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TIL That the symbol ^ is called a "caret" not a "carrot", from the Latin meaning "it lacks" (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

There's also the upside-down circumflex used in Chinese transliteration which indicates the opposite kind of intonation change. 我 (wǒ) has tone which falls and then rises (like a person confusedly saying "huh?")