUS+, diagonal+, slat+, slak+ | Xuyệc, xược, Xẹt, (gạch) chéo |
: | COLON, two-spot, double dot | Hai chấm |
; | SEMICOLON, semi, hybrid+ | Chấm phẩy, chấm phết |
<> | ANGLE BRACKETS, pointy brackets, angles, widgets+, funnels+, brokets+ | Ngoặc nhọn |
< | LESS-THAN SIGN, open angle (bracket), open tag | Nhỏ (hơn), Mở ngoặc nhọn |
> | GREATER-THAN SIGN, close angle (bracket), close tag | Lớn (hơn), Đóng ngoặc nhọn |
= | EQUAL SIGN, equal(s) | Bằng |
? | QUESTION MARK, whatmark, hook, query+, huh+ | (Chấm) hỏi |
@ | AT SIGN, at, COMMERCIAL AT, whirl, whirlpool, vortex+, cyclone+, snail+, cat+, monkey (tail)+, each+ | A vòng, a còng, a móc, a thương mại |
[] | BRACKETS, SQUARE BRACKETS, U-turns+, edged parentheses+ | Ngoặc vuông |
[ | LEFT BRACKET, LEFT SQUARE (BRACKET), bracket, bra+ | Mở (ngoặc) vuông |
] | RIGHT BRACKET, RIGHT SQUARE (BRACKET), unbracket, ket+ | Đóng (ngoặc) vuông |
\ | BACKSLASH, backslant, backwhack+, backslat+, REVERSE SOLIDUS+, reversed virgule+, bash+ | Xuyệc ngược, xược ngược, xẹt ngược, sổ ngược, chéo ngược |
^ | (top)hat, cap, uphat, CIRCUMFLEX (ACCENT), party hat, housetop+, caret, carrot+, hiccup+ | Mũ, Ô |
_ | underline, underbar, UNDERSCORE, LOW LINE, flatworm+ | Gạch dưới |
` | backquote, backprime, GRAVE (ACCENT), unapostrophe, backspark+, birk+, blugle+, backtick, push+, backglitch+, backping+ | Huyền, nháy ngược |
{} | BRACES, curly braces, squiggly braces+, CURLY BRACKETS, squiggle brackets+ | Ngoặc móc |
{ | LEFT BRACE, LEFT/OPEN CURLY BRACKET, leftit+, embrace+, openbrace | Mở (ngoặc) móc |
} | RIGHT BRACE, RIGHT/CLOSE CURLY BRACKET, rytit+, unbrace+, uncurly+, bracelet+ | Đóng (ngoặc) móc |
| | VERTICAL BAR/LINE, tube, whack+, gutter+, wall+ | Gạch đứng |
~ | TILDE, wave, twiddle, tilda+, tildee+, squiggle+, swung dash+ | Ngã, sóng |