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[christina_nguyen]

what is the name for the red symbol below?

example_symbol

[dabro]

[christina_nguyen]

Thanks David!!!

[clonc]

Hi christina_nguyen,

In some parts of the world (and I think in some parts of America too) they say underline instead of underscore.


In some parts of the world (and I think in some parts of America too) they say underline instead of underscore.

In this forum, they refer to it as underline

[christina_nguyen]

u know what i used to call that symbol under-hyphen......lolz


let's say u want to read this URL <www.what_ever.com> to a friend over the phone. Would it be "w-w-w-dot-what-underline-ever-dot-com"???

[timtom]

I have always used underscore for the symbol.

Underlines go under other letters, an underscore is a symbol on the keboard used to visually simulate a space (obviously used when spaces are not an acceptable symbol).

As such, I would say "w-w-w-dot-what-underscore-ever-dot-com"

[clonc]

Good point, Timtom. I accept it. However, it does not invalidate my remarks.

[timtom]

I'm sorry if I appeared to be invalidating your post. I wasn't trying to repute your post, I guess my not-possible-to-be-confident-because-it-was-a-set-of-sentence-and-sentences-cannot-convey-confidence post was a little to confident in its structure.
But all minor disagreements aside, I am sorry if I appeared to be attacking your post. I was not. Maybe it was just my blatant Americanism coming out.

On another note, we Americans do prefer to be thought of as part of the world [[In some parts of the world (and I think in some parts of America too)]]. Some of us even don't think we are bigger than the world. Although this concept is a rare occurrence and only occurs in children who were born under certain immoral and occult signs of the apocalypse

[clonc]

No need to apologise timtom. I wasn't miffed, and I took no offence. I was merely tryng to acknowledge a good point made by you.