Poem

The following poem appeared recently in INFOCUS magazine. The original
authors were Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College &
Seminary of Grand Rapids, MI. 

 A poll conducted among INFOCUS readers had established "waka" as the
 proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket characters < and >, though
 some readers held out resolutely for "norkies." The text of the poem
 follows:             

          <>!*''#

          ^"`$$-

          !*=@$_

          %*<>~#4    
          &[]../

          |{,,SYSTEM HALTED


 The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, to wit:


           Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,

           Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,

           Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,

           Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,

           Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,

           Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.

Last updated Thursday 21 January 2010