SPECIAL CHARACTERS AND THEIR NAMES

Here are a list of some of the more common special characters and their names:-

&	Ampersand
/	Solidus (or forward slash as we now know it!) Also known as "virgule" Thanks Alan Seeger
...	Ellipses
*	Asterisk
#	Crosshatch: Number: or Hash Apparently this is sometimes known as the Pound Sign as it is the symbol for Pounds weight. Thanks David Shockey for this information
¶	Paragraph
§	Section
™	Trade Mark
®	Registered
©	Copyright
é	Acute
è	Grave
ê â î ô û	Circumflex
ñ	Tilde
ä ö ë ï ü ÿ	Umlaut
ç	Cedilla (below c)

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