On Nov 5, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Peter Pearson wrote: > On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 10:12:05 -0400, Philip Semanchuk wrote: >> >> BTW the more common name for this character is caret (ka-RAY). > > Yes, it's caret, but no, it's KA-rit, almost the same as > carrot. It's straight from Latin, with no detour through > French.
This I did not know (obviously). Thanks. I knew all those years of studying French would ruin me somehow. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
