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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:14:34 -0400, Tim Cook <z99### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>>> What do you call "*"?
>> Asterisk
>
>Nathan Hale
>
> <character> An asterisk ("*", see also splat, ASCII).
> Notionally, from "I regret that I have only one asterisk for
> my country!" ("life to give" -> "ass to risk" -> "asterisk"),
> a misquote of the famous remark uttered by Nathan Hale just
> before he was hanged. Hale was a (failed) spy for the rebels
> in the American War of Independence.
LOL it's not from "asteriscum" latin for little star, then?
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Regards
Stephen
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