A number of Standard Forth words have common pronunciations; the following table lists them. Specific Quartus Forth words follow the same general pattern as regards pronunciation.
! | store |
# | number-sign |
#> | number-sign-greater |
#S | number-sign-s |
#TIB | number-t-i-b |
' | tick |
( | paren |
(LOCAL) | paren-local-paren |
* | star |
*/ | star-slash |
*/MOD | star-slash-mod |
+ | plus |
+! | plus-store |
+LOOP | plus-loop |
, | comma |
- | minus |
-TRAILING | dash-trailing |
. | dot |
." | dot-quote |
.( | dot-paren |
.R | dot-r |
.S | dot-s |
/ | slash |
/MOD | slash-mod |
/STRING | slash-string |
0< | zero-less |
0<> | zero-not-equals |
0= | zero-equals |
0> | zero-greater |
1+ | one-plus |
1- | one-minus |
2! | two-store |
2* | two-star |
2/ | two-slash |
2>R | two-to-r |
2@ | two-fetch |
2CONSTANT | two-constant |
2DROP | two-drop |
2DUP | two-dupe |
2LITERAL | two-literal |
2OVER | two-over |
2R> | two-r-from |
2R@ | two-r-fetch |
2ROT | two-rote |
2SWAP | two-swap |
2VARIABLE | two-variable |
: | colon |
:NONAME | colon-no-name |
; | semicolon |
;CODE | semicolon-code |
< | less-than |
<# | less-number-sign |
<> | not-equals |
= | equals |
> | greater-than |
>BODY | to-body |
>FLOAT | to-float |
>IN | to-in |
>NUMBER | to-number |
>R | to-r |
? | question |
?DO | question-do |
?DUP | question-dupe |
@ | fetch |
ABORT" | abort-quote |
ABS | abs |
AT-XY | at-x-y |
BL | b-l |
BLK | b-l-k |
C! | c-store |
C" | c-quote |
C, | c-comma |
C@ | c-fetch |
CELL+ | cell-plus |
CHAR | char |
CHAR+ | char-plus |
CHARS | chars |
CMOVE | c-move |
CMOVE> | c-move-up |
COMPILE, | compile-comma |
CR | c-r |
CS-PICK | c-s-pick |
CS-ROLL | c-s-roll |
D+ | d-plus |
D- | d-minus |
D. | d-dot |
D.R | d-dot-r |
D0< | d-zero-less |
D0= | d-zero-equals |
D2* | d-two-star |
D2/ | d-two-slash |
D< | d-less-than |
D= | d-equals |
D>F | d-to-f |
D>S | d-to-s |
DABS | d-abs |
DF! | d-f-store |
DF@ | d-f-fetch |
DFALIGN | d-f-align |
DFALIGNED | d-f-aligned |
DFLOAT+ | d-float-plus |
DFLOATS | d-floats |
DMAX | d-max |
DMIN | d-min |
DNEGATE | d-negate |
DOES> | does |
DU< | d-u-less |
DUP | dupe |
EKEY | e-key |
EKEY>CHAR | e-key-to-char |
EKEY? | e-key-question |
EMIT? | emit-question |
ENDCASE | end-case |
ENDOF | end-of |
ENVIRONMENT? | environment-query |
F! | f-store |
F* | f-star |
F** | f-star-star |
F+ | f-plus |
F- | f-minus |
F. | f-dot |
F/ | f-slash |
F0< | f-zero-less-than |
F0= | f-zero-equals |
F< | f-less-than |
F>D | f-to-d |
F@ | f-fetch |
FABS | f-abs |
FACOS | f-a-cos |
FACOSH | f-a-cosh |
FALIGN | f-align |
FALIGNED | f-aligned |
FALOG | f-a-log |
FASIN | f-a-sine |
FASINH | f-a-cinch |
FATAN | f-a-tan |
FATAN2 | f-a-tan-two |
FATANH | f-a-tan-h |
FCONSTANT | f-constant |
FCOS | f-cos |
FCOSH | f-cosh |
FDEPTH | f-depth |
FDROP | f-drop |
FDUP | f-dupe |
FE. | f-e-dot |
FEXP | f-e-x-p |
FEXPM1 | f-e-x-p-m-one |
FLITERAL | f-literal |
FLN | f-l-n |
FLNP1 | f-l-n-p-one |
FLOAT+ | float-plus |
FLOG | f-log |
FM/MOD | f-m-slash-mod |
FMAX | f-max |
FMIN | f-min |
FNEGATE | f-negate |
FOVER | f-over |
FROT | f-rote |
FROUND | f-round |
FS. | f-s-dot |
FSIN | f-sine |
FSINCOS | f-sine-cos |
FSINH | f-cinch |
FSQRT | f-square-root |
FSWAP | f-swap |
FTAN | f-tan |
FTANH | f-tan-h |
FVARIABLE | f-variable |
F~ | f-proximate |
KEY? | key-question |
LOCALS| | locals-bar |
LSHIFT | l-shift |
M* | m-star |
M*/ | m-star-slash |
M+ | m-plus |
R/O | r-o |
R/W | r-w |
R> | r-from |
R@ | r-fetch |
ROT | rote |
RSHIFT | r-shift |
S" | s-quote |
S>D | s-to-d |
SCR | s-c-r |
SF! | s-f-store |
SF@ | s-f-fetch |
SFALIGN | s-f-align |
SFALIGNED | s-f-aligned |
SFLOAT+ | s-float-plus |
SFLOATS | s-floats |
SM/REM | s-m-slash-rem |
SOURCE-ID | source-i-d |
TIB | t-i-b |
TIME&DATE | time-and-date |
U. | u-dot |
U.R | u-dot-r |
U< | u-less-than |
U> | u-greater-than |
UM* | u-m-star |
UM/MOD | u-m-slash-mod |
W/O | w-o |
XOR | x-or |
[ | left-bracket |
['] | bracket-tick |
[CHAR] | bracket-char |
[COMPILE] | bracket-compile |
[ELSE] | bracket-else |
[IF] | bracket-if |
[THEN] | bracket-then |
\ | backslash |
] | right-bracket |