pronunciation of *

[Mike SchillingThis sentence no verb.]

>From article <4758 at cbnewsc.ATT.COM>, by sft at cbnewsc.ATT.COM (scott.thompson):
> The way to pronounce '*' is "splat".

Splat it is, Kurt Vonnegut notwithstanding.  By the way, the British folks 
I worked with at a certain mass-transit project pronounced '!' as "shriek".  
This is not without charm.
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