Spoken form ideas

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Eli Chadwick edited this page May 14, 2024 · 30 revisions

This is a place where people can write down alternative spoken forms for commonly used things, like punctuation.

Please only add entries after you've used them for a month and are confident that they at least work well for you.

enter: okay, shock, slap, clap, send
tab: swing, spit
backslash: whack, stroke, backstroke
slash: stroke
page up: upper, punk, dusk
page down: downer, scroll, dawn
space: blank, void, ace, ta, pad
~: wave
@: dizzy, swirl
": inch, double
': foot, tick, single
?: quark, quest
_: blank, score
,: drip
;: dripper, semi, sasha
:: stack, deckle
undo that: nope, nix, junk, blast
backward delete: wipe, scratch
forward delete: wiper, wash, deli, flick, delright, drill, punch, scrub
go word left: drain, before
go word right: step, after
go left: tug, left
go right: push, right
delete word left: scratcher, span
delete word right: swallow
{: lacer, lackey
}: racer, rebrace, racky
[: lacker, locker
]: racker, rocker, resquare
<: langle, chomp
>: rangle, rechomp
^: tangle, dagger
(: curve, lub, lepper
): recurve, rub, repper
() (user.insert_between): round
[] (user.insert_between): square
{} (user.insert_between): curly
<> (user.insert_between): diamond
"" (user.insert_between): quad
'' (user.insert_between): twin
`` (user.insert_between): ski
open command prompt: please
talon sleep: drowse, quiet, snooze
save: okay, disk
control: troll, king
shift: ship, shin

Other resources

Rosetta sheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pk2gwTFbMebgYSsrxIFsZ-QvpEPWCybF8ypdeBvfBsg