Interpunkčné znamienka používame denne, ale zriedka rozmýšľame nad tým, ako sa vlastne nazývajú v angličtine. Podobné myšlienky prichádzajú až keď potrebujeme vyhláskovať emailovú adresu, vysvetliť, že v mene chýba dĺžeň, alebo keď vás vyzvú, aby ste stlačili pound key. Preto si na názvy tých najpoužívanejších znakov posvietime.
10 základných
. full stop (UK), period (US)
, comma
: colon
; semicolon
- dash
? question mark
! exclamation mark
‘ ’, ‘’ ‘’ quotation marks, inverted commas
( ) brackets
/ slash
10 ďalších
& ampersand (číta sa ako anglické “and”)
@ číta sa ako anglické “at”
* asterisk
• bullet point
… ellipses
✔ tick (UK), check (US)
\ backslash
_ underscore
ä umlaut
© copyright symbol
# hash sign (UK), pound sign (US)
Niekoľko zaujímavostí o interpunkčných znamienkach, ich použití a pôvode nájdete na stránkach Oxford Dictionaries. Medzi iným aj ako vznikol zavináč (@), alebo ako sa povie bodka na “i”.
Zdroje:
Cambridge Advanced Learner´s Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries Online


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