[...] each glyph has its own monosyllabic name, designed to be pronounced quickly in combination with another glyph to form a rune name. As languages are often read-aloud, this saves the programmer from having to say "dollar sign, question mark"--"bucwut" is much more compact.
symbol | pronounciation |
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| | bar |
$ | buc |
% | cen |
: | col |
. | dot |
^ | ket ; | sem ~ | sig = | tis ? | wut ! | zap
To avoid a few tongue-twisters, some runes have irregular pronunciations that should be noted
symbol | pronounciation |
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-- | hephep |
+- | lushep |
++ | luslus |
== | tistis |