>>>Also, "asterix" for "asterisk."
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>>I suppose that's understandable if people are more familiar with the french cartoon character than the names of certain punctuation marks et al, eg solidus, elipsis, ampersand, commercial at
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>Funny Terry ... how many people (Americans anyway) even know what you're referring to? <g> Besides, that's not pronounced "Asterix", it's pronounced "Astereeks".
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>~~Bonnie

Well they've made a few films, translated into english, with American dub, starring Gerard Depadieue, so I assumed ther might be some exposure over there.