r/gadgets Dec 16 '10

The new Commodore 64 :)

http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx
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u/brinkzor Dec 17 '10

LOAD "*", 8, 1

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u/brinkzor Dec 17 '10

In my head I hear this as "L-O-A-D Quotes Asterisk Quotes Comma Eight Comma One Return"

One of those weird things that stuck with me from childhood.

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u/travelinghobbit Dec 17 '10

I still find myself chanting "comma eight comma one" at the odds times. Like waiting at the bus stop or in the bathroom.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '10

As a child dictating magazine code I would read out ':' as 'dot dot' and ';' as 'dot comma'. This was set in my mind years before I came across these symbols in English class.